Philosophy
William Rowan Hamilton
August 4th, 1805 to September 2nd, 1865
In 1827, William Rowan Hamilton presented his Theory of Systems of Rays at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin. Although he was still an undergraduate, only 21 years old, his work is one of the important works in optics, for it provided a single function that brings together mechanics, optics and mathematics. It led to establishing the wave theory of light, which gives that light is a form of energy that travels in waves.
Full four texts...
Theory of Systems of Rays
Supplement to an Essay on the Theory of Systems of Rays
Second Supplement to an Essay on the Theory of Systems of Rays
Third Supplement to an Essay on the Theory of Systems of Rays
William Rowan Hamilton
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Philosophy
William Rowan Hamilton's "Theory of Systems of Rays"
William Rowan HamiltonAugust 4th, 1805 to September 2nd, 1865
In 1827, William Rowan Hamilton presented his Theory of Systems of Rays at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin. Although he was still an undergraduate, only 21 years old, his work is one of the important works in optics, for it provided a single function that brings together mechanics, optics and mathematics. It led to establishing the wave theory of light, which gives that light is a form of energy that travels in waves.
Full four texts...
Theory of Systems of Rays
Supplement to an Essay on the Theory of Systems of Rays
Second Supplement to an Essay on the Theory of Systems of Rays
Third Supplement to an Essay on the Theory of Systems of Rays
William Rowan Hamilton
- Yogi-isms
My Fellow Comedists, Today is the beginning of little league season. I'm managing my son's team, so all thoughts are turned towards baseball. When you think baseball and funny, nothing comes to mind quicker than Yogi Berra. Master of the unintended...
- Franceso Ingoli, Galileo And The Roman Inquisition
In January of 1616, the month before before the Roman Inquisition would infamously condemn the Copernican theory as being “foolish and absurd in philosophy”, Monsignor Francesco Ingoli addressed Galileo Galilei with an essay entitled “Disputation...
- Sir William Henry Bragg
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- Georges Lemaître And The "big Bang" [aka "hypothesis Of The Primeval Atom"]
Georges Lemaître July 17th, 1894 to June 20th, 1966 This Big Bang will not end as to whom originated the notion. Georges (Henri) Lemaître was a Belgian astronomer and cosmologist, born in Charleroi, Belgium. He was also a civil engineer, army officer,...
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Abstract: About a century ago, cosmic rays were identified as being a source of radiation on Earth. The proof came from two independent experiments. The Italian physicist Domenico Pacini observed the radiation strength to decrease when going from the...