http://www1.universia.net/catalogaxxi/C10055PPESII2/S126583/P12568NN1/INDEX.HTMLFÍSICA EN MUSEUS E EXPOSIÇÕEShttp://www1.universia.net/catalogaxxi/img/cabecera/universia1.gif http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI «Albert Einstein was born to a middle-class German family of Jewish ancestry. His parents were concerned that he scarcely talked until the age of three, but he was not so much a backward as a quiet child. He would build tall houses of cards and hated playing soldier. At the age of twelve he was fascinated by a geometry book.» ]]> «Our hunt for other worlds will find them--or exclude their existence--only after continued growth in our hunting skills, bigger telescopes, better precision spectrography, more exact study of wobbly images, and maybe new ideas. But it is worthwhile recounting the steps we could and did take to arrive here.»]]> «How do physics laws affect amusement park ride design? In this exhibit, you'll have a chance to find out by designing your own roller coaster.»]]> «This page will guide you through the basics of polarizing light microscopy, in particular as it pertains to the identification of pigments.»]]> «ndrei Sakharov (1921-1989) was a Soviet physicist who became, in the words of the Nobel Peace Committee, a spokesman for the conscience of mankind. He was fascinated by fundamental physics and cosmology, but first he spent two decades designing nuclear weapons. He came to be regarded as the father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, contributing perhaps more than anyone else to the military might of the USSR. But gradually Sakharov became one of the regime’s most courageous critics, a defender of human rights and democracy. He could not be silenced, and helped bring down one of history’s most powerful dictatorships. This exhibit tells about Sakharov’s extraordinary life.» ]]>«As Sombras do Tempo" é uma iniciativa da responsabilidade do projecto Matemática em Acção do Centro de Matemática e Aplicações Fundamentais da Universidade de Lisboa, que se dedica ao estudo dos relógios de sol e se propõe contribuir para um levantamento e classificação dos exemplares existentes em Portugal. Além do interesse histórico e arquitectónico associado aos relógios de sol, capaz de entusiasmar um vasto público, a sua construção envolve aspectos ligados à matemática e à astronomia que potenciam aplicações interessantes para os vários níveis de ensino, em especial para os ensinos básico e secundário. O projecto "As Sombras do Tempo" pretende desenvolver a interacção entre os vários níveis de ensino, tão necessária para fomentar a comunicação e divulgação da ciência. Ao contribuir para o levantamento e classificação dos relógios de sol de Portugal, este projecto pretende também colaborar na defesa do património nacional e na reabilitação destes monumentos, alguns deles votados ao abandono no decurso das últimas décadas.»]]> «This site will show you what auroras look like on Earth and from space, explain how they are created, and show you where they can be found.» ]]> «Explore the fascinating history of the human endeavor to organize our lives in accordance with the sun and stars.»
«Calendars are normally based on astronomical events, and the two most important astronomical objects are the sun and the moon. Their cycles are very important in the construction and understanding of calendars.»]]> Explores «...different concepts of time and the history of time capsules. The exhibition featured the "Times Capsule" -- a 5' x 5' x 5' sculpture of welded stainless steel designed by Santiago Calatrava, a renowned architect-engineer from Valencia, Spain.
Santiago Calatrava's capsule design was chosen in an international design competition launched by The New York Times Magazine that attracted some of the foremost names in architecture, design, and engineering from 12 countries. The competition sought the best design for a capsule to preserve key artifacts from today for the next 1,000 years: a design that would be both a work of art and serve as an ambassador to future generations. Since the exhibition closed, the Times Capsule has be given a permanent home at the Museum.»]]> «Scholars have learned that all the colors in the universe originate from a mere fifteen fundamental physical causes. These causes appear over and over, lending color to the world around us. Some common causes seem logical -- for example, both light bulbs and candles are colored by incandescence -- and others are surprising -- did you know that the colors of peacock feathers and bubbles are both caused by interference?» ]]> «This site attempts to place the idea of complexity in nature into a broader scientific context, and to provide newcomers to the field with an introduction to the concepts and theories that contribute to contemporary complexity research.» ]]> «One of the most famous laws of electrostatics is Coulomb’s Law. It is in all Physics books. It is usually presented as a result of experiments and a further proof of Newton’s Law of Gravity. Indeed Coulomb’s Law is very much like Newton’s.
