Nike advertisement in the old time. It shows a famous basketball player‚ Michael Jordan‚ in the air about to most finish off a slam dunk. There are two lines of words in large size on the top right of the advertisement‚ showing “Michael Jordan: 1‚ Isaac Newton: 0” this shows that Michael Jordan is basically defying gravity by being that high up in the air. Thus‚ this goes against Newton’s law of Universal gravitation. Below these two lines‚ there is a logo of Nike Company----a check mark. The whole
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Fearing for his life‚ he feigned madness and was placed under house arrest from 1011 – 1021‚ during and after which he devoted himself to his scientific work until his death. Ibn al-Haytham most famous works‚ Books of optics‚ which he has been ranked Isaac Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (PNPM) as one of the most influential books in physics for introducing an early scientific method‚ and for initiating a revolution in optics and visual perception. Ibn al-Haytham made significant
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popularity of all the scientists is taken into account. He demonstrated solutions to a trio of mind-boggling topics in Physics in 1905 and shot into the limelight. | Sir Isaac Newton | 1642 - 1727 | "Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica" called "Principia" is acknowledged as the greatest scientific book ever published. Sir Isaac Newton wrote this in 1687. | Galileo Galilei | 1564 - 1642 | He was the first to use the telescope for furnishing evidence that the Earth revolves around the Sun. This
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Revolution was one of the greatest movements in history. Inspired by the ideas of the Renaissance‚ a beautiful rebirth of intellect that had arisen from the stagnation of the Middle Ages‚ brilliant scientists such as Johannes Kepler‚ Galileo Galilei‚ and Isaac Newton sought to escape‚ disprove‚ and replace traditional beliefs with new ideas about the universe and the mechanical laws that govern it. Using mathematical calculations and experiments to make amazing discoveries‚ these men laid the foundation
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Machine That Won the War‚ by Isaac Asimov. The setting of The Machine That Won the War is the future of the earth‚ and a great war had just been won against the enemy race. Two men‚ Swift and Henderson‚ are the main characters‚ and are debating over who really won the war for earth. They are discussing whether or not it was the giant strategy computer known as Multivac‚ or the men in charge of making the maneuvers and programming the computer. The author Isaac Asimov is using description
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24 June 13] * Andrew Zimmerman Jones and Daniel Robbins. 2011. Einstein ’s Special Relativity. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/einsteins-special-relativity.html. [Accessed 24 June 13] * Eric W. Weisstein. 2007. Newton‚ Isaac (1643-1727). [ONLINE] Available at:http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Newton.html * Marion Haire‚ Eileen Kennedy‚ Graeme Lofts‚ Merrin J. Evergreen‚ M.H‚ E.K‚ G.L‚ M.E‚ 2000. Core Science 4 Stage 5 Essential Content. 2nd ed. 33 Park Road‚ Milton
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the limits in human knowledge through the study of nature. There have been Romantic artists such as William Wordsworth whose work was inspired by his reverence for the natural world. Wordsworth always paid close attention to his surroundings. Also‚ Isaac Newton had made contributions to mathematics‚ physics‚ astronomy‚ and optics. Newton’s masterpiece‚ ‘The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy‚’ claimed that everything Newton said was proved by experiment or by
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References: Asimov‚ Isaac (1964). Asimov biographical encyclopedia of science and technology: Doubleday & Co. Publishers Heilbron‚ John L. (2005) Censorship of Astronomy in Italy after Galileo (in McMullin‚ Ernan ed.‚ The Church and Galileo‚ University of Notre Dame Press‚
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Johannes Kepler was born on December 27‚ 1571 in Weil der Stadt‚ Germany to parents Heinrich and Katharina Kepler . From a very young age‚ Johannes faced countless amounts of struggles‚ most notably the death of his father at the tender age of five. In addition to this tragedy‚ Kepler had crippled hands and impaired eyesight‚ due to his bad health. Despite his physically damaged self‚ Kepler was able to thrive cognitively. He could solve any problem with numbers and questioned everything‚ the habit
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This is a narrative about the hurricane that hit Galveston‚ Texas in 1900. The perspective of this book is told by Isaac Cline‚ the senior U.S Weather Bureau official in Galveston at the time. Erik Larson points out the mistakes that led bureau officials to dismiss the warnings of the storm‚ as barometers drop Mr. Larson cinematically cuts from the eerie eye of the hurricane to the lunchroom moments before it surrenders to the arriving winds. Larson expertly captures the power the storm’s power
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