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Future Faces of Physics Physpardy!

Physpardy!

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Know your Stats

Light up my Life

Past Facesof Physics

ExtremePlanets

In the Lab

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The percentage of bachelor’s degrees earned by women in this ancient science is nearly

double that of physics.

Know your Stats - 100

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Together these two minority groups make up over 25% of

the U.S. population – but they earn only 9% of physics

bachelor’s degrees.

Know your Stats - 200

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Of 10, 30, and 50 about this percent of employed

physics bachelor’s go right into high school teaching

after graduation.

Know your Stats - 300

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Of 10, 30, and 50 about this percentage of physics

bachelor’s degree recipients become physics professors.

Know your Stats - 400

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Of A, B, C the line

representing the percent of women in

physics.

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Found in “Rainbow Glasses,” this splits white light into its

various colors by interference effects.

Light up my Life - 100

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Light travels through optical fibers without leaking

because of this.

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Einstein’s analysis of this experiment is considered by

many to be conclusive evidence of photons.

Light up my Life - 300

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Ironically, this is the name given to the type of

radiation spectrum given off by the sun or an

incandescent light bulb.

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First detected by Vera Rubin, this mysterious substance

warps light paths to produce multiple images, as seen in

recent Hubble photographs.

Light up my Life - 500

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This physicist calculated that black holes should emit

radiation until they evaporate. He is almost completely

paralyzed from ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Past Faces - 100

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The Nobel Prizes in Chemistry has been given to 3 women.

This woman and her daughter each received one for work on radioactivity.

Past Faces - 200

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In 1965, this American physicist received the Nobel Prize in

Physics for his work on quantum electrodynamics.

Past Faces - 300

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In the late 1930s, she and her colleagues discovered nuclear

fission. She published the physical explanation of it with

her nephew, Otto Robert Frisch.

Past Faces - 400

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This iconic physicist was engaged in many civil

rights activities and co-chaired the American

Crusade to End Lynching.

Past Faces - 500

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Even though it’s not nearest the sun, this planet has the

highest mean surface temperature.

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This former planet has a moon with nearly half its

diameter.

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This planet has the largest angular momentum about

our sun.

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Of the 8 official planets, it could almost be considered

a double planet, with the largest moon relative to its

size.

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Galileo described this lowest density planet as having

"ears".

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The helical toy that “walks” down stairs and is used to

demonstrate transverse and longitudinal waves.

In the Lab - 100

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The "machine" often used to measure "g" made from

a pulley, string, and masses.

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This "scope" uses electron beams incident on a

phosphor screen, like old-style boxy televisions.

In the Lab - 300

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The classic “firearms” experiment where a ball is

fired into a swing-like apparatus and conservation

laws are used to get its initial speed.

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While the original data analysis is now

considered "slippery", this lab staple is often

used to show that charge is quantized.

In the Lab - 500

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