Sunday 5 April 2015

The Periodic Table

It has over 100 elements. Like: Oxygen, Hydrogen, even Einsteinium (Named after the very famous Albert Einstein)! Sorted into 18 columns and 7 rows, The Periodic Table has many different elements waiting to be used in everyday inventions. Neon (Ne) is my favourite element because how it shines and glamors at night. Every element is a atom. Atoms are super small. And I mean, super small! Think of the smallest thing ever (besides an atom) now times the smallness by Googleplex (10 to the power of googol). Pretty small, eh?
Next post: Schrodinger's Cat

Sunday 25 January 2015

Issac Newton

He's a very smart man. He made 3 laws of physics. And he left us with them. His most famous one is: For every action there is an equal and opposite re-action. Also said in the movie Mr. Peabody and Sherman (I don't think that's how you spell it but it's my closest try!).
Like Einstein, he was a physicist-but he was more into motion. Click here to see all 3 laws of motion. FUN FACT: Newton was also a mathematician. He also formulated the laws of universal generation.
Next post: Periodic Table.

Saturday 24 January 2015

Gravity

It holds us on the ground. It's something that space hasn't got. It's something that makes sure we don't see floating trees everywhere! I'm talking about gravity.
Gravity is a substance that can change depending where you are. If you were God and you wanted to make a new planet, you need to make a atmosphere. And Earth's atmosphere has gravity. So if we left Earth's atmosphere (going into space) gravity will change to 0. Earth's gravity is 1. 1 doesn't sound much but that's enough to keep us down here (therefore is difficult to get rockets into space). Wow. Couldn't you believe that gravity is related to space so much?
Next post: Newton