But can we really state that it is the result of experiments and that the action at a distance model is confirmed?
To provide an answer, the two articles (of 1785 and 1787) are here reproduced, in which Coulomb explains the "law". We have made a 3D reconstruction of the two instruments invented and used by the French scientist: the torsion balance and the electric pendulum.. You are offered the possibility of making a quantitative simulation of Coulomb’s experiments.»]]> «The image of Comet Hale-Bopp blazing across the night sky of 1997 has delighted casual stargazers and astronomers alike. It was first spotted in July 1995 by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, who observed it the same night in neighboring states (New Mexico and Arizona, respectively). Astronomers immediately became excited about the comet because it appeared to be unusually bright -- even when it was still well outside Jupiter's orbit.»]]> We are publishing these selected photos and related captions on the Internet to provide a glimpse of this national treasure to the public. This database was compiled by our staff to illustrate some very interesting Earth features and processes, including cities as seen by our Astronauts from space.
Earth from Space provides several ways to search the selected images. Each image is available in three resolutions and includes cataloging data and a caption. However, this site contains only a small selection of the best of our Earth photography...»]]> «He was daring, wildly ingenious, passionately curious. He saw a beam of light and imagined riding it; he looked up at the sky and envisioned that space-time was curved. Albert Einstein reinterpreted the inner workings of nature, the very essence of light, time, energy and gravity. His insights fundamentally changed the way we look at the universe—and made him the most famous scientist of the 20th century.»]]> «...a penetrating profile of Albert Einstein, who contributed more than any other scientist to our modern vision of physical reality.»]]> «This collection profile describes electronic and electrical musical instruments in the Museum's collection. Electrical devices have been used to build musical instruments since the 1890s when electricity was first widely available for residential use. Many of the instruments in the collection are the work of Hugh Le Caine, Canadian physicist, inventor, composer and pioneer in the design of electronic instruments.» ]]> «A collection of some 25,000 historical photographs, slides, lithographs, engravings, and other visual materials, the Emilio Segrè Visual Archives is part of the Niels Bohr Library of the Center for History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics. The collection focuses on American physicists and astronomers of the twentieth century, but includes many scientists in Europe and elsewhere, in other fields related to physics, and in earlier times.» ]]> Edited by Egidio Festa.
«There are four different lines of research evident in the works of Torricelli, which cover almost all the subjects treated by Galileo, with the exception of astronomy. In the first - Geometry - Torricelli obtained remarkable results, in particular the quadrature of the cycloid curve and the cubature of the hyperboloid of revolution (acute hyperbolic solid). He was the first to use "curved indivisibles", contributing in this way to the "method of indivisibles" introduced into geometry by Bonaventura Cavalieri. The close scientific collaboration between the two outstanding mathematicians, also extremely close friends, is documented by a rich scientific correspondence.
The second direction of research, to maintain this system of classification, consists of the application of geometry to the study of motion.
The barometric experiment, which led to the invention of the mercury barometer, and the development of techniques for producing telescope lenses are two final directions of research in which Torricelli demonstrated an ability comparable to that of a skilled artisan.»]]> «Ever since the launch of the first Sputnik in 1957, space exploration has advanced on two fronts, manned and unmanned. The manned missions are well known--from Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, to the Space Shuttle and the proposed Space Station Freedom. Millions have watched "Apollo 13" or "The Right Stuff."
