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Back in college I was in a high-energy astrophysics class. The professor noted that understanding neutron stars was the most difficult problem in physics. In
by antognini 10y ago
Back in college I was in a high-energy astrophysics class. The professor noted that understanding neutron stars was the most difficult problem in physics. In order to understand neutron stars, you need to use every single branch of modern physics: general relativity, solid-state physics, nuclear physics, and fluid dynamics, among other things are all important.
- eru 10y agoIt touches a lot of things. But we are not very good at even understanding basic things on everyday scales of size and energy, like trying to predict the angle of repose of a heap of granular matter.