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Electricity and magnetism

Charges and fields, electric current, magnetism and induction, gas discharges and plasma physics.

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Fundamental physical constants

Constant Symbol Numerical value Gravitational constant G 6.6720·10 -11 N·m 2 ·kg -2 Speed of light in vacuum c 2.99792458·10 8 m·s -1 Magnetic constant μ 0 4π·10 -7 H·m -1 = 1.25663706144·10 -6 H·m -1 Electric constant ε…

The click

AIM OF THE EXPERIMENT: To show how charged particles make a sound.

The magnet draws

AIM OF THE EXPERIMENT: To show the pattern that magnetic fields form around magnets of different shapes.

The steel barrier

AIM OF THE EXPERIMENT: To find out how metals affect a magnetic field.

Physics crib sheets. Physics formulas

Physics formulas are absolutely essential: armed with them, anyone who has decided to study this science can feel entirely at home in the world of physics.

Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (27.03.1845 - 10.02.1923) was a German experimental physicist and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1896).

Abragam, Anatole

Anatole Abragam (born 15.XII 1914) is a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1973).

Abdullayev, Hasan Mammad Bagir oglu

Hasan Mammad Bagir oglu Abdullayev (born 20.08.1918) is a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR (1967) and its president (since 1970), and a corresponding member of the USSR Ac…

Abraham, Max

Max Abraham (26.03.1875 - 16.11.1922) was a German theoretical physicist.

Abrikosov, Alexei Alexeyevich

Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (born 25.06.1928) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1964).

Adirovich, Emmanuil Ilyich

Emmanuil Ilyich Adirovich (24.08.1915— 10.09.1973) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR (1962).

7 substances that break the rules of physics

There are many surprising things and unusual materials in the world, but these can fairly claim a place in the category of “the most surprising of those thought up by people”.

Akulov, Nikolai Sergeyevich

Nikolai Sergeyevich Akulov (12.12.1900 - 21.09.1976) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1940).

Alexandrov, Anatoly Petrovich

Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov (born 13.02.1903) is a Soviet physicist, an academician (1953; corresponding member 1943) and president of the USSR Academy of Sciences (since 1975).

Alekseevsky, Nikolai Evgenyevich

Nikolai Evgenyevich Alekseevsky (born 23.05.1912) is a Soviet experimental physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1960).