The World Chrome
Sunday 18 May 2014
Ailurophobia – fear of cats Algophobia – fear of pain Amychophobia – fear of being scratched Androphobia – fear of men Anthophobia – fear of flowers Anthropophobia – fear of people or the company of people, a form of social phobia Aquaphobia – fear of water. Distinct from hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies Arachnophobia – fear of spiders Astraphobia – fear of thunder and lightning Atychiphobia – fear of failure Automatonophobia – fear of anything that falsely represents a sentient being Autophobia – fear of being alone or isolated or of one's self
Saturday 10 May 2014
A hypothetic body that completely absorbs all wavelengths of thermal radiation incident on it. Such bodies do not reflect light, and therefore appear black if their temperatures are low enough so as not to be self-luminous. All blackbodies heated to a given temperature emit thermal radiation with the same spectrum, as required by arguments of classical physics involving thermal equilibrium. However, the distribution of blackbody radiation as a function of wavelength, known as the Planck law, cannot be predicted using classical physics. This fact was the first motivating force behind the development of quantum mechanics.
Sunday 4 May 2014
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