Electronics.
02/05/2025
"The study of the design of circuits using transistors and microchips, and with the behaviour and movement of electrons in a semiconductor, conductor, vacuum, or gas."
08/10/24 - Present.
The Grail Diary
George Russell-Ross
Foreword.
The idea of this website is to provide a place for me to compile all the super-curricular research and wider reading I have done in Physics. It is also a place for you, dear reader, to explore the subject I love so much. I hope reading this page inspires you to immerse yourself in this fascinating subject.
For the sake of organisation and readability my notes have been split into several chapters as seen below. Each chapter is unique and covers a different branch of physics - none of which require any previous knowledge. However, it is strongly advised that you read the chapter on Special Relativity before you read the one on General Relativity as the two are closely linked.
In order to make the Grail Diary more accessible, minimal maths is used in the chapters, a conceptual understanding is prioritised. The maths that explains much of the other chapters is found in 'Maths in Physics', but it is strongly advised that you read the conceptual explanations found in the other chapters first.
I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I have writing it!
Classical Mechanics.
28/03/2025
"The study of the motion of bodies under the action of physical forces"
Maths in Physics.
27/11/2024
"The iron fist of the real, inside the velvet glove of airy mathematics."
Thermodynamics.
27/11/2024
"The combined studies of heat, work, and temperature and their relation to energy, entropy, and the physical properties of matter and radiation."
General Relativity.
19/09/2024
"The geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1915 and the current description of gravitation in modern physics."
Particle Physics.
04/09/2024
"The study of the fundamental subatomic particles, including both matter (and antimatter) and the carrier particles of the fundamental interactions."
Electromagnetism.
04/09/2024
"The study of the physical interaction among electric charges, magnetic moments, and electromagnetic fields."
Special Relativity.
04/09/2024
"The theory that explains how speed, mass, time, and space are all interrelated, published by Albert Einstein in 1905."
Astrophysics.
04/09/2024
"The study of celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole."
Quantum Physics.
04/09/2024
"The fundamental theory that describes the behaviour of nature at and below the scale of atoms."
References (and Reading List):
- Relativity Visualised - Lewis Carrol Epstein.
- Relativity for the Layman - James A. Coleman.
- Six easy Pieces - Richard Feynman.
- Particle Physics Brick by Brick - Ben Still.
- The Dancing Wu Li Masters - Gary Zukav.
- Astrophysics for People in a Hurry - Neil de Grasse Tyson.
- The World According to Physics - Jim Al-Khalili.
-Seven Brief lessons on Physics - Carlo Rovelli.
- Electricity and Magnetism 3rd edition - DUFFIN.
-How to teach Quantum Physics to your dog - Chad Orzel.
-Special Relativity, M.I.T. Introductory physics series - Anthony French
-Physics, for Scientists and Engineers - Paul Tipler + Gene Mosca.
-The Theoretical Minimum: Classical Mechanics - Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky.