Sunday, 23 July 2017

"Energy of a Photon" by Maxwell Planck

Energy of a photon, E, is proportional to its frequency, v, E = hv. This is a basic law of physics and one very easy to forget if not used daily.

The constant h is known as the Planck's constant.  (f is the frequency of the corresponding e-m wave). It is also known as the Planck-Einstein relation. The constant's unit is Joule seconds (energy integrated over time).

Put another way, the Planck constant is the proportionality ratio between the energy and frequency (equivalent wave frequency) of a photon. Its natural units are therefore quite understandably Joule seconds.

Think "wave-particle duality" and you will have a vague sense of what Planck's constant imputes.

Thursday, 20 July 2017

Brunel

Brunel was an engineer heavily involved in railways and railway bridge engineering. He designed many things, including the original Paddington station and the Great Western, at the time, the longest ship in the world and became a model for Atlantic paddle-steamers (where steam drives the water wheel).

Ranks in the Military

Admiral of the Fleet - highest rank in the Royal Navy. During the Interregnum, the rank of Admiral was replaced by general at sea.
Field Marshal - highest rank in the British Army
Marshal of the Royal Air Force - highest rank of the British Royal Air Force
The First Lord of the Admiralty was the political head of the Royal Navy and was in existence from 1628 before eventually being merged into the new Ministry of Defence in 1964.

Richard Milhouse Nixon

Born in Yorba Linda, California
Studied at Whittier College (liberal arts college)
Elected to the House of Representatives (lower chamber of Congress) in 1946
Senate in 1950
Ran for Presidency in 1968 defeating Hubert Humphry
He as in office 1969 to 1974, preceded by Lyndon Johnson
Nixon ended American involvement in the Vietnam War in 1973
Nixon presided over the Apollo 11 moon landing
Nixon presided over the 1973 oil crisis - when members of OPEC proclaimed an oil embargo, in response to the US support for Israel during the Yom Kippur War (has been termed the first "oil shock", the second being in 1979)
He was also involved in the Watergate scandal, referring to the Watergate complex, which was at the time the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) the formal governing body of the United States Democratic Party (Nixon himself was a Republican)
Nixon wrote a number of books, including Six Crises, published by Doubleday, his first book written before he became President, recounting episodes when he served in the House of Representatives, the Senate and as Vice President to Dwight Eisenhower. He did not directly succeed Eisenhower though, who was succeeded by John F Kennedy.


Sunday, 16 July 2017

Capital Cities of the Caribbean

Kingston, Jamaica
The Valley, Anguilla
Road Town, BVI
Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands
San Juan, Puerto Rico ("Rich Port")
Havana, Cuba
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Port au Prince, Haiti
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
Fort-de-France, Martinique
Nassau, Bahamas
Castries, Saint Lucia
Willemstad, Curacao (Netherlands)
Oranjestad, Aruba (Netherlands)
Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
St. George's, Grenada ("island of spice" due to its production of nutmeg and mace)
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Georgetown, Cayman Islands
Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten (Netherlands, though half the island is divided with the French)
Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands
Brades plus Little Bay (under construction, funded by DFID), Montserrat