Abstract
There is an extreme lack of understanding of science among much of the public. This has many negative repercussions with people denying climate change, believing the earth is flat, thinking that COVID-19 is a hoax, etc. To increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science, this chapter proposes 17 new annual celebratory days for frequently-used fundamental physical constants. Also, this chapter describes six annual celebratory days previously proposed in publications by Ashu M. G. Solo for increasing awareness of science, especially greenhouse gas emissions that are increasing the severity of climate change.
TopGreenhouse Gas Days
The four worst greenhouse gases emitted from human activity that cause climate change are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and tropospheric ozone (O3). The author of this chapter, Ashu M. G. Solo, previously proposed (Solo, 2020) four new annual days to bring awareness to each of these greenhouse gases and to cause people and organizations to reconsider their activities that are causing emission of these greenhouse gases.
The atomic number of a chemical element is the number of protons in the nucleus of each atom of that element. The atomic number uniquely identifies each element. In the periodic table of elements, elements are arranged from left to right and top to bottom in order of increasing atomic number.
A carbon dioxide molecule (CO2) consists of a carbon (C) atom and two oxygen atoms (O2). Carbon (C) has an atomic number of 6 and is the 6th element in the periodic table of elements. Oxygen (O) has an atomic number of 8 and is the 8th element in the periodic table of elements. To assign a date for CO2, 8 for the position of oxygen in the periodic table is bonded to 6 for the position of carbon in the periodic table. The latter is bonded to 8 for the position of oxygen in the periodic table. The result is 868. The 868th date from January 1 at midnight not considering leap years is May 18. Therefore, May 18 each year is assigned as Carbon Dioxide Day or CO2 Day.
A methane molecule (CH4) consists of a carbon atom (C) and four hydrogen atoms (H4). Carbon (C) has an atomic number of 6 and is the 6th element in the periodic table of elements. Hydrogen (H) has an atomic number of 1 and is the 1st element in the periodic table of elements. To assign a date for CH4, 6 for the position of carbon in the periodic table is bonded to 1 four times where 1 is the position of hydrogen in the periodic table. The result is 61111. The 61111th date from January 1 at midnight not considering leap years is June 5. Therefore, June 5 annually is assigned as Methane Day or CH4 Day.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Carbon Dioxide Day: Carbon Dioxide Day is an annual celebratory day on May 18. It was first originated in a published letter to the editor by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change.
Faraday Constant Day: Faraday Constant Day is an annual celebratory day on September 6. It was first originated in a research publication by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science.
Light Speed Day: Light Speed Day is an annual celebratory day on October 8. It was first originated in a published letter to the editor by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science.
Vacuum Magnetic Permeability Day: Vacuum Magnetic Permeability Day is an annual celebratory day on January 3. It was first originated in a research publication by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science.
Planck Constant Day: Planck Constant Day is an annual celebratory day on June 6. It was proposed in a research publication by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science. Planck’s Constant Day was previously proposed for multiple different dates by bloggers on unreviewed webpages.
Fine-Structure Constant Day: Fine-Structure Constant Day is an annual celebratory day on July 3. It was first originated in a research publication by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science.
Proton-Electron Mass Ratio Day: Proton-Electron Mass Ratio Day is an annual celebratory day on January 8. It was first originated in a research publication by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science.
Methane Day: Methane Day is an annual celebratory day on June 5. It was first originated in a published letter to the editor by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change.
Von Klitzing Constant Day: Von Klitzing Constant Day is an annual celebratory day on February 6. It was first originated in a research publication by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science.
Gravitational Constant Day: Gravitational Constant Day is an annual celebratory day on June 7. It was first originated in a research publication by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science.
Electron Mass Day: Electron Mass Day is an annual celebratory day on September 1. It was first originated in a research publication by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science.
Standard Gravity Day: Standard Gravity Day is an annual celebratory day on September 8. It was first originated in a published letter to the editor by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science.
Vacuum Electric Permittivity Day: Vacuum Electric Permittivity Day is an annual celebratory day on August 9. It was first originated in a research publication by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science.
Josephson Constant Day: Josephson Constant Day is an annual celebratory day on April 8. It was first originated in a research publication by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science.
Magnetic Flux Quantum Day: Magnetic Flux Quantum Day is an annual celebratory day on February 1. It was first originated in a research publication by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science.
Tropospheric Ozone Day: Tropospheric Ozone Day is an annual celebratory day on June 7. It was first originated in a published letter to the editor by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change.
Stefan-Boltzmann Constant Day: Stefan-Boltzmann Constant Day is an annual celebratory day on May 7. It was first originated in a research publication by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science.
Boltzmann Constant Day: Boltzmann Constant Day is an annual celebratory day on January 4. It was proposed in a research publication by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science. Boltzmann Constant Day was previously proposed for multiple different dates by bloggers on unreviewed webpages.
Elementary Charge Day: Elementary Charge Day is an annual celebratory day on January 6. It was first originated in a research publication by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science.
Nitrous Oxide Day: Nitrous Oxide Day is an annual celebratory day on February 17. It was first originated in a published letter to the editor by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change.
Conductance Quantum Day: Conductance Quantum Day is an annual celebratory day on July 7. It was first originated in a research publication by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science.
Molar Gas Constant Day: Molar Gas Constant Day is an annual celebratory day on August 3. It was first originated in a research publication by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science.
Proton Mass Day: Proton Mass Day is an annual celebratory day on January 7. It was first originated in a research publication by Ashu M. G. Solo to increase awareness of science and get people interested in studying science.