Where did quantum theory come from? It started, not as a crazy idea, but with a light bulb. In the early 1890s, the German Bureau of Standards asked Max Planck how to make light bulbs more efficient...
In 1905, Albert Einstein published a series of papers that many consider a starting point for the modern age of physics. But other than "E equals m c squared", most people only know...
Did you know that if the sun were fueled by combustion of, say, gasoline or wood, it would burn out in just a few millennia? So how is it still here after 4.5 billion years? Physics. The sun is like a...