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Thinking about Science with David Hukins

Understanding science NOT learning "facts".

  • By David Hukins
  • Based in France
  • Roughly one post per month
  • First post on

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Most recent posts

24.12 Atomic orbitals
In post 16.29, we saw that the lowest energy levels in an atom are conventionally labelled, in order of increasing energy, 1s, 2s and 2p. There are three 2p levels that all correspond to the …
On , by David Hukins, 933 words
24.11 Zeroth law of thermodynamics
I have written about the first, second and third laws of thermodynamics; these three laws are numbered in chronological order and, I believe, in logical order. But, in 1932, the English physicist Sir Ralph Fowler …
On , by David Hukins, 549 words
24.10 Multifactorial problems – seeking a cause that doesn’t exist
A more accurate description of this post would be, seeking a single, simple cause for the combined effect of many factors. But this would be a very cumbersome heading. Let’s look at an everyday example: …
On , by David Hukins, 1,244 words