Although Prof Cook had already pointed the direction of my research objective, however, I did not have a clear picture about it.
He wanted to explore microscopic effects of the relativity in molecular levels – which meant to find out the difference of interactions within a molecule with or without relativistic considerations. Moreover, when problems arising from computing the interaction between objects, even only considering Newtonian effects, mathematics was not that powerful, which could not derive a precise solution for a three-body problem. Now we needed to consider interaction within a molecule, which had three bodies at least, in terms of quantum and relativistic laws.
Facing the fascinating, but, daunting goal, I would have to take
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I had already deleted “quit” from my vocabulary.
Realizing it was a personal journey, by myself alone, nobody could replace my own effort, day in day out, I went to the lab read books, or to the library seek relative articles. Read and thought, read again, thought again, compared several books to try extract meaning of each concept and each equation. Biting the bullet and clenching teeth I pushed forward. With a purpose in mind, I put my energy to face the challenge.
Professor had never lost his patience. “That is all right. Take as much time as you need,” he would say.
Some times he even spent time to digest the essence of some articles step by step.
It was a typical day - after I struggled a couple of hours, the text blurred, the symbols on the equations seemed to crawl on top of each other. It was mind-bottling ordeals.
Shaking my head, squinting my eyes, I tried to figure out the meaning of what I was reading, but I failed.
Even though I had a strong background in physics and mathematics, however, unlike what I expected as when in college days I had absorbed every new concept, every hard differential equation with ease, being 36 years old, and away from demanding study for more than a decade, I found digging into special theoretical monographs not only involved fundamental physics and math, but demanding of deep thinking and hard grasping new abstract concepts.
In a restroom, I splashed cold water on my face and took deep breaths, I needed a break
“Okay,” I told myself. “I have to focus.” It was late April, and I was studying for the math final I had to take the next week. I was so stuck on the review though. I just couldn’t figure out how to solve linear equations. “I can, I can, I can,” I would repeat over and over again scrawling out formulas left and right. Is it division first, then subtraction? Or do I...
Einstein has brought many insights of life including the theory of the speed of light, which has led to the special theory of relativity that molded the way science, is today. “For example, various experiments, including the Michelson-Morley experiment, failed to measure the expected changes in the speed of light relative to the motion of the Earth. Due to this Einstein recognized that light has a measured speed that is independent of the speed of the observer” (“Albert Einstein.” 4). “Einstein showed in 1907 that mass is related to energy by the famous equation E=mc^2, which indicates the enormous amount of energy that is stored as mass, some of which is released in radioactivity and nuclear radiations, for example in the sun” (4).This enabled Einstein to be able to start and finish the general theory of relativity.
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Heisenberg realized that the uncertainty relations had profound implications. Heisenberg set himself to the task of finding the new quantum mechanics to explain what his theories observed. He relied on what can be observed, namely the light emitted and absorbed by the atoms. By July 1925, Heisenberg wrote his answer in a paper. The basic idea of Heisenberg's paper was to get rid of the orbits in atoms and to arrive at new mechanical equations. Heisenberg’s approached focused mainly on the particle nature of electrons. The mathematics Heisenberg used were tables commonly used for multiplication of arrays of numbers-mathematical objects known as matrices. Using the mathematics of matrices, scientists had at last a new mechanics for calculating the quantum behavior of particles. Heisenberg, and others showed that the new quantum mechanics could account for many of the properties of atoms and atomic events.
This will lead to an explanation of motion, the development of the calculus, and the establishment of basic laws of modern physics.
What was the most challenging topic for you in this course? What resources or methods might have better assisted you with this topic?
One of the assignment I chose for math was a test. I chose this assignment because one of the hardest test †hey I have ever done. Even though received a C I am still proud of it because for me it was a challenge. The assignment was about “Linear Equations, Getting m & b and Scatter Plots. The problems that are in the test is for number seven which is about how the given data represents a linear function and to complete the table of solutions and write equation. That is part of the test questions that I had for this test which at first did not know what to at first so it came back to my head and got the answer correct. The point of this assignment was to get it done at the time it was giving in which I did not completed. Even though
Modern physicists found, however, that at the physical extremes of nature-the microcosmic realm of atomic particles and the macrocosmic world of heavy astronomical bodies-the laws of Newton’s principia did not apply. German physicist, Albert Einstein, made public his special theory of relativity, a radically new approach to the new concepts of time, space, motion, and light. Building on Einstein’s theories, Werner Heisenberg theorized that since the very act of measuring subatomic phenomena altered them, the position and the velocity of a subatomic particle could not be measured
To understand Curies choice of research, it is useful to know a little bit about two scientific
Furthermore, his discovery was important because it's been the three laws of motion which also formed the basis of modern physic. The discovery, he made also led to a more powerful way to solving mathematics.
After learning about the responsibilities of this REU program, I’ve found that these responsibilities and my set of skills in computer programming, mathematical reasoning, and physical knowledge are quite compatible. Although I am familiar with other programming languages, more relevantly, I am proficient in C++ up to a data structures and algorithms level, and I have taken a course on scientific computation in python. I also interned as a software engineer for Skanatek AB this past summer. Alongside my knowledge of quantum physics from my coursework and my independent study, I will also be taking a solid-state physics course in the upcoming spring semester. Also in the spring semester, I will be taking a course in experimental techniques in physics and engineering, which will prepare me for experimental and laboratory work. This experimental physics course has a large component focused on written and oral communication skills
He glanced down. “Give me a moment, please. This is a big decision, and I don’t want to do anything hasty.” Like I did the last two times.
Throughout the first week, optimism ran high. I devoured hundreds of pages describing various MATLAB techniques and voraciously watched an abundance of videos, with each word and second aiming to tell
in a long breath of air in order to calm myself down. I had run up the
The third paper was on electrodynamics of moving bodies. It became known as the theory of relativity. It explains how matter and radiation interact with one another. With these well thought out papers Albert Einstein had solved the unanswered problems of the world. He wanted to learn more and began to try and answer the questions of the universe. In 1939 Einstein connected with other scientists and wrote a letter to the president, Franklin D.