Equations – Algebra and Chemistry

E = mc2

Einstein Maxwell

Dirac Florey

Penicillin

Relativistic Quantum Mechanics

Electromagnetism

Relativity

DNA

JaJb – JbJa = -iħJc

Quantum Mechanical Rotation

JaJb – JbJa = -iħJc

Science was born when people like Galileo realised that mathematics

was the language in which the Universe spoke but we only became fluent when

it was realised that the dialect was algebra

Science was born when an equation was first applied to a physical process

Science was born when an equation was first applied to a physical process

Who did it?

Science was born when an equation was first applied to a physical process

Who did it?

Before this “common sense” ruled and that tells us that

the Sun circles the Earth

Pythagoras?

Newton?

Archimedes?

Kepler ?

Galileo?

E = mc2 F = -kx Hψ = Eψ iħψ = Hψ

μoε o = 1/c2

F = Gm1m2

r2

Equations Equations Equations

A free ranging discussion, initiated by Harry Kroto, on the fact that Science really seems to have been born when the first equation was used to describe some aspect of the the way the Universe works. Whoever did write it write it could rightly be considered the Father of Modern Science.. Hopefully an intriguing historical perspective on what Science is and when it really started will evolve –

Pythagoras?

Newton?

Archimedes?

Kepler ?

Galileo?

SCIENCE CAFÉ at Ray’s Steel City Saloon - Tuesday 1st Feb 6.30 pm

E = mc2 F = -kx JaJb – JbJa = -iħJc

Hψ = Eψ iħψ = Hψ μoε o = 1/c2

F = G m1m2

r2

Hooke’s Law

F = -kx