Institution: University
of Lethbridge
Address: 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada,
T1K 3M4
Phone: 403-329-2280
Fax: 403-329-2057
E-mail contact: Kenneth
E. Vos ( Chair) Sheila
Matson (Administrative Support)
On campus: On the University of Lethbridge campus, we are located
in the north end of University Hall, section E, floor 8. The
department office is in room E872.
Statistics:
Who was the first Nobel Prize Winner in physics? Wilhelm Roentgen
(1845 - 1923) in 1901 for the discovery of X-rays.
Who was Madame Marie Curie and
what were her contributions to science? Madame Curie won the
Nobel Prize not once, but twice. http://almaz.com/nobel/women.html
For information about her, check out Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie
Also check information on AIP on Madame Curie: http://www.aip.org/history/curie/
How many times did Albert Einstein
win a Nobel Prize for physics? Once. He received a Nobel Prize
in 1921 for his contributions to theoretical physics and, in
particular, his explanation of the photoelectric effect.
What is the International System (S.I.) units for time? In 1967,
the time standard was (re)defined in terms of the transition
of the cesium-113 atom between its two lowest energy states.
The "second" is the time required for 9,192,631,770
oscillations of this radiation. The cesium "atomic clock"
is accurate to (give or take) one second in 300,000 years!
The metric system uses the metre as its base. What is a meter?
A metre is defined precisely as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of
orange-red light emitted by the kryptons-86 atom OR one-ten-millionth
the length of the longitude from the north pole to the equator.
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