In contrast, the exploration of space by unmanned spacecraft has remained almost invisible. The world applauded in 1958, when Explorers 1 and 3 discovered the radiation belt, but the many missions which followed are virtually unknown.»]]> «The Hubble Space Telescope is a national asset. Scientists all over the world use the orbiting observatory to get a view of the universe that they can't get any other way.»]]> «Le ricerche più importanti di Galvani furono quelle nel campo dell´elettrofisiologia, che Galvani intraprese nel 1780, o forse prima, condusse per una decina d´anni, e riassunse nel famoso Commentarius de viribus electricitatis in motu musculari.»]]> «When Hubble looks out into space, it looks back in time. And the images it brings to us of the past have changed the way we think about the origins of the universe.» ]]> «Un travail de repérage et d’inventaire des matériels scientifiques anciens, conservés dans les établissements scolaires, a été entrepris depuis plusieurs années. Ce projet soutenu par l’INRP, consiste en un repérage systématique des appareils, puis à leur description au moyen de photographies et de descriptions muséographiques complètes, sur le modèle de ce qui est présenté ci-dessous.» ]]> «Lasers are usually thought of as being futuristic; used only in science or as part of "outer space."
But lasers are everywhere nowadays. Lasers are used to communicate, to determine how far away things are, to be able to record and retrieve information, and to fix not only machines but the human body as well.»]]> «Ernest O. Lawrence (1901-1958) helped elevate American physics to world leadership. His invention of the cyclotron, an accelerator of subatomic particles, won him the Nobel Prize in 1939. His entrepreneurial development of the Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley ushered in the era of “Big Science.”» ]]> «Du manuscrit médiéval enluminé à la photographie de mirage gravitationnel, plus de 200 pièces originales révèlent les interrogations, les conceptions et les représentations des hommes de tous les temps sur l’univers et sa création, dans leurs dimensions historique, imaginaire et philosophique.
L’exposition accompagne le visiteur dans une grande promenade jalonnée par des documents de toutes les époques, anciennes et moderne, et mettant en scène une aventure où la science et l’imaginaire se côtoient.»
L'Atlas Catalan
Atlas e Globes. L'astronomie des Césars]]> Musées imaginaries.
«Camille Flammarion, né en 1842 à Montigny-le-Roi (Haute-Marne) et mort en 1925 à Juvisy sur Orge (Essonne), est le fondateur de l’Observatoire privé de Juvisy et de la Société astronomique de France en 1887.»]]> «From the earliest days of empirical science (scientific investigation by observation and experiment) there has been a need for methods and apparatus to measure different quantities and qualities. Standards have been developed internationally and great ingenuity displayed in the production of a vast range of instruments of many kinds. Internationally recognised standard measures are of great use.»]]> «Light comes to our eyes in different ways. Sometimes it comes directly from things like a TV. Other times it comes from things like the sun bouncing off the grass and trees. Even other times light gets to our eyes and changes color after it passes through something like our sunglasses.»]]> «Old as the universe, new as the latest space satellite. Something you use every day, but something you’ve never seen. We’re talking about microwaves. You probably think a microwave is what you use to heat your dinner or make popcorn. That’s actually a microwave oven, or an oven that uses microwaves to generate heat. But what are microwaves?»]]> «Moments of Discovery tells the story of two scientific discoveries in the scientists' own words. (You can read the text or hear their actual voices.) The discovery of nuclear fission was a momentous and complex sequence of events where many famous scientists interacted with each other and the world at large. The detection of the first optical pulsar shows the work of a few scientists on a much finer, more personal scale, following moment by moment as an important discovery unfolded. Teachers' guides offer supplementary materials and ideas for classroom use.» ]]> «Galileo's notes on motion and mechanics document his work on mechanical problems over a period of more than forty years. The manuscript consists of more than 300 pages. They contain numerous short texts in Latin and Italian, representing sketches of proofs, but also extended drafts intended for publication, calculations, tables of calculated numbers, diagrams, and even some documents pertaining to experiments performed by Galileo. The manuscript is considered the essential source of information on the intellectual route followed by Galileo in achieving the insights he submitted in the Discorsi.» ]]>Departamento de Física.]]>El hombre tiene una parte primordial en la exhibición, hay tres cráneos perfectas copias del Pithecantropus erectus, el Hombre de Neathertal y el Homo-Sapiens,...
