Physics
- Hendrik Lorentz (1853–1928), Dutch physicist and Nobel Prize winner, or his work:
- Lorentz factor, Doppler effect
- Lorentz force, the force exerted on a charged particle in an electromagnetic field
- Lorentz transformation, the formula that provides the mathematical backbone for Einstein's theory of special relativity, though Einstein re-derived the transform in a different and much more elegant way
- The Lorentz group, the group containing all Lorentz transformations
- Lorentz-Cauchy distribution, a distribution used in fitting peaks in a spectrum
- Lorentz surface, a two-dimensional oriented smooth manifold with a conformal equivalence class of Lorentzian metrics. It is the analogue of a Riemann surface in indefinite signature
- Lorentz curve (disambiguation), various meanings
- Lorentz scalar, a scalar which is invariant under a Lorentz transformation
- Lorentz space
- Lorentz Institute, Instituut-Lorentz in Dutch, was established in 1921 and is the oldest institute for theoretical physics in The Netherlands
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Famous quotes containing the word physics:
“The fundamental laws of physics do not describe true facts about reality. Rendered as descriptions of facts, they are false; amended to be true, they lose their explanatory force.”
—Nancy Cartwright (b. 1945)
“Although philosophers generally believe in laws and deny causes, explanatory practice in physics is just the reverse.”
—Nancy Cartwright (b. 1945)
“The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission bomb forces upon us the manufacture of the hydrogen bomb. We do not choose our problems, we do not choose our products; we are pushed, we are forced—by what? By a system which has no purpose and goal transcending it, and which makes man its appendix.”
—Erich Fromm (1900–1980)