Content tagged with “physics”

“This is a value commonly used to describe the speed of an aircraft. It’s not a constant value. It represents the speed of sound in whatever air is being used at the time. The speed of sound changes with elevation and air density. Also, ‘speed of sound’ is kind of a misnomer. What’s really being…”

“This is a purely hypothetical particle. It was first theorized in a 1967 paper, but its existence has never been proven. According to the theory, it always travels faster than light. The word comes from the Greek ‘tachy’ which means ‘swift.’ It’s the same root from which we get ‘tachycardia,’ which…”

“I kind of thought this book was going to be about the scientific principle of gravity, and how we still don’t know what it is. Instead, the book is a long, tedious history of physics. It starts with a discussion about gravity in myth, legend, and religion, including the idea that heaven is ‘up…”

“This is an enormously conceptual book, and is more about economics than information. The author makes the claim that the functionality and ordering of atoms (?) in physical products is information, and this grows with economies. A computer is only worth more than the plastic and chemicals its made…”