have contributed to theories involving light. Of these‚ the wave-particle duality is arguably the most strange and noteworthy concept in the field. Throughout history‚ some physicists have argued that light behaves as a wave‚ such as Christiaan Huygens and others‚ such as Isaac Newton have proposed that light consists of particles (Wave-Particle Duality‚ March 2010). Today‚ as stated in the wave-particle duality‚ light is said to exhibit wave-like and particle-like properties. And still today‚ physicists
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The ship of the line was the last of the sailing wooden warships. A ship of the line is a ship that fit the standard of a ship deemed suitable to sail in the line of battle. It evolved during the 17th century‚ and significant advancements were made during the Anglo-Dutch wars. By 1700‚ the ship of the line reached the form it would retain until wooden sailing ships were done away with entirely in the 1830s. It was during this era that the English grew to become a great naval power through the use
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Wave Homework Don’t do your work on this sheet!! Vsound=345m/s. 1. A regular wave train has a wavelength of 10.5mm. If the wave is moving at 34.78m/s what are the wavelength‚ frequency‚ period and velocity in the proper units? 2. How are frequency and period are related? 3. A wave generator produces 16.0 pulses in 4.00 seconds. What is the period? 4. What is the frequency for the problem above? 5. If a water wave has 10.0 meters between crests and have a frequency
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The art of wave riding (‘he’enalu’‚ in old Hawaiian) was practiced in many coastal locations around the tropics among Pacific Islanders. "He’e" means to go from a solid to a liquid and "nalu" means surfing motion of a wave. This stand-up pastime of surfing came to its climax in Hawaii not only because of its coast having warm water and constant waves but Hawaiians are innately ocean people. Traditionally surfing prowess gained you social rank and power politically in the village. Commoners could
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October 10‚ 2013 “The Wave” is a film that was able to show how easy power can control the lives of people. In the film a teacher Mr. Ross did an experiment about power and its strong influence on society. His society was his students. He wanted to see how far his power would go by forming a “movement”. Mr. Ross called his movement “The Wave”. But what really gave him the idea was when a student asked him a question about
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what is a wave? a wave is a disturbance which travels through a medium and transfers energy from one point to another without causing any permanent displacement of the medium itself. if a stone is dropped in a pond or swimming pool‚ ripples or waves are seen spreading on the surface of the water from the point where it was dropped. the water itself does not move in the direction of the ripples‚ but the waves transfers energy from one point to another. there are two major classes of waves ; mechanical
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Unit 10 Assignment 2: The Endocrine System: Diseases and Age-Related Changes Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Human chorionic gonadotropin is a hormone that can be detected in the urine or blood of both males and females. It is more often seen in pregnant women but can also be found in cancerous tumors of the uterus and testicles. HCG aides in establishing pregnancy and has also been used here lately in some forms of weight loss programs although not always approved. Cushing’s Disease Cushing
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What are UltraSonic Waves? Ultrasonic waves are sound waves with frequencies high about human hearing and short wave lengths. Sound waves have frequencies about 20‚000 to 100‚000. Also Ultrasound frequencies range from 20 kHz (the upper range of hearing for a young adult human) through 150 kHz (audible to some bats and other creatures)‚ right up to 10 MHz (used in some medical treatments and industrial cleaning applications). While these frequencies overlap with those of radio waves‚ they are different
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THE FRENCH NEW WAVE LA NOUVELLE VAUGE During the German occupation French cinema thrived‚ this was due to the protection given to it from foreign competition. When the war ended American films flooded into the French market‚ these films were greeted with great enthusiasm‚ as many were curious about all aspects of American culture. The Blums-Byrnes Agreement regulated the flow of foreign films in the French market. This agreement stated that French films could only be shown for 13 weeks
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The book The Wave by Morton Rhue is a fiction story but is based on an incident that occurred in a high school in Palo Alto‚ California. In the book‚ history teacher Ben Ross shows a movie to his high school class about Germany while studying World War Two. After a series of questions after the movie‚ Ross conducts an experiment to roughly explain the cruel behavior of the German Nazis during the Holocaust. He starts an organization called the Wave in his class that spreads rapidly throughout the
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