Unit 2 Homework Assignment 1. Geocentric Theory Definition – the geocentric theory is the theory that the Earth is the center of the universe and other planets orbit around it. Significance – the significance of the geocentric theory is when people heard of this theory they wanted to test the theory. 2. Scientific Revolution Definition – the scientific revolution was a period when new ideas in physics‚ astronomy‚ biology‚ human anatomy‚ chemistry‚ and other sciences led to a rejection
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Lab # 1 Inverse Square Law Lab Lab Executed: September 13‚ 2012 By: Arfan Rehab Colleagues: Edwin Chen‚ Tamzid Hassan‚ and Tony Zhao Abstract: The objective of this experiment was to measure the relative intensities of light at various horizontal distances from the lamp. The light detector (photocell) will enable us to make light intensity measurements that are more precise than those made with the human eye. The photocell converts light intensity to an electrical potential
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Sir Isaac Newton explained the workings of the universe through his laws of motion and gravitation. He used three laws to explain the way objects move when an unbalanced force acts on them. These are called Newton’s law. The first law which is known as Inertia‚ states that an object in rest will remain still and an object in motion stays at a steady pace unless acted upon by a force. The second law stated the relationship between acceleration and applied force which is expressed in the form F=ma
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The second law is the speed of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the force. The third law is all forces in the universe occur in equal but opposite pairs. He also put together his law of Universal Gravitation‚ which says that any two bodies in the universe attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses. He discovered a new approach to mathematics such as infinitesimal calculus. This allowed engineers and
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Sir Isaac Newton I am Sir Isaac Newton. I am a mathematician and physicist‚ and one of the foremost scientific intellects of all time. I was born at Woolsthorpe‚ near Grantham in Lincolnshire‚ in 1642. I entered Cambridge University in 1661; then was elected at Fellow of Trinity College in 1667‚ then Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in 1669. I remained at the university‚ lecturing in most years‚ until 1696. Of these Cambridge years‚ in which I was at the height of my creative power‚ I singled out
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1907 essay on relativity‚ of which part I appeared in the June 1977 issue of this Journal and part I1 in the September 1977 issue. It consists of a direct translation of the last part of the essay‚ part V‚ entitled "Principle of Relativity and Gravitation‚" and of a few added footnotes. A. INTRODUCTION Einstein’s 1907 essay on relativity’ does not appear to be widely known. Yet‚ as noted in the Introduction to the first part of the present English rendition of this essay‚2 it is of substantial
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misunderstanding between them that lasted for more than one day. The next morning David was there at our doorstep with a bunch of her favorite chocolate and flower‚ and everything was fine again. From the very school days they seemed to have a mysterious gravitation towards each other‚ a force that made them happy only when they were together. I never knew David before he dated my sister‚ so I can’t tell you horrible
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The relationship between the development of the Enlightenment Period and the Scientific Revolution was that the Scientific Revolution was an aspect of the Enlightenment on a whole. The Scientific Revolution helped in the process of the Enlightenment by bringing new advances in areas such as Nicolas Copernicus and his new theory that would soon discarded the old geocentric theory that placed the Earth at the center of the solar system and replaced it with a heliocentric theory in which the Earth was
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Einstein’s Relativity Imagine if you got lost in a town‚ you would use a GPS to help you. But if Einstein never found out Relativity‚ then you would have a hard time finding your destination. Einstein’s Relativity changed the world because his equations and theories help make nuclear power plants and the GPS. Relativity is not only used in daily life‚ but also used extensively by aero-space-scientists. For example‚ The Precession of Mercury’s orbit can only be accurately predicted by Einstein’s Relativity
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Scientific Revolution Preceding the Enlightenment was a “scientific revolution”. In the seventeenth century‚ a group of scientists set the Western world on a new path known as the Scientific Revolution‚ which gave Europeans a new way of viewing the universe and their place in it. In this essay I will discuss the appropriateness of this label and also some of the major figures participating in it. I will also explain how the increased understanding of the physical world that came from “revolution”
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