Hay animales abiertos y mostrando sus partes internas en Formol, con sus órganos numerados y una guía para identificarlos, Hay presentados de ésta manera, una Rata, un Conejo y una Paloma. Se presenta una gallina tamaño Natural partida a la mitad y con una explicación de dónde ingiere sus alimentos, el Buche, estómago, intestinos, Cloaca con un huevo, etc... Hay una colección de huevos de aves que van del diminuto Colibrí, hasta el huevo del Avestruz. Los parásitos como lombrices, giardia lambia, solitaria, nemátodos, etc...se presentan de tamaño natural con una explicación de dónde provienen y lo peligroso que son para el organismo humano. Se presenta una exhibición de 180 insectos, en la cual se incluyen mariposas y de varias partes del Mundo. Las diferentes formas de moluscos y conchas de más de 100 diferentes ejemplares. Unas vértebras de Hombre, Ballena y elefante dan una clara idea de las dimensiones de los seres vivos.»]]> «La storia dell'insegnamento superiore della fisica a Roma, almeno fino al 1870, è strettamente intrecciata con la storia dei papi e della loro politica culturale. Fino al Settecento si sviluppò in modo significativo tra lo Studium Urbis e gli istituti confessionali, primo fra tutti il Collegio Romano, che rappresentavano, in qualche misura, il pensiero laico da un lato e la tradizione religiosa dall'altro, per poi seguire le vicende dell'Università La Sapienza di Roma.»]]> «Il Museo della Specola ha così la caratteristica di illustrare lo sviluppo e l'evoluzione della strumentazione astronomica nell'arco di oltre un secolo, dai primi inizi del Settecento fino all'Ottocento inoltrato.
La storia di questi strumenti può essere seguita in dettaglio attraverso i numerosi inventari esistenti e le annotazioni riportate nei registri di osservazione della Specola, nonché nei documenti conservati presso l'Archivio del Dipartimento di Astronomia.»]]> «La collezione di antichi strumenti del Museo del Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche dell'Università Federico II di Napoli è composta da un gran numero di strumenti di notevole valore storico e in buono stato di conservazione.
Attraverso più di 600 strumenti catalogati e collocati in imponenti armadi ottocenteschi essa mostra lo sviluppo della strumentazione nella ricerca e nella didattica della fisica a Napoli a partire dai primi anni dell'800 fino agli inizi di questo secolo.»]]> Liceo Foscarini, Venezia.
«La sezione "Vecchio Gabinetto di Fisica" è davvero singolare. Essa infatti ospita una corposa e preziosa collezione di strumenti scientifici, compresi tra la fine del '700 e gli inizi del '900 (fino al 1929), che regge molto bene il confronto con quelle delle Università. E' da un insieme ristretto di questa collezione di apparecchi che sono stati selezionati quelli esposti nel 1994 in occasione della mostra con titolo "Un gabinetto di Fisica dell'800 in Venezia" allestita nella biblioteca del Liceo.»]]>«Es el primer museo experimental de ciencias del país y se diferencia de los museos tradicionales por disponer de equipos, instrumentos y aparatos demostrativos de las leyes de la naturaleza, que pueden ser empleados por el público en general de forma interactiva. Visitantes de todas las edades pueden observar por microscopio y telescopio, experimentar con láser, mezcladoras de sonido, computadoras y una gran variedad de aparatos de física y química. En forma complementaria se exponen paneles con fotografías y textos explicativos de Matemática e Informática, Física y Tecnología, Geología, Astronomía, Química y Biología. Se desarrolla una extensa actividad de difusión cultural.» ]]> «En el Museo Mecánico Virtual se han incluido 46 aparatos antiguos de las áreas de mecánica y mecánica de fluidos, que son propiedad de la E.U.P. de Linares, y que se conservan actualmente en el laboratorio del Departamento de Física de este centro. Estos aparatos constituyen una parte del instrumental científico antiguo de física que, desde hace algunos años, llevan siendo objeto de un estudio encaminado a su clasificación, recuperación y análisis de sus posibilidades didácticas. Digamos que la colección que aquí se presenta cabe considerarla como una muestra menor, ya que en conjunto se cuentan más de 200 aparatos e instrumentos antiguos de física.»
