Tag: Physics Quanta

• Inverse Square Law: A Tale of Luminosity, Gravity, and Topology

  Imagine for a moment if we could put a big box around the Sun, never mind why. (I suppose you could use a light bulb instead of the Sun, but stars are simpler than light bulbs, partly because their energy source is internal.) The size of the box isn’t particularly important, as long as it’s…

  Matthew R. Francis

  June 28, 2012

  Astronomy, Physics, and Related Fields

  Math Concepts, Physics Quanta, Symmetry, topology