#physicslovers hashtag - Bluesky

@steve3007.bsky.social

1 month ago

To support my new #Wavicle app (physics education) designed using the fabulous #DotNetMAUI I'm creating a video to explain the whole wave/particle debate. Or some of it. Here's a little timeline I made to go in it.

#Physics #TeachPhysics #ITeachPhysics #PhysicsFun #PhysicsLovers #STEM

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@byteandpieces.bsky.social

3 months ago

The Mirror Universe Is Real: How Dirac Predicted Antimatter What if you could discover a hidden "mirror universe" just by scribbling on a piece of paper? 📝✨ In the late 1920s, physics was stuck. Erwin Schrödinger had a great equation for electrons, but it had a fatal flaw: it fell apart the moment things started moving near the speed of light. Enter Paul Dirac, the silent genius who cared more about mathematical beauty than playing by the rules. In this episode, we unpack the mind-bending story of how Dirac’s quest for the "perfect equation" accidentally broke reality. We explore why he threw out the rulebook to merge Special Relativity with Quantum Mechanics, using strange matrices to linearize energy and momentum. But here’s where it gets spooky. 👻 Dirac’s math worked too well. It predicted something that shouldn’t exist: Negative Energy. Instead of ignoring it, Dirac made the boldest gamble in scientific history. He claimed these "ghosts" were real. He predicted the Positron (the anti-electron)—a particle nobody had ever seen, until Carl Anderson proved him right years later. We’re diving deep into: - 💥 The Clash: Why Schrödinger and Klein-Gordon failed to catch the speeding electron. - 🧮 The Magic Math: How Dirac’s 4-component equation unlocked the secret of Electron Spin. - 🤯 The Discovery: From "negative probability" to the birth of Antimatter. - ❓ The Ultimate Mystery: If matter and antimatter destroy each other, why is our universe still here? (The Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry problem). Whether you're a physics nerd or just love a good underdog story where math reveals the secrets of the cosmos, this episode is for you. We even touch on how Feynman Diagrams later made sense of Dirac’s wild timeline. Tune in to hear how one man’s obsession with beauty revealed the dark side of matter. 👇 Support the Science: Did this episode blow your mind? Hit that SUBSCRIBE button and leave us a 5-Star Review! It helps us solve the algorithm just like Dirac solved the electron. Share this with a friend who needs an existential crisis! 🚀 #PaulDirac #Antimatter #QuantumPhysics #SciencePodcast #DiracEquation #PhysicsHistory #Positron #Cosmos #StemEducation

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Stephen Moreton-Howell

@steve3007.bsky.social

3 months ago

I'm building a library of presets for the new #Wavicle app. This one demonstrates the metal grill in the door of a microwave oven blocking microwaves from escaping (long) while allowing light waves through (short).

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Stephen Moreton-Howell

@steve3007.bsky.social

4 months ago

...and it's easy to show that removing one source and adding a reflecting barrier also creates an interference pattern, this time between the source and its reflection. The cross-section view can be used to examine this.

#Physics #TeachPhysics #ITeachPhysics #PhysicsFun #PhysicsLovers #STEM

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Physics, University of Strathclyde

@physicsstrath.bsky.social

4 months ago

🎃 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧! ⚛️
We are running a Physics Jack-o'-Lantern competition on Instagram.

From black holes to glowing equations, check out the entries:
👉 www.instagram.com/physicsstrath/

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#PhysicsEducation #PhysicsLovers #JackOLantern #HalloweenScience