Editado por José Alberto Maroto Centeno.]]> «La sezione di medicina si articola in tre sale intitolate a grandi maestri della Medicina: l’anatomico Antonio Scarpa, il patologo chirurgo Luigi Porta, l’istologo e patologo Camillo Golgi.»]]>«O Museu tem como objectivo contribuir para a generalização, no seio da população ? sobretudo jovem ? da literacia científica, isto é, da aquisição de uma cultura básica no domínio da Ciência, incluindo a natural utilização quotidiana do método científico no seu modo de pensar e de actuar. É constituido por uma Exposição permanente de Física, simultaneamente participativa e histórica, pelo Planetário, pelas Oficinas Pedagógicas e pelo Laboratório Chimico da Escola Politécnica.» ]]>«O Gabinete de Física da Universidade de Coimbra foi criado pela Reforma Pombalina, materializando o pendor experimental da nova orientação académica que se enquadrava no espírito das luzes do séc. XVIII. No séc. XIX, no sentido de alinhar o ensino da Física pelos parâmetros que então se seguiam na Europa, o espólio do Gabinete de Física foi quantitativa e qualitativamente enriquecido. Pelas suas características, esta colecção de instrumentos é uma das mais notáveis e raras no mundo. Os instrumentos do séc. XVIII, que deram origem a um dos mais completos Gabinetes para o estudo da Física, são hoje consideradas verdadeiras obras de arte. Os instrumentos do séc. XIX são bem representativos do desenvolvimento da Física Experimental durante este século.»]]> «The Museum of the History of Science houses an unrivalled collection of historic scientific instruments in the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum building, the Old Ashmolean on Broad Street, Oxford. By virtue of the collection and the building, the Museum occupies a special position, both in the study of the history of science and in the development of western culture and collecting.»]]> «Our collection represents equipment used for 250 years of teaching and research in Natural Philosophy, the name traditionally used in Scottish Universities for Physics. It is one of the best such collections kept by any Physics Department in Britain, both in respect of the range of subjects covered and the continuity over the past two hundred years. Very little is on public display, due to lack of gallery space, and it is our intention to make more and more of the collection accessible in these pages over the next few years.»]]> «These are the 1998 CODATA recommended values of the fundamental physical constants, the latest CODATA values available.»]]> «The particle accelerator, popularly called an atom smasher, is such an image and technology of this astounding technological age. Extending over several miles underground, it produces beams of energetic charged particles and directs them against various targets. Needed to observe objects as small as the atomic nucleus in studies of its structure and of the forces that hold it together, the particle accelerator is also required to provide enough energy to create new particles. A kind of high powered version of our childhood marbles game on the level of atoms, the particle accelerator is one of many phenomenal marriages of technology and science to produce wondrous visions of worlds far beyond the capacity of the unaided eye.»]]> «Opened in 1988, the Physics Museum displays optical, electrical, acoustical and other scientific equipment plus books, catalogues and instruction manuals. Many date from the University's first year of teaching in 1911. Near-antiques of brass and mahogany sit beside newer but equally obsolete items like electron tubes, spiral slide rules, a computer card punch and sheets of computer magnetic core memory.»]]> «The end of the Cold War may have eased the threat of atomic holocaust, but it didn't squelch the controversy about the health effects of ionizing radiation. Some scientists say there's no safe level, others vehemently disagree. Billions of dollars, and thousands of lives, hang in the balance. What do we know about the health effects of low doses of ionizing radiation?» ]]> «Partendo da molteplici tracce che si incontrano sia nella vita quotidiana sia nella ricerca scientifica, la mostra permette al visitatore di ripercorrere gli ultimi secoli verso le origini della scienza elettrica ed in particolare verso le innovazioni, teoriche e sperimentali, di Alessandro Volta.
