Category: Physics

  • René Laennec – Short Biography and Science History

    René Laennec – Short Biography and Science History

    Basic Facts Name : René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec Date of Birth : February 17, 1781 Date of Death : August 13, 1826 Nationality : French Famous for : Inventing the Stethoscope   René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec, famously known as René Laennec, was born on February 17, 1781 in Quimper, Brittany. He was a French physician that invented the stethoscope…

  • How to Read Binary Codes—Introducing the Slot Method

    How to Read Binary Codes—Introducing the Slot Method

    Binary coding system is the secret language of anything electronic.  While we, people, can express ourselves with different characters, numbers and symbols, electrical machines such as computers only use “1” and “O” or the “on” and “off.”  Computers are designed to read these two characters from left to right, with the value in each slot…

  • What is Physics: Definition, Areas, Role and how it Works

    What is Physics: Definition, Areas, Role and how it Works

    When asked on the first day of your Physics class by your teacher, what will you answer? Do you have already an idea about your subject?  Physics is defined simply as the study or a branch of knowledge pertaining to energy, matter and their interaction.  The area of Physics encompasses from the littlest sub-atomic particles…