® keep it simple science Copying is permitted according to the Site Licence Conditions only Preliminary Physics Topic 4 THE COSMIC ENGINE What is this topic about? To keep it as simple as possible‚ (K.I.S.S.) this topic involves the study of: 1. THE HISTORY OF OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE 2. HOW THE UNIVERSE BEGAN (THE "BIG BANG" THEORY) 3. LIFE-CYCLES OF THE STARS 4. ENERGY FROM THE SUN‚ & ITS EFFECTS ON US but first‚ let’s revise... The Structure of the Universe The EARTH
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(56 or 64 credits) from a minimum of TWO and a maximum of FOUR science disciplines‚ viz. Physics‚ Chemistry‚ Life Sciences and Mathematics. You can opt for elective courses worth a MINIMUM OF 8 CREDITS and a MAXIMUM OF 48 CREDITS in any of the four Science disciplines. At least 25% of the total credits that you register for in the elective courses from Life Sciences‚ Chemistry and Physics disciplines must be from the laboratory courses.
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Aristotle’s Concept of Teleology In his Physics‚ Aristotle examines the theories and ideas regarding nature of his predecessors and then‚ based upon his own ideas‚ theories and experiments‚ argues against what he believes are incorrect conclusions. One idea that Aristotle argues specifically is teleology. Teleology is the idea that natural phenomena are determined not only by mechanical causes but by an overall design or purpose in nature. In this essay‚ I will examine what Aristotle’s
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problem: like does not attract like! Basic laws of physics are that ’opposites attract’ - you put two south poles of a magnet together and they will repel each other! Also I disagree that we can manifest and change life events... The whole of our lives are about cause and effect‚ we cannot control other individuals and bend them all to our will‚ therefore we will always be at their mercy. While "Opposites attract" is a fundamental law of physics‚ as demonstrated by opposite electric or magnetic
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Isaac Newton may have been the greatest and most influential scientist and mathematician in history‚ but he would not appreciate that title. For Newton didn’t invent calculus and create the basis for modern physics under pressure and for a purpose‚ he was‚ as he said “only like a boy playing on the sea shore” (Gleick 4). Newton‚ for most of his life‚ was quiet and kept his work to himself. He suffered a rather formalistic childhood without a father; his mother married a rich man who wanted a wife
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My discoveries have allowed us to make more new discoveries. But a problem I think of is what the world would be like if I never existed. To start things off one important discovery I made was modern physics. If I was never to make the discoveries in optics‚ motion‚ and mathematics modern physics wouldn’t of existed which means that scientist wouldn’t have never known that every object in the universe has a force that attracts each other. Something else the world would have never found would be
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Astronomy is a natural science that is the study of celestial objects (such as moons‚ planets‚ stars‚ nebulae‚ and galaxies)‚ the physics‚ chemistry‚ mathematics‚ and evolution of such objects‚ and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth‚ including supernovae explosions‚ gamma ray bursts‚ and cosmic background radiation. A related but distinct subject‚ cosmology‚ is concerned with studying the universe as a whole.[1] Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences. Prehistoric cultures
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Descartes proof‚ which states that since he can think he must exist‚ is flawed in the sense that it follows the assumption that some things are absolute. As seen in both Nietzsche’s and Merleau-Ponty’s books‚ nothing is absolute. They stated that everything was in perspective‚ and that humanity needed to study what is closer to them‚ whether it was psychology or phenomenology. The only things Descartes figured out were that he had a reason to doubt and that math and science could help him understand
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we are reluctant to try (triple integral calculus‚ anyone?)‚ but in my experience‚ they are fairly rare. At least until you get out to the edges of normalcy. And to some extent‚ that very normalcy is the key. To someone who has a PhD in math or physics‚ and does this kind of stuff on a daily basis‚ a triple integral isn’t even remotely scary‚ right? What you are used to‚ you are willing to dare‚ because you know all about it. The things we don’t know are the things that become difficult because
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