Xxx.comTheories of light In the seventeenth century two rival theories of the nature of light were proposed‚ the wave theory and the corpuscular theory. The Dutch astronomer Huygens (1629-1695) proposed a wave theory of light. He believed that light was a longitudinal wave‚ and that this wave was propagated through a material called the ’aether’. Since light can pass through a vacuum and travels very fast Huygens had to propose some rather strange properties for the aether: for example; it must
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Light Pollution 1. Every urbanite knows the bright lights of the city make it impossible to see the stars in a night sky. What most of us do not know is that those lights also may be making us sick. The cause is light pollution – the unearthly glow of billions of street lamps‚ security and porch lights‚ searchlights‚ office lights and signs – as people everywhere try to dispel the darkness of the night. 2. For the first time‚ light is being investigated seriously as a pollutant and a health hazard
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A Writer’s Duty William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize speech revealed to all who have witnessed or read it‚ the many duties of a writer. The most significant point that he made‚ to me‚ was that a writer’s duty is to connect. That includes both connecting with their audience‚ and other writers. Writers have the ability to put something out into the world that no one has ever said or heard before‚ yet something that speaks to the soul and relates to the heart. Engaging the audience is the duty and purpose
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My Green Light My green light is an ambiguous entity‚ consisting of multiple forms‚ each day varying from the next. This ever-changing pattern in my life is possibly a result of a void left behind from my childhood‚ as my parents had never encouraged or raised any desire to strive for a goal in me. As such I now have an inability to create a permanent goal for myself. My green light‚ in short‚ lacks conviction - it is deprived of the motivation required to maintain my interest‚ and eventually
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Students are not expected to know the answers to the Prior Knowledge Questions.] • To survive‚ what gas do we need to breathe in? Oxygen • Where is this gas produced? In plants Gizmo Warm-up During photosynthesis‚ plants use the energy of light to produce glucose (C6H12O6) from carbon dioxide (CO2)‚ and water (H2O). Glucose is a simple sugar that plants use for energy and as a building block for larger molecules. A by-product of photosynthesis is oxygen. Plants use some of the oxygen they
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Polarized light are those that are vibrating in one direction- in a single plane such as up and down. Those that are vibrating in more than one direction -- in more than one plane such as both up/down and left/right -- are called unpolarized light. Generally‚ unpolarized light can be considered to be vibrating in a vertical and a horizontal plane. To polarize light‚ one can transmit the light through a polariod filter which will only allow light of single polarity to pass. The resulting light will be
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The Light Bulb: One of the Most Useful Inventions in the World People need light to be able to see. In the morning‚ there is sunlight. But in the night‚ people use electric light made from light bulbs. Without light bulbs‚ people would not be able to see and would have to rely on their other senses to do tasks. Without light bulbs‚ our lives would be very different. The light bulb is a very useful invention that people all over the world use every day. The creation of the light bulb can be traced
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Speed of Light Determining the speed of light is something that has been a very long and trying process. No one scientist could determine such a thing. Galileo was the first noted scientist to attempt experimentation on the speed of light. Other famous scientist‚ such as‚ Roemer‚ Foucault‚ Fizeau‚ Michelson‚ and Einstein added their own discoveries to the collage of information gathered through the years. Every scientist performed their experiments differently based on the knowledge and ability
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The speed of light (meaning speed of light in vacuum)‚ usually denoted by c‚ is a physical constant important in many areas of physics. Its value is 299‚792‚458 metres per second‚ a figure that is exact since the length of the metre is defined from this constant and the international standard for time.[2] This speed is approximately 186‚282 miles per second. It is the maximum speed at which all energy‚ matter‚ and information in the universe can travel. It is the speed of all massless particles and
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is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] Day light: The use of controlled natural lighting methods indoors through skylights‚ windows‚ and reflected light.. Day lighting in a building: is utilizing the available sunlight by manipulating window placement‚ window fixtures‚ and room dimensions to maximize natural light in a space. Benefits: It minimizes the need for lamps and overhead lights and the energy required to power artificial lighting. Daylighting improves
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