Science Poems
From black holes to space probes to quantum physics, find a poem about your scientific passion.
Titan Surprise
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Do you suppose the Huygens probe was surprised when after it landed, it sank into the muck on Titan?
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Survival Of The Fittest
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Did you know that 99% of all species that have ever lived -- are extinct? Now that's survival of the fittest.
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General Relativity
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Still being tested, and so far passing all the tests, is Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.
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Mars Tzars
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Percival Lowell thought he saw canals on Mars, and others were sure they saw seasonal plant growth. But, all our space probes have seen are dirt, lava fields, volcanoes, and meteor scars.
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Pluto's Lament
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If you're like me, you still mourn the news that 9th planet Pluto has been demoted to a dwarf planet classification.
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Schrodinger's Cat
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If you take physics, you'll eventually end up talking about the strange case of Schrodinger's Cat.
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Uncertainty
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Ask a physics student what he's most uncertain about, and he or she is likely to say: "The uncertainty principle."
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Dual Nature
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So light is particles, right? No, it's waves, right? No, it's both, but only one at a time?
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