Abdul Afzal's articles Blog Steven Weinberg (1933 – 2021): An Obituary Steven Weinberg has sadly passed away today at the age of 88. Typically, whenever I hear about an influential physicist passing away, I often talk about their achievements and contribution to physics. However, it’s hard to do that for Weinberg because firstly, even going through just his major achievements and explaining them is a massive […] Written by Abdul Afzal 2021-07-242021-07-25 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Featured Nobel Prize 2020: How Roger Penrose Revolutionized Our Understanding of Black Holes (Part III) The main theme of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics is black holes, and it has been awarded to Roger Penrose, Andrea Ghez, and Reinhard Genzel. The Nobel committee awarded half of it to Ghez and Genzel for their pioneering work in showing that there is a supermassive black hole at the centre of our […] Written by Abdul Afzal 2021-01-162021-01-19 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Featured Nobel Prize 2020: How Roger Penrose Revolutionized Our Understanding of Black Holes (Part II) The main theme of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics is black holes, and it has been awarded to Roger Penrose, Andrea Ghez, and Reinhard Genzel. The Nobel committee awarded half of it to Ghez and Genzel for their pioneering work in showing that there is a supermassive black hole at the centre of our […] Written by Abdul Afzal 2020-12-182020-12-27 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Featured Nobel Prize 2020: How Roger Penrose Revolutionized Our Understanding of Black Holes (Part I) The main theme of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics is black holes, and it has been awarded to Roger Penrose, Andrea Ghez, and Reinhard Genzel. The Nobel committee awarded half of it to Ghez and Genzel for their pioneering work in showing that there is a supermassive black hole at the centre of our […] Written by Abdul Afzal 2020-11-292020-12-04 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Featured Physical Sciences Stephen Hawking: Man Who Defied All Odds One hundred and thirty-nine years ago today, the universe graced us with the birth of a genius who would go on to revolutionize the world of physics and in doing so, forever immortalize the name, Albert Einstein. Perhaps it’s somewhat poetic that on the same day, the universe decides to take back another physics superstar, […] Written by Abdul Afzal 2018-03-142018-03-15 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Physical Sciences Measuring Speed of Light with a bar of Chocolate! In case you were wondering, yes, it is possible to calculate the speed of light from the comfort of your kitchen! This is a relatively famous experiment that is often performed while doing Physics A-levels or GCSES. All you need is a big bar of chocolate (the bigger the better), a centimetre ruler, and a […] Written by Abdul Afzal 2018-03-042018-07-06 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Blog Steven Weinberg (1933 – 2021): An Obituary Steven Weinberg has sadly passed away today at the age of 88. Typically, whenever I hear about an influential physicist passing away, I often talk about their achievements and contribution to physics. However, it’s hard to do that for Weinberg because firstly, even going through just his major achievements and explaining them is a massive […] Written by Abdul Afzal 2021-07-242021-07-25 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Featured Nobel Prize 2020: How Roger Penrose Revolutionized Our Understanding of Black Holes (Part III) The main theme of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics is black holes, and it has been awarded to Roger Penrose, Andrea Ghez, and Reinhard Genzel. The Nobel committee awarded half of it to Ghez and Genzel for their pioneering work in showing that there is a supermassive black hole at the centre of our […] Written by Abdul Afzal 2021-01-162021-01-19 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Featured Nobel Prize 2020: How Roger Penrose Revolutionized Our Understanding of Black Holes (Part II) The main theme of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics is black holes, and it has been awarded to Roger Penrose, Andrea Ghez, and Reinhard Genzel. The Nobel committee awarded half of it to Ghez and Genzel for their pioneering work in showing that there is a supermassive black hole at the centre of our […] Written by Abdul Afzal 2020-12-182020-12-27 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Featured Nobel Prize 2020: How Roger Penrose Revolutionized Our Understanding of Black Holes (Part I) The main theme of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics is black holes, and it has been awarded to Roger Penrose, Andrea Ghez, and Reinhard Genzel. The Nobel committee awarded half of it to Ghez and Genzel for their pioneering work in showing that there is a supermassive black hole at the centre of our […] Written by Abdul Afzal 2020-11-292020-12-04 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Featured Physical Sciences Stephen Hawking: Man Who Defied All Odds One hundred and thirty-nine years ago today, the universe graced us with the birth of a genius who would go on to revolutionize the world of physics and in doing so, forever immortalize the name, Albert Einstein. Perhaps it’s somewhat poetic that on the same day, the universe decides to take back another physics superstar, […] Written by Abdul Afzal 2018-03-142018-03-15 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Physical Sciences Measuring Speed of Light with a bar of Chocolate! In case you were wondering, yes, it is possible to calculate the speed of light from the comfort of your kitchen! This is a relatively famous experiment that is often performed while doing Physics A-levels or GCSES. All you need is a big bar of chocolate (the bigger the better), a centimetre ruler, and a […] Written by Abdul Afzal 2018-03-042018-07-06 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
