Hawking’s Snapshots of the Universe app. (via iTunes)
Stephen Hawking is arguably one of, if not ‘the’, finest mind of our time – at least since Albert Einstein when it comes to theoretical physics. While the Professor has written several books, including the popular ‘A Brief History of Time’, he hasn’t dipped his foot into the software applications water until now. Sure, he has worked with Intel in the past to revise his iconic voice system and uses a supercomputer at Cambridge to help him research cosmology, however as strange as it sounds, this is the first application he’s written. The recently released app is known as ‘Snapshots of the Universe’ and it teaches users the basics of how the universe works. The app explains, through a series of fun and interesting experiments, how planets stay in orbit around their host stars, why objects fall at certain speeds, why black holes may not actually be black and why time isn’t the same for everyone. The software was created for both students and adults and features a host of games that are used to learn the basics of physics both in space and on Earth, including Spin planets in orbit with your own solar system, Drop objects with Galileo to learn about gravity, Let Einstein feel some G-force in outer space and the popular Discover Einstein’s warped worldview. All the experiments/games include the interactive session along with an in-depth text section (complete with video) that explains the science and theories for users to gain a better understanding of how the universe works. Sadly, the $5 app is currently only available for iOS-based devices, leaving us Android users to fend for ourselves until that issue is rectified.
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