Lord Kelvin’s second little cloud II
In this post we will continue the story we started in the previous one: the story of a certain dark cloud shadowing the clear skies of Classical Physics. As we narrated there, it all started […]
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Lord Kelvin’s second little cloud
In a previous post we talked about Newton’s Programme, i.e. using mathematics and the scientific method to explain the world around us. There we saw that by the end of the 19th century this programme […]
The Triumph of Reason: Newton’s Programme
Since ancient times human beings have tried to understand and explain how the world around them works. The first attempt was the creation of gods. The ancient Greeks, for example, had gods for every taste. […]
And mathematics began to live a peculiar life of its own
In several previous posts we have commented that Mathematics is the language of nature (see here) and we have also seen that it plays a fundamental role in the scientific method (see here). That there […]
But is this Physics or Maths?
We have already discussed in these pages that Mathematics is the language of the Universe as well as the essential role it plays in the scientific method. In this entry we are going to look […]
A simple example of mathematical modelling: The growth of populations
In a previous post we discussed the importance of the scientific method described by Galileo in his book Il Saggiatore. There we saw that in order to “understand” the world around us we need to […]
Einstein, Wigner and the mystery of Mathematics
In a previous post we commented on the Galilean idea that Mathematics is the language for describing the world around us. That the World (Nature, or the Universe) can be studied with our senses and […]
Galileo and the Mathematics of the Universe
Who does not know Galileo Galilei? For many, the founder of modern science, is probably best known for his conviction in 1633 by the Court of the Inquisition in Rome (for defending Copernicus’ Heliocentric Theory) […]