Tag: physics
Nobel Prize in Physics for Climate Researcher Hasselmann – Knowledge
Half of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Syukuro Manabe, born in Japan in 1931, and Klaus Hasselmann from Hamburg, also born in 1931, for “physical modeling of…
The baroque artist Caravaggio was born 450 years ago – society
from Kia Vahland Caravaggio, the raw free spirit who paints dirty men on altarpieces and female models who prostitute themselves full-time. Who had the Old Testament Judith chopped off the…
Steven Weinberg dies: Fighter for the scientific worldview – knowledge
In the vast majority of cases, a Nobel Prize is considered to be the absolute culmination of a scientific life. However, if you look at the achievements of the physicist…
Meteorology: The lightning cannon
The Säntis weather mountain in Switzerland is hit by around 400 lightning bolts every year. That is why physicists are testing a new type of lightning rod there: it is…
Meteorology: The lightning cannon
The Säntis weather mountain in Switzerland is hit by around 400 lightning bolts every year. That is why physicists are testing a new type of lightning rod there: It is…