Title
|
Subject
|
Author
|
Synopsis
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| Hunting the Quark |
Cosmic Physics |
Alec Nesbitt |
After years of confusion,scientists all over
the world have reached a very exciting stage in their research into the basic
ingredients of all matter. They say that the protons and neutrons at
the heart of atoms are made up of elusive little things called quarks. |
| Prime Secret |
Mathematics |
Robert Matthews |
Can the Balmer Series aid finding Primes?
|
| Fuzzy World |
Quantum Theory |
Robert Matthews |
Einstein was wrong,Bohr was right,the world
is fuzzy. |
| The Sun's Particles Go
Missing |
Cosmic Physics |
Robert Matthews |
Neutrinos with "imaginary" mass are thought
to be the reason that the Sun does not produce the expected amount of them.
|
| Speck of Foam |
Cosmic Physics |
Robert Matthews |
Space and Time maybe just a speck of foam.
|
| "Right" Answers |
Physics |
Robert Matthews |
Working out a solution and getting the "right"
answer doesn't necessarily mean that the correct explanation has been
found. |
| Is the Solar System
stable? |
Chaos Theory |
Carl Murray |
You might be surprised to learn that the Earth's
orbit round the Sun, like those of other planets,is chaotic. What does this
mean for the future of the Solar System? |
| Flow of Time |
Physics |
Transcript |
The nature of time. |
| The Nature of Space and
Time |
Cosmic Physics |
S.Hawking and R.Penrose |
Quantum Cosmology. |
| Into the 11th Dimension |
Cosmic Physics |
Michio Kaku |
The quest for a theory linking all matter
and all forces led physicists deep into hyperspace, where they got horribly
lost. But suddenly the way ahead has become clear, says superstring
theorist. |
| Are we alone? |
ET and SETI |
Jez Nelson |
"Questions and Answers" - Transcript. |
| What Happened Before the Big
Bang? |
Cosmology |
Paul Davies |
The vexed question answered. |
| Big Questions |
Cosmology |
Nick Griffiths |
Stephen Hawking interviews. |
| The Secret Life of
Einstein |
Cosmology |
Gareth Huw Davies |
The personal life of the most celebrated
physicist. |
| The Reluctant Father of Black
Holes |
Cosmology |
Jeremy Bernstein |
The irony of Einstein trying to prove Black
Holes did not exist. |
| Beautiful thoughts marred by Einstein's
ugly miscalculation |
Cosmology |
Robert Matthews |
Einstein's mistake. |
| The Test of Time |
Time |
Rupert Smith |
The making of "Longitude". |
| Longitude |
Time |
|
Review of the book "Longitude". |
| Time in his Hands |
Time |
Nick Griffith |
Review of the Horizon Special "Longitude".
|
| What is Time? |
Time |
Lee Smolin |
Can time end or start and how is it measured?
|
| Starchaser |
Rocket science |
Emma Fitzgerald |
Steve Bennett and the Starchaser
Project. |
| Dark Side of the Moon |
Astronomy |
Emma Fitzgerald |
Scientists plan to build a telescope on the
moon. |
| I hiss therefore I
am |
Cosmology |
Ramón Moliner |
How philosophically inclined snakes would
explain the Universe. |
| The Day Time Began |
Time |
Paul Davies |
How sure can we be that the Universe began
with the big bang? |
| Fractured Universe |
Fractals |
Marcus Chown |
A dissident group of astronomers is claiming
that the Universe is not the smooth, homogeneous place that Einstein envisaged.
If they're right, the foundations of cosmology could crumble to dust. |
| Paradox Lost |
Cosmology |
Paul Davies |
Paul covers negative energy,entropy and the
Casimir Effect. |
| Timeless |
Cosmology |
Julian Barbour |
Surely nothing is possible without time?
But according to physicist Julian Barbour, it doesn't even exist. |
| Twistor |
Cosmology |
Roger Penrose |
Do we really need half-a-dozen hidden dimensions?
Not any more, says physicist Roger Penrose |
| It came from another
dimension |
Cosmology |
Marcus Chown |
Astronomers think they have spotted a thread
of pure energy streaking therough our galaxy.Is this the first evidence for
string theory? |
| Theory of Everything |
Cosmology |
Steve Adams |
Is there a single deep idea that unify the
apparent diversity of nature? Are the beguiling patterns discovered in particle
physics clues to a theory of everything? Some physicists would answer yes
to both questions. |
| Origin of the
Elements |
Cosmology |
Tony Cox |
The big bang resulted in the Universe and
created the simplest elements.But heavier elements making up most of the
Eath - and us - were created through the birth and death of generations of
stars. |
| Q-Balls |
Physics |
Marcus Chown |
The potential of Q-balls
puts nuclear fusion in the shade. |
| How to pull a fast one |
Physics |
Marcus Chown |
Marcus Chown investigates the chinks in physics
that make faster-than-light travel possible. |