Equations
Famous Physicists
Physics Club Trivia
IU Professors
Swain Trivia
100
Equation describing kinetic energy
KE = 0.5 mv^2
100
This physicist developed the theory of relativity
Albert Einstein
100
The current president of Physics Club
Scott George
100
This distinguished professor with a research interest in neutrinos is the current head of the physics department
Mark Messier
100
The tea room, which may be the room we are currently in, has this room number
SW 130
200
Ohm's law
V = IR, or equivalent
200
This physicist wrote: "It is impossible to determine accurately both the position and the direction and speed of a particle at the same instant."
Werner Karl Heisenberg
200
This family-owned pizza restaurant has two physical locations in Bloomington and has provided the pizza for Physics Club for at least three years now
Mother Bear's pizza
200
This physics professor is the current director of undergraduate studies
Phil Richerme
200
You can go to this location on the first floor of Swain West to get help from graduate students on your physics classwork
The Physics Forum
300
Use this to calculate how far an object at constant velocity goes during a period of time
d = vt
300
An apple fell on this guy's head, supposedly
Isaac Newton
300
The Physics Club lounge room, located in Swain West, has this for a room number
SW 131
300
This distinguished professor has been described as "the world's leading authority on violations of space-time symmetry.
Alan Kostelecky
300
Swain West has this many floors
6
(Sub-basement, basement, 1-4)
400
Coulomb's law
F = (k*q1*q2)/(r^2)
400
This physicist published her two theorems in 1918, one stating that for every symmetry there's a quantity associated with it that is conserved, and vice versa
Amalie Emmy Noether
400
This year, Science Fest is on this date, which is also the date in 1931 when Gangster Al Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion
Saturday, October 24th
400
This physics professor is one of the inventors on the patent for a "Cryogenic Trapped-Ion System"
Phil Richerme
400
This is the color of the roof of Swain West
Grey, blue, greyish-blue...
500
Euler's formula
(\(e^{ix} = \cos x + i\sin x\))
will also accept \(e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\)
500
This astrophysicist won a Nobel prize for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy; she also visited IU and spoke with Physics Club two years ago
Andrea Ghez
500
The faculty advisor for Physics Club completed his undergraduate studies at this institution located in Illinois
Northwestern University
500
This physics professor taught Quantum 1 last semester and is an author on a paper titled "Observations of the Sun's Garden-Hose Density Spiral"
Caryn Palatchi
500
This is the color of the roof of Swain East
Red, reddish-orange...
