1440: Nicolas Cusanus‚ Earth is in motion 1440: Nicolas Cusanus‚ infinite universe 1450: Johann Gutenberg‚ first printing press in Europe 1472: Johannes Regiomontanus‚ observation of Halley’s comet 1480: Leonardo de Vinci‚ description of parachute 1480: Leonardo de Vinci‚ compares reflection of light to reflection of sound waves 1490: Leonardo de Vinci‚ capillary action 1492: Leonardo de Vinci‚ foresees flying machines 1494: Leonardo de Vinci‚ foresees pendulum clock 1514: Nicolaus Copernicus
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5 of the biggest unsolved mysteries in physics The mysteries of the universe are as vast and wide as existence itself. Throughout history‚ mankind has searched and struggled to find the answers tucked away inside the universe and everything we see around us. As Deep Thought said in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy‚ "I think the problem‚ to be quite honest with you‚ is that you’ve never actually known what the question is." True‚ we have yet to come up with the answers to life‚ the universe
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Big Bang Theory Fifteen billion years ago‚ give or take five billion years‚ the entirety of our universe was compressed into the confines of an atomic nucleus. Known as a singularity‚ this is the moment before creation when space and time did not exist. According to the prevailing cosmological models that explain our universe‚ an ineffable explosion‚ trillions of degrees in temperature on any measurement scale‚ that was infinitely dense‚ created not on fundamental subatomic particles and thus
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What did Isaac Newton Discover? Isaac Newton is arguably one of the most influential scientists in history. Though he lived in the late 1600s‚ many of his discoveries still affect us in the present. His various theories still hold true even centuries after his death and countless experiments. The scientists able to improve upon his work became famous themselves. Some would say that he was the greatest product of the Enlightenment‚ the explosion of intellectual knowledge that
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Exploring the virtual reality conjecture Brian Whitworth Introduction Computers today simulate entire worlds‚ with their own time‚ space and objects‚ but that our world could be so is normally a topic of science fiction‚ not physics. Yet that the world is illusory has a long history. In Buddhism‚ the world expresses the Universal Mind‚ in Hinduism it is Maya‚ the illusion of "God’s play”‚ and to Plato it was just shadows flickering on a wall1. That the world is digital is also not new‚ as to
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Calculating for acceleration due to gravity using a picket fence in free fall R. Cajucom‚ J. Suarez‚ and J. Villanueva Performed 9 September 2015; submitted 16 September 2015 Abstract-Limit the abstract to four to five sentences stating the following: (a) statement of the problem‚ (b) methodology‚ (c) pertinent results‚ and (d) conclusion. Avoid numbers and symbols in the abstract. After you have written the abstract‚ write the title. In not more than 13 words‚ choose a title that would
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alternative models existed. It will become evident that the Big Bang theory lays down the framework for the evolution of the universe. One of the most significant observations is that the universe is expanding. When Einstein applied his theory of general relativity‚ he found that it predicted an expanding or contracting universe. (Expanding universe‚ n.d.) This caused Einstein to add a cosmological constant to his equations that made his calculations consistent with a static universe. (Expanding universe
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Life cycle of a star Every star has a life cycle just like a human or a frog except stars do it on a much larger scale. Stars start life as a massive cloud of matter and then get pulled together to create a star. But stars do not last forever most stars last for millions of years but they still end. When a stars life ends it may explode or implode to create a black hole. The reason stars even start life and end life is because of nuclear fusion. Nuclear fusion is a reaction where matter is forced
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Project work in Physics Theme: The Big Bang theory (The theory of everything) Subject of studying: The beginning of all the surroundings And the mysteries of our inexplicable and amazing Universe | | |[pic]
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first be able to understand event horizons and information paradoxes too. The theories of black holes people once thought were true‚ may be wrong. Black holes were originally brought up by Albert Einstein when he came out with his theory of general relativity in 1915. Einstein explains
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