Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, first-rate military tactician, as well as a gunner by training. And, not known by many, a mathematical wizard - which may explain his success.

But what does this have to do with chemistry? Everything.

As ingenious as we are, humanity cannot escape the limits that physics have set upon in its laws. For a time at least. In this second part of the series on mechanical power, we will discover how human ingenuity games the laws of nature.

The limits are there, we just need to sidestep it with some clever thinking.

With Part 1 we covered the origins of physics, the questions that gave birth to it as well as the though process of early physicists. With Part 2, physics came of age with the application of the scientific method and mathematics.
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In this third part of the series, we discuss how physics itself is applied to the real world and its problems.

For much of human history, harnessing power have been the main goal in most of its engineering endeavors. However there's another story to that, that of transmitting and controlling that power. There's no point to have something if you can't use it or control it.

This article is an overview of that history...

Transhumanism is an intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of science and technology to improve human mental and physical characteristics and capacities.

​It's ideas have been a staple in literary works for decades and is now seen a resurgence in recent years. This can be seen in recent Hollywood science fiction, but there are quintessential classics that can't be missed. It's not like you're going to be doing much over the holidays anyway...