Galileo’s Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences

One afternoon, during a particularly difficult day, I found my way to Galileo's Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences. It was a PDF version of the 1914 edition translated by Crew and de Salvio that I had randomly stumbled upon. (It has been made freely available by archive.org). I've learned that studying is one of the only things that …

Bohr vs. Electron Cloud, Neutrons and Basic Interactions

  Name of particle   Relative charge   Relative mass   Proton   +1   1   Electron   -1   1/1840   Neutron   0   1 Annotation: The following information may also be noted for each of the fundamental sub-atomic particles, of which a typical atom consists. Let's engage in a simple, if …

Brownian Motion

R.C. Smith In the past I have regularly written about and reflected on numerous examples with regards to the practice of science. Not only is this attached to my main, core interests as a physics student aspiring to become a good physicist and a good scientist, which inspires me to think deeply about science. I …

A Moment with Newton

R.C. Smith Over the summer break I set myself the task of reading through a fantastic recently published edition of the Principia. It has so far been immensely enjoyable. And, in the future, I do not doubt that I will dedicate an entire series of blog posts or essays to my working through Newton's Principia. …

Reclaiming the Enlightenment: Grounding Normativity

[An earlier unedited draft of this article was written with contributions by Arnold De Graaff. It has since become single authored and has been revised, updated and shortened.] R.C. Smith The Interrelated Nature of our Global Crisis: A Summary i) The situation today – A brief statement of need “The Enlightenment”, Theodor Adorno and Max …