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  • ...lson and Edward W. Morley performed what is now considered one of the most famous failed experiments. ...and the Duddel Medal from the Physical Society in 1929. Some of his most famous published works include Velocity of Light in 1902, Light Waves and Their Us ...
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  • ...eson and Edward W. Morley performed what is now considered one of the most famous failed experiments. ...and the Duddel Medal from the Physical Society in 1929. Some of his most famous published works include Velocity of Light in 1902, Light Waves and Their Us ...
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  • '''Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck''' was a German theoretical physicist most famous for the discovery of [http://www.physicsbook.gatech.edu/Max_Planck#Black-Bo ...ty of Berlin], where he had the opportunity to be taught by great research scientists [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_von_Helmholtz Hermann von Helmholtz] ...
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  • The concept of Entropy is famous for its proof against