Fear of Physics (33 page)

Spillar, E.

Spontaneous symmetry breaking

Sports, symmetry in

Standard Solar Model

Stars; formation of; hydrostatic equilibrium of; nuclear reactions of; number of; stellar collapse theory and; supernova.
See also
Sun

Stellar collapse theory

Strength

Sun; characteristics of; distance to earth; formation of; hydrostatic equilibrium; mass of; neutrinos; orbit of planets around; in solar eclipse; Standard Solar Model.
See also
Stars

Superconducting Supercollider (SSC)

Superconductivity; high-temperature; mass and; of mercury

Supernova

Supersymmetry

String theory

Symmetry; change and; in charge conservation; crystals and; electromagnetism and; in elementary-particle physics; in energy conservation; in Feynman’s chess game; gauge; general-coordinate invariance and; of momentum; in momentum conservation; nuclear decays and; parity violation and; between particles and antiparticles; in phase transitions; reflection; scale invariance and; scientific view of; space-time; of spheres; spontaneous breaking of; in sports; universal

Thought experiments (
Gedanken
)

Time; as dimension; imaginary; mass and; moving backward in; principle of least; space and

Tomonaga, Sin-itiro

Transistor

Universal constants

Universal Law of Gravity (Newton)

Universal symmetry

Universal velocity

Universe: age of; big bang explosion; closed; dark matter in; density of galaxies in; flat; dimensional; Galileo on; isotropic; mass of; properties of, as sphere

Uranus

Vector potential, in electromagnetism

Velocity; change in; constant; escape; particle; zero

Veltman, Martinus

Virtual particles

Volume; of a sphere

W and Z particles

Water: critical opulescence of; critical value of,
167; phase transition of; properties of

Waves, electromagnetic

Weight

Weinberg, Steven

Weisskopf, Vicki

Weyl, Hermann

Wilczek, Frank

Wilson, Kenneth

Wilson, Robert

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

X–ray crystallography

Yang, Chen Ning

Zero momentum

Zero velocity

Z particles

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