Einstein Flashcards Essay Examples
Why did Leo Szilard want the Allies (US and Britain) to build the atomic bomb It would serve as a deterrent to a Nazi Germany atomic bomb Describe the role of Albert Einstein in creating the atomic bomb Einstein wrote a letter to President FDR to encourage atomic bomb research What was the Manhattan Project…
Hydrogen atom absorbing light Atom absorbs photons and energy pushes the electron into a higher orbit Continuous Spectrum The visible spectrum based on its appearance compared to atomic emission spectrum Atomic emission spectrum Used to identify the elements Wave-Particle Duality Light behaves like a particle and a wave Photon A particle of electromagnetic radiation 7…
Hippocrates lifetime 460-370 B.C. Hippocrates’ ethnicity Greek Hippocrates’ occupation Physician Hippocrates’ was known for… “Father of Modern Medicine”, Hippocratic Oath Archimedes’ lifetime 287-212 B.C. Archimedes’ ethnicity Greek Archimedes’ occupation Inventor, mathematician Archimedes was known for… Pi, exponents Nicolaus Copernicus’s lifetime 1473-1543 A.D. Nicolaus Copernicus’s ethnicity Polish Nicolaus Copernicus’s occupation Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was known for……
Albert Einstein – famous scientist & German refugee – was working on splitting atoms at the University of Chicago -discovered that you can cause a chain reaction that was very powerful – feared the Germans would learn how to harness the energy and use it against everyone Leo Szilard Hungarian physicist who convinced Einstein to…
Schutzstaffel the security squadron (SS), that rounded up Jews; could shoot and kill any Jew Holocaust the systematic murder of 11 million people across Europe, more than half were Jews Anti-Semitism hatred of the Jews Nuremberg Laws stripped Jews of their German citizenship, jobs and property; 1935 Kristallnacht known as the “Night of Broken Glass”…
Introduction: He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). Einstein is best known in popular culture for his mass-energy equivalence formula E = mc2 (which has been dubbed “the world’s most famous equation”). He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his “services to…
Albert Einstein physicist Albert Einstein born March 14 1879 Albert Einstein died April 18 1955 in Princeton, NJ Albert Einstein born in Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire Albert Einstein was a German physicist Albert Einstein was a citizen of 5 different countries Albert Einstein those countries were: Württemberg/Germany Switzerland Austria Germany United States Albert…
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English What nationality was Michael Faraday? With someone Did Michael Faraday work alone or with someone? Sir Humphrey Davy Who did Michael Faraday work with? Early 1800’s What time did Michael Faraday live in? Electricity and magnetism are part of the same thing What was Faradays concept? Making a stationary magnet move an electrofied wire…
What was discovered in 1896 by Antoine Henri Becquerel? invisible rays What did Marie Curie name Becquerel’s “invisible rays” radioactivity Which radioactive element did Marie and Pierre Curie discover in 1898? Polonium and Radium What three scientists were awarded with the Nobel prize in 1903? Antoine Henri, Marie Curie, and Pierre Curie What holds the…
Who called him public enemy number one? Why? Hitler, because he didn’t help build the atomic bomb so he wanted to make Einstein look like he betrayed Germany What president did he write a letter to and why? Roosevelt, to warn him about Germany planning to build an atomic bomb When did he win a…
Black Panthers -Mid 1960s -Oakland, California -Founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale -black nationalist and socialist organization for self-defense -armed citizens monitored behavior behavior of police and challenged police brutality -inspired by Malcolm X Freedom Riders -challenged non-enforcement of two court cases about arrests from segregated transportation -civil rights activists road busses into the…
What is “special” about special relativity? What is the most general principle of relativity? -It’s special in the sense that it is limited to the special case of uniform motion. -The most general principle of relativity would be that the laws of physics are the same in all frames of reference. Newton’s Theory of Gravity…
*Questions for the preface:* What is the book about? The book is about the equation E=mc2 *Questions for the preface:* What is NOT the topic of the book? It is neither a biography of Einstein nor a full account of relativity. *Questions for the preface:* Why is there a central section about WW2 This is…
