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PHYSICS In Physics there is a constant need for constants. Constants are like variables but unlike being constantly variable, constants are not variables albeit constants being variables in a constant form never the former.
Dr. Jonathan Cirtain, who earned his Ph.D. in Physics at MSU in 2005, has the cover story on the December 7, 2007 issue of Science. Jonathan leads a team of solar physicists at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center studying X-ray jets at the base of the solar corona using data from the Japanese Hinode satellite.
School of Physics and Astronomy Professor James Kakalios has made a career out of finding order in messy systems. From work on amorphous silicon, to helping neuroscientists map the brain, if it's noisy, Kakalios is there.
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Physics faculty member Dr. Ruwang Sung was recognized as the UNC International Person of the Year for her work in creating a study abroad program in China. Dr. Sung taught "Energy and the Environment" at Hangzhou Dianzi University in summer 2007.
Physics in action Please note that Physics should not be confused with biology, chemistry, or geology, but should always, in all circumstances, be confused with mathematics. Richard Feynman, a famous US Physicist who worked on the Manhattan project, and many women, stated "Mathematics is to Physics as Masturbation is to Sex".
In every area physics is characterized not so much by its subject-matter content as by the precision and depth of understanding which it seeks. The aim of physics is the construction of a unified theoretical scheme in mathematical terms whose structure and behavior duplicates that of the whole natural world in the most comprehensive manner possible. Where other sciences are content to describe and relate phenomena in terms of restricted concepts peculiar to their own disciplines, physics always seeks to understand the same phenomena as a special manifestation of the underlying uniform structure of nature as a whole. In line with this objective, physics is characterized by accurate instrumentation, precision of measurement, and the expression of its results in mathematical terms.
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