Intro+to+Physical+Sciences

=This is Jon Chan's page for his "Introduction to the Physical Sciences" project.=

__Media:__

 * text
 * videos
 * interactive widgets (with Hype)

__Topics to Discuss__

 * what physics is
 * the atom
 * quarks
 * up
 * down
 * charm
 * strange
 * top
 * bottom
 * molecules and relation to chemistry
 * general and special relativity
 * four-dimentional spacetime
 * entropy and the arrow of time
 * how Einstein proved E=mc^2
 * how E=mc^2 is technically wrong
 * the twin paradox
 * solution to the twin paradox
 * the Standard Model
 * Higgs field
 * Higgs boson
 * Pauli exclusion principal
 * Planck length and time
 * quantum theory
 * bosons
 * photons
 * electrons
 * double-slit experiment
 * entanglement
 * wave-particle duality
 * Bose-Einstein condensates
 * wave function (psi)
 * superstring theory
 * astrophysics
 * redshift and blueshift (Doppler effect)
 * vacuum energy/dark energy
 * orbit
 * planetary
 * galactic
 * nuclear fusion in stars
 * supernovae
 * how iron prevents further fusion
 * nuclear fusion and fission
 * atomic and nuclear bombs
 * airflow
 * laminar
 * turbulent
 * four forces on an aeroplane
 * weight
 * drag
 * lift
 * thrust
 * four fundamental forces of nature
 * strong
 * weak
 * electromagnetic
 * gravity
 * how polaroid 3D glasses work (polarisation of light)
 * reflection and refraction
 * singularities (black holes)
 * Hawking radiation
 * wormholes
 * entropy
 * laws of thermodynamics
 * radioactive decay


 * Complete ideas, table of content, etc. pending.**