Einstein, Time & Cool Stuff
Einstein, Time & Cool Stuff
You explored just how low you can go when Nobel prize-winning physicist William Phillips took you on a journey to the lowest temperatures ever recorded.
Featuring jaw-dropping experiments and a multimedia display, Phillips showed audiences what happens when ordinary objects are taken to the edge of absolute zero.
What is the relationship between speed and temperature? How can a magnet create a container? And what does all this have to do with making the perfect clock?
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William Phillips
- Nobel Laureate, Physics 1997
Nobel Prize-winning physicist William Phillips is a professor at the University of Maryland and leads the Laser Cooling and Trapping Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. His research on manipulating atoms with laser light has led to more accurate atomic clocks and a more fundamental understanding of light-matter interactions.
