What makes physics so interesting is that it is all around us, even though we rarely think about it. It is in the traffic lights you stop at on the way to school, the toilet you flush after your morning go, the ball you throw to your dog in the yard, and the iPod you sing along to on that afternoon jog. If you’re curious about the physi- cal world, you benefit from studying physics. The comprehension of phys- ics is important for everybody, espe- cially in today’s world, because it leads to the solutions of problems such as global warming (energy resources, pollution, etc), space exploration (Moon colonization, Mars research, etc), communications, medicine, and arms control. to scale The sweet Mercedes Ludacris is always rapping about. That chickenpox virus you had when you were 5. A single atom (it doesn’t get much smaller than this, kids). The space colony that we’ll someday live in. The Earth. ’Nuff said. The milky way galaxy. No, not the candy bar. That phone that EVERYONE has. 115.5 mm .0002 mm 4,656 mm 12,756,320,000 mm 100,000 light years 1,400,000,000,000 mm 1,524,000 mm 1x10 mm -10 .0001 mm The Sun. Without it, you’d be dead. A nanobot. A robot … inside your body.* 1,800 mm K. Eric Drexler. That physicist whose theories inspired the Terminator franchise. In the most general sense, physics uses the scientific method to understand the most fundamental principles of nature. Physicists usually specialize within a specific area of the field, al- though many times their interests overlap. Some examples of these fields are astrophysics, geophysics, atomic and nuclear physics, quantum physics, theoretical physics, and nanophysics. In short, nanophysics is the study of the controlling of matter on an atomic and molecular scale. In the 1990’s, nanotech- nology focused on testing molecular structures and refining ways to manipulate atoms using a scanning tunneling micro- scope. The end goal of these experiments is to create minute computers and molecular machines, which could be used for vital en- gineering or medical tasks. Enthusiasts be- lieve it will eventually be possible to allow the molecular correction of most diseases, and even repair ageing cells. A nanometer is one billionth of a meter, roughly the width of three or four atoms. The average human hair is about 25,000 nanometers wide. *
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What makes physics so interesting is that it is all around us, even though we rarely think about it. It is in the traffic lights you stop at on the way to school, the toilet you flush after your morning go, the ball you throw to your dog in the yard, and the iPod you sing along to on that afternoon jog. If you’re curious about the physi-cal world, you benefit from studying physics. The comprehension of phys-ics is important for everybody, espe-cially in today’s world, because it leads to the solutions of problems such as global warming (energy resources, pollution, etc), space exploration (Moon colonization, Mars research, etc), communications, medicine, and arms control.
to scale
The sweet Mercedes Ludacris is always rapping about.
That chickenpox virus you had when you were 5.
A single atom(it doesn’t get much smaller than this, kids).
The space colony that we’ll someday live in.
The Earth. ’Nuff said.
The milky way galaxy. No, not the candy bar.
That phone that EVERYONE has.115.5 mm
.0002 mm
4,656 mm
12,756,320,000 mm
100,000 light years
1,400,000,000,000 mm
1,524,000 mm
1x10 mm-10
.0001 mm
The Sun. Without it, you’d be dead.
A nanobot. A robot … inside your body.*1,800 mm
K. Eric Drexler. That physicist whose theories inspired the Terminator franchise.
In the most general sense, physics uses the scientific method to understand the most fundamental principles of nature. Physicists usually specialize within a specific area of the field, al-though many times their interests overlap. Some examples of these fields are astrophysics, geophysics, atomic and nuclear physics, quantum physics, theoretical physics, and nanophysics.
In short, nanophysics is the study of the controlling of matter on an atomic and molecular scale. In the 1990’s, nanotech-nology focused on testing molecular structures and refining ways to manipulate atoms using a scanning tunneling micro-scope. The end goal of these experiments is to create minute computers and molecular machines, which could be used for vital en-gineering or medical tasks. Enthusiasts be-lieve it will eventually be possible to allow the molecular correction of most diseases, and even repair ageing cells. A nanometer is one billionth of a meter, roughly the width of three or four atoms. The average human hair is about 25,000 nanometers wide.
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