Physics
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2002
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2002 In the centre of our galaxy lies an X-ray source, the intensity of which can fluctuate wildly by the minute. Is this radiation emitted from matter that is falling into a super-massive black hole? The galaxy NGC 5128 is located 11 million light years from earth. What…
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Lord Rayleigh – Biographical
Biographical
John William Strutt, third Baron Rayleigh, was born on November 12, 1842 at Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex, as the son of John James Strutt, second Baron, and his wife Clara Elizabeth La Touche, eldest daughter of Captain Richard Vicars, R. E. He was one of the very few members of higher nobility who won fame…
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Hans Bethe – Biographical
Biographical
Hans Albrecht Bethe was born in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, on July 2 1906. He attended the Gymnasium in Frankfurt from 1915 to 1924. He then studied at the University of Frankfurt for two years, and at Munich for two and one half years, taking his Ph. D. in theoretical physics with Professor Arnold Sommerfeld in July…
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Riccardo Giacconi – Biographical
Biographical
In Memory of Marc Antonio Giacconi and dedicated to my wife, Mirella, and to our daughters, Anna and Guia. I. Early yearsI was born in Genoa, Italy, on October 6, 1931, but I spent most of my life until 1956 in Milano. I was the only child. My mother, Elsa Canni Giacconi, was a teacher…
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