Nel viaggio si incontrano numerosissimi oggetti che hanno popolato il mondo della scienza e della società e che consentono di ripercorrere la storia dell'elettricità, intesa sia come forma di energia facilmente trasportabile sia come veicolo di informazioni; particolare rilievo viene dato ai contributi italiani nei vari settori.»]]> «In this site, you can learn everything you ever wanted to know about satellites. Click on "Types and Uses" to find out about different types of satellites, and examples of each. In "Anatomy of a Satellite" you can learn about the parts of a satellite. "Canadian Satellite Q&A" will answer all your questions about what satellites mean to Canada, and tell you about the history of Canada's involvement in space.»]]> «The central drama in the game of baseball is the confrontation between the pitcher and the batter. In this intense struggle, the pitcher usually wins. A batting average of .333, indicating one hit out of every three times at the plate, is achieved only by the star hitters of the game.» ]]> «...frame builder Paolo Salvagione assisted in our understanding of bicycle frames and the materials they are made of. The Exploratorium's Paul Doherty helped explain the physics and forces behind the sport of cycling.» ]]> «On this site you can find information ABOUT the collection, a selection of online EXHIBITS illustrating visual phenomena, a set of pages exploring novel and thought-provoking IDEAS about seeing, and many LINKS to other sites where you can find more information about the science and mystery of how we see the world.» ]]> «The roll call is impressive, Franklin, Henry, Gibbs, Rowland, Michelson, Millikan, Compton; a signer of the Declaration of Independence and first great American physicist, a founder and second President of the National Academy of Sciences, the first great American theoretical physicist, the first President of The American Physical Society and the first three American Nobel Prize winners in Physics. The selections stop short of the last fifty years since choices involving living people and their deceased colleagues are difficult to make.» ]]> «Paul Doherty, Exploratorium staff physicist, explains the physics of ollies, nolies, and kickflips.» ]]> «Electricity and magnetism run nearly everything we plug in or turn on. Although it’s something we take for granted, it has taken hundreds of years of experimentation and research to reach the point where we flick a switch and the lights go on.» ]]> «To see a total solar eclipse, you have to be in just the right spot on the earth. When you look up in the sky at the sun and the moon, you notice a strange coincidence--both look the same size in the sky. Both the sun and the moon look about one-half degree in diameter. Now, they're not really the same size. The sun's diameter is actually 400 times the moon's diameter. But, you must also take into account that the sun is also 400 times further away from the earth, reducing its apparent size to the same as the moon's.» ]]> Exploratorium. The museum of science, art and human perception.
