Why is most of advanced physics just math ?
One of my professors was asked the same question and let me paraphrase his response:
You give up on intuition when it gives up on you.
One of the many reasons why most of physics is deeply mathematical is because our intuition alone is unable to explain all the results that we observe in nature and when that happens, we rely on mathematical theories to shed light on the nature of reality
hey i’ve thought of a new way to explain the difference between math research and science research are u ready math research: Why does pizza get hot in an oven? Well, let’s first prove ovens exist. Then we can try to prove ovens get hot. Wait, have we even proved that pizza exists? Have we proved that pizza can get hot? Have we proved that heat exists? Have we proved that I exist? That you exist? science research: Why does pizza get hot in an oven? *sticks hand into burning oven* ahhHHHHHHHHHH WHAT’S HAPPENING
wait for it, i promise it’s worth it
The sand in Okinawa, Japan, is made up of tiny stars! These ‘stars’ are exoskeletons of marine protozoans that lived on the ocean floor up to 550 million years ago.
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the new composite james webb image is so beautiful ive been staring at it for 10 minutes straight
featuring jupiters rings, amalthea (along with a bunch of other moons), the northern and southern auroras, and the great red spot
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The photo above is the closest humanity has ever come to creating Medusa. If you were to look at this, you would die instantly.
The image is of a reactor core lava formation in the basement of the Chernobyl nuclear plant. It’s called the Elephant’s Foot and weighs hundreds of tons, but is only a couple meters across.
Oh, and regarding the Medusa thing, this picture was taken through a mirror around the corner of the hallway. Because the wheeled camera they sent up to take pictures of it was destroyed by the radiation. The Elephant’s Foot is almost as if it is a living creature.
It’s sad how much of what is taught in school is useless to over 99% of the population.
There are literally math concepts taught in high school and middle school that are only used in extremely specialized fields or that are even so outdated they aren’t used anymore!
stephen hawking was literally one of humanity’s best
look at these beautiful artistic impressions of the new planet discovered by a 17 year old three days into their NASA internship