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    10 Famous Physicist

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    “10 famous physicist and their contributions” 1. Isaac Newton quantified and qualified the laws of motion and gravity. He also invented the reflecting telescope and co-invented the mathematic process of calculus.  2. Albert Einstein developed theories of relativity‚ and won a Nobel Prize for his work on the photoelectric effect.  3. Galileo Galilei improved on the refracting telescope and discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter‚ but he is most well-known for standing up

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    Lamia Doueihi 2/27/15 AP European History Newtonian Physics and Darwinian Biology on European Culture Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin were both influential men who had impacted European culture during their respected eras‚ and in later eras. Newton was an English physicist and mathematician. During the Enlightenment‚ his Newtonian physics impacted European culture with his effects on science. Charles Darwin was an English naturalist and geologist. One of his greatest impacts on European culture

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    Newton ’s Law of Universal Gravitation Gravity if one of the four fundamental forces in the universe. Though the fundamental principles of it eluded scientists until Sir Isaac Newton was able to mathematically describe it in 1687 (Eddington 93). Gravity plays a serious part in everyday actions as it keeps everything on the ground; without gravity everything would be immobile unless a force was applied (then it would move infinitely because there would be no force to stop it). Perhaps‚ the

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    Force vs Area

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    Force vs. Area Connor Blackmon Chemistry I H‚ 1st Period Mrs. Kris Clements October 18‚ 2012 Problem Will a balloon pop if it is places on a bed of nails and pressure is applied? Hypothesis If a balloon is placed on a bed of nails and a force is applied‚ then the balloon will burst. Variables Independent variable- Force applied to the balloon and number of nails Dependent variable- Does the balloon burst? Materials 14 inch by 14 in by .75 in plywood board x2 196

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    The Swinging Wonder

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    aid in understanding certain principles of Physics or in the home as an educational toy‚ this small demonstrator quickly became an object of fascination for both the science teacher and the layman. The purpose of this device is to demonstrate Sir Isaac Newton’s law of motion‚ in which action and reaction are equal and opposite. In its appearance‚ the swinging wonder is a boxlike open wooden framework approximately ten inches square. Five lenghts of strong string are attached to both

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    Scientific Revolution Nicolas Copernicus 1473 - 1543 Tycho Brahe 1546-1601 Johannes Kepler 1571 -1630 Galileo Galilei 1564- 1642 Isaac Newton 1642- 1726 Nicolas Copernicus 1473 - 1543 Nicolas Copernicus Nicolas Copernicus wrote a brief statement which essentially said we live in a heliocentric solar system and that the sun is the center of everything. Against the church however the church didn’t seem to care that Copernicus was announcing his belief. Because his statement was poorly written

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    Newton’s Laws First let’s get to know some history about the man behind all of this‚ Sir Isaac Newton. Sir Isaac Newton‚ the man who is responsible for what we all have come to know as the “Laws of Motion” was born on January 4‚ 1643‚ which is very often displayed as December 25‚ 1642‚ if using the older version of the Julien calendar‚ in the Helmet of Woolsthorpe‚ England. Sir Isaac Newton is believed to be one of the most influential scientists known to have ever lived. His ideas became the basis

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    Ray Schafer April 4‚ 2011 Visual Identity I was first introduced to this logo while attending school. The logo belongs to the Apple Computer Company. Although this was not the original logo designed. The original logo was of a image of Sir Isaac Newton leaning against an apple tree with a portion of a William Wordsworth poem running around the border‚ designed by Ron Wayne in 1976. One year later the design was changed to a visual graphic of an apple with a bite mark. “According to Janoff

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    Western Civilization: Exam

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    argued that religion should be voluntary‚ that secular states should promote tolerance‚ and that progress for everyone would come through humanitarianism. Moses Mendelssohn ____ was the "new scientist" whose work laid the foundation for Sir Isaac Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation. Johannes Kepler The _____ argued that nature was the way in which God revealed himself to humanity. Neoplatonists _____ made the first challenge to the Ptolemaic conception of the universe.

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    Kierkegaard

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    locked up in jail for the rest of his life. However‚ in Genesis 22‚ this is exactly what Abraham does. The Bible recounts the story of how Abraham receives a command from God to sacrifice Isaac‚ his son. Without hesitation‚ Abraham‚ Isaac‚ and two servants climb up Mount Moriah. On the third day‚ Abraham restrains Isaac on an altar and raises his knife‚ ready to plunge it into Isaac’s heart. Of course‚ this is not considered ethical human behavior‚ neither now nor then; however‚ despite this breach of

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