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The Crucial Role of Unit System Consistency in Research Collaboration
The Mars Climate Orbiter incident serves as a powerful cautionary tale about the importance of consistency in the use of unit systems within research groups. Launched by NASA in December 1998, this spacecraft was tasked with studying Mars’ climate and atmosphere. Yet, its mission was abruptly terminated due to a critical oversight: the failure to […]
Discovering the Foundations of Modern Technology: André-Marie Ampère’s Electrodynamics
In the realm of scientific discovery, few names are as pivotal as André-Marie Ampère’s, whose groundbreaking work in the early 19th century laid the foundation for much of our modern technology. From the motors powering our appliances to the telecommunications equipment enabling global connectivity, the principles of electromagnetism are integral to their function. Yet, the […]
17 Equations That Changed the World
In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World is a 2012 nonfiction book by British mathematician Ian Stewart FRS CMath FIMA, published by Basic Books. In the book Stewart traced a history of the role of mathematics in human history, beginning with the Pythagorean theorem to the equation that transformed the twenty-first-century financial market, the Black–Scholes model. Seventeen equations are described in […]
Thank “James Clerk Maxwell” for Cellphones
NOW THAT THE WORLD HAS BECOME ADDICTED to portable electronics, billions of people have come to see the companies providing these gadgets as the most innovative, and the people who head those companies as the most exalted, of all time. “Genius” is a starter category in this discussion. But clever and appealing though today’s electronic […]
AT-RASC 2015 General Lecture by A.D. Yaghjian entitled “An overview of Maxwell’s treatise”
AT-RASC 2015 General Lecture by A.D. Yaghjian entitled “An overview of Maxwell’s treatise” (Please fastforward to 15m45s for start of speech)