The End of Physics? The Beginning of Physics?
Lecture given at
Warsaw University
31 May 2001
By Brian G Wybourne
First 5 Slides
Otto von Guericke's spectacular public demonstration
1650
Sunspots, the Moon and Technology
John of Worcester's sunspot drawing
Thomas Harriot's Sunspots
Thomas Harriot's Moon drawing
Galileo's telescope
Newton's telescope
Technological Progress
Michelson's interferometer
The Growth of Technology
A Note on Michelson
New Physics at the End of the 20th Century
Fullerenes by Leonardo da Vinci
New Physics at the End of the 20th Century
Into the 21st Century
Very Large Telescopes ESO Chile
The OWL Telescope
CERN Announcement
Into the 21st Century: CERN
Brookhaven
Into the 21st Century: Ring Lasers
The CI Ring Laser
The CII Ring Laser
The Grosse Ring Laser
The Higgs Boson?
The Higgs Boson?
More Discoveries
Euler's Disk
McDonald's Physics Examples