Lee Phillips
@lpfeed
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A physicist who writes about science.
Mostly Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Joined August 2009
RT @ChrisRackauckas: New manuscript shows how to extend automated model discovery and universal differential equations to chaotic systems i….
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RT @Mario_Livio: A beautiful @ESO image of IC 4406, a planetary nebula with an unusual, almost "rectangular" shape. Its distance is uncerta….
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And don’t forget the leap second:
On July 9, 2025, Earth faster than usual, enough to make the day 1.6 milliseconds shorter than 24 hours. Add a leap day every 4 years, except: Years divisible by 100, unless they’re also divisible by 400, giving 365.2425 days/year, which is very close to the real 365.2422.
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RT @Mario_Livio: The galaxy in this @ESO image is NGC 4565, which for obvious reasons is also called the Needle Galaxy. It is located some….
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RT @lpfeed: Many people (even physicists) are surprised to learn the the universe doesn’t conserve energy, as @neiltyson pointed out in a r….
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Many people (even physicists) are surprised to learn the the universe doesn’t conserve energy, as @neiltyson pointed out in a recent podcast. Even most physicists who know this don’t know who first figured it out. Her story is here:. #history #physics.
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Astrophysicist @AstroKatie says that “Noether’s Theorem is to theoretical #physics what natural selection is to #biology.”. Find out what this theorem is and discover the inspiring and tragic life of the woman behind it:.
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RT @mhsatman: "Despite 30 months work, core developer says Python's JIT compiler is often. ". #JuliaLang .
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RT @Mario_Livio: This great @NASAHubble image shows the peculiar galaxy known as NGC 660, located around 45 million light-years away from….
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Emmy Noether created the future of physics while forbidden to teach. #Science: “Phillips’ writing shines…everyone will learn something new from this book.”. #Physics #Education: “Fascinating”. Learn her story:.
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Emmy Noether’s story:.
I was motivated to write something about the difficulties that a woman can face in navigating a patriarchal system because I listened to a story about Emmy Noether, the great mathematical physicist of the early 20th Century.
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Universal praise for _Einstein’s Tutor_:. #Science: “Phillips’ writing shines…everyone will learn something new from this book.”. #Physics #Education: “Fascinating”. London Times: “full of lessons for the international.scientific community today”.
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Major publications recommend _Einstein’s Tutor_:. #Science: “Phillips’ writing shines…everyone will learn something new from this book.”. #Physics #Education: “Fascinating”. Prospect: “extremely well-written”.
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