a physics
(notes for myself)
physics is not
about making better toaster, and it is not even about making faster internet
connection, although the knowledge of physics is very useful in both cases. what
it is about? it is about the seeking the rules : how the Nature plays with us,
and how the G-d plays with Nature.
it was always
believed that deeper knowledge of these rules give us one day the Universal
Rule or kind of “Constitution of Nature”. That believe was one of the
moving-ahead forces for physicists, while another was simple human curiosity.
the conflict
is, however, on the one-man-level, in relation between the specific and the
ideal. nobody is really looking for general rule (that’s a territory of
philosophy), but, 
everybody is
doing specific research. that seems the only way (in the Western civilization).
indeed: if you are only sitting near the window and looking at the hills, your
chances to get a map of the whole world are not so high. on other side, when
you are hiking, climbing etc in a forest, desert, mountains etc, is the map of
the whole world really main concern?
Ok, let’s leave a traveler with a hope he
will find his way and we our…
The links below are physics related and
somehow random, but useful, interesting or funny.
The links are changed and updated
constantly.
Your input is always welcome.
General
Short
physics news (readable)
A
Dictionary of Units – units and conversions
(not a good place to convert your $$
in ₤₤)
Synchrotrons, the place to
get huge number of photons
and well-collimated x-ray beam. how it works?
NSLS weird
Philosophy and science
Nano-world (not so close
to toasters, but always good to know basic ideas to argue with programmers
about importance of modern physics)