The Egg-Drop Device Process The process of dropping an egg is more complex than a normal person would believe. The egg-dropping process requires knowledge of history‚ engineering‚ and mathematics and physics. To fully understand how an egg drops‚ the knowledge of the history of physics‚ the engineering behind a device‚ and the mathematics and physics of free-fall is needed. Classic physics originates in Ancient Greece. The theories Thales‚ the first physicist‚ designs gives the discipline of physics
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Democritus was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher of Ancient Greece. He along with Leucippus were atomic theorists who proposed during the fifth century B.C that 1. Matter is composed of atoms separated by empty space by which atoms move. 2.Atoms are solid‚ homogeneous‚ indivisible‚ and unchanging. Democritus knew that if he took a rock and chisel it in half‚ that both halves would characteristically have the same properties as the whole. He rationalized that if he was to continue to cut the
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I found out from this experiment that half-life means just what it sounds like. After each cycle of half-life‚ the number of coins left was about half. Each coin represents an atom and just like in nature the half-life of decay is half depending what the element’s half-life is. If each of the scatter test was 10 years‚ the element we are testing would have a half-life of 10 years. The amount of time for a half-life depends on the elements‚ and how tightly the atoms are packed together. Some other
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There are No Limits to Growth by Lyndon H. LaRouche‚ Jr. Introduction by Helga Zepp-LaRouche Founder of the Club of Life Dear Reader‚ The Club of Life was founded on Oct. 22‚ 1982 in Rome‚ Wiesbaden‚ and many other cities around the world‚ and today‚ a year later‚ is already an anti-Malthusian mass movement in which many leading politicians‚ scientists‚ trade unionists‚ industry representatives‚ teachers‚ jurists‚ and others collaborate on four continents and in over 30 countries. The idea of
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Matthew Rose Mr. Schwartz Chemistry 8 March 2011 Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford was one of the most famous physicists of the early 20th century. He won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1908 for his work on atomic emissions and his contributions that led to the discovery of atomic fission. Ernest Rutherford was born in Nelson‚ New Zealand on August 30‚ 1871. His father was James Rutherford and his Mother was Martha Thompson. His father was a wheelwright‚ a person who builds and repairs
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Considering an Alternative Fuel for Nuclear Energy: For decades‚ scientists have dreamed about turning thorium an element that their atomic number is 90 and also is less radioactive and produces less nuclear waste than uranium. Making Thorium an alternative fuel for nuclear energy. Thorium is four times more common that uranium 235 and cannot produce meltdown like the two catastrophes on Chernobyl and Fukushima. The reason that thorium cannot cause a meltdown is because his chain reaction can
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Atomic energy is energy produced by atoms. The term originated in 1903 when Ernest Rutherford began to speak of the possibility ofatomic energy.[1] The term was popularized by H. G. Wells in the phrase‚ "splitting the atom"‚ devised at a time prior to the discovery of the nucleus. Atomic energy also may refer to: * Nuclear binding energy‚ the energy required to split a nucleus of an atom * Nuclear potential energy‚ the potential energy of the particles inside an atomic nucleus * Nuclear
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Introduction Did you know that the first Nobel Peace Prize for Chemistry was given to Jacobus Henricus van ’t Hoff in 1901 for his discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions? Over the next 115 years it has been awarded to some of the world’s top scientists and chemists. In 1908 it was awarded to Ernest Rutherford for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements‚ and the chemistry of radioactive substances. Ernest lived a very interesting life. Author’s
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Although Joseph John (J.J.) Thomson (1856 - 1940) was mainly a physicist‚ his discoveries are closely connected to the chemical community. Thomson used Crookes high vacuum cathode ray tube in his discovery of electrons. He found the green beam produced by the cathode ray tube was a completely negatively charged material. Experimenting with different electrically charged plates and magnets in the cathode ray tube and observing the deflection of the rays he had enough evidence to say that particles
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Harriet Brooks was born on January 1‚ 1876 in Exeter‚ Ontario‚ Canada. She attended McGill University where she earned her bachelor’s degree in natural philosophy and mathematics in 1898. After graduating‚ Brooks began working with a research team headed by Ernest Rutherford at Mcgill (Hicks). She started working with electricity and magnetism for two years. She also was a tutor at Royal Victoria College. Brook’s interest in the sciences influenced her to get a master’s degree in physics in 1901
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