«Scientists became aware that the sun went through cycles and changes by observing sunspots, the darker, relatively cooler areas of the sun. The number of sunspots can be an indication of the degree of solar activity. The average number of visible sunspots varies over time, increasing and decreasing on a regular cycle of between 9.5 to 11 years, on average about 10.8 years. An amateur astronomer, Heinrich Schwabe, was the first to note this cycle in 1843.»]]> Discover the secrets of everyday stuff.]]> «Dark spots, some as large as 50,000 miles in diameter, move across the surface of the sun, contracting and expanding as they go. These strange and powerful phenomena are known as sunspots.» ]]> «When you hear the words "technology" and "surfing" in the same sentence, you might think of the internet before you think of the ocean. But those two words go together to help wave riders predict whether worthwhile swells are heading their way. By looking at satellite and climate data that's available on the Web, surfers can follow storms into shore and be there in time to catch the biggest waves.» ]]> «What is sound? Sounds are really just rapidly vibrating waves in the air. Those waves make our eardrums vibrate, but instead of feeling the vibrations, our brains translate them into sounds. Translating waves from one form to another is also a key to understanding sound recording technologies. In the 1800s, many scientists studied sound waves and human hearing. Some of them, such as Eduoard-Leon Scott de Martinville and Alexander Graham Bell, constructed machines called Phonautographs to capture the waves and translate them into visible form—drawings on paper or on a sheet of smoked glass.»]]> «A hypertext history of how scientists came to (partly) understand what people are doing to change the Earth's climate.» ]]> «Experiments by J.J. Thomson in 1897 led to the discovery of a fundamental building block of matter.» ]]> «Commemorating the 400th anniversary of "De Magnete" by William Gilbert of Colchester.»]]> The European Center for Nuclear Research.
Exploratorium. The museum of science, art and human perception.
«A new site exploring the history, people, and landscape of this research facility and the scientific and cultural ideas that emerge.» ]]> «Tycho himself, perhaps more than any other mathematician of his time, fashioned his own image, through the account of his observatory published in the Astronomiae instauratae mechanica of 1598 and 1602, through other publications printed on his own presses, and through his instruments.»]]> «In this exhibit we'll look at the man-made satellites that orbit Earth and the Sun -- highly specialized tools that do thousands of tasks every day. Each of these satellites has many parts, but two parts common to all satellites are called the payload and the bus.»]]> «The Museum of Science is home to the world's largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator. The generator was generously donated to the Museum by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Designed and built by Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff, who was a professor at MIT, this generator was originally used as a research tool in early atom-smashing and high energy X-ray experiments. As newer methods of atomic acceleration became available, the machine was used for instructional purposes only. Finally, it was donated to the Museum, where it now stands on public display in the center of the Thomson Theatre of Electricity and is demonstrated daily.»]]> «Much of modern-day technology owes some debt to the work of Thomas Alva Edison. His inventions such as an incandescent lighting system, the phonograph, motion pictures, and nearly countless, lesser known others laid the foundation for the explosive growth of technology that defined the 20th century. His dizzying array of inventions dazzled his contemporaries, who called him a wizard, and frustrated his rivals, who found competing against Edison a serious business.»]]> «The Transistor was probably the most important invention of the 20th Century, and the story behind the invention is one of clashing egos and top secret research.» ]]> «Turbulent Landscapes is made up of 21 exhibits, 18 graphic stands, seven curved walls, a credit and introduction wall, 6 full benches (each in two sections), and an optional audio tour (with check-out desk). You can see the exhibit and read descriptions and comments for each exhibit.» ]]> «There is no field of study more all-encompassing than astronomy, and it is one at which a great many Canadians have excelled.
Astronomy is a science in which anyone may meaningfully participate, given enough patience, determination and maybe even a little luck.»]]> «One of the most unique aspects of hockey is the surface on which the game is played: the ice itself. The players talk about the quality of the ice; they've helped coin the terms "fast ice" and "slow ice." Scientists, on the other hand, are still studying the chemistry of the ice. In just the last few years, there have been major discoveries which have changed our understanding about the nature of the ice.» ]]> «Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976) was one of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century. He is best known as a founder of quantum mechanics, the new physics of the atomic world, and especially for the uncertainty principle in quantum theory. He is also known for his controversial role as a leader of Germany's nuclear fission research during World War II. After the war he was active in elementary particle physics and West German science policy.» ]]> «...collection of historical physical instruments from the beginning of the experimental physics at the University of Innsbruck - starting with the first purchase of instruments in 1763 - to the year 1963. The exhibits give a review on 200 years of physics, showing the development of the experimental physics in Innsbruck from the 'Armarium' to the 'Physikalische Cabinet', he 'Physikalische Institut' and today's 'Institut für Experimentalphysik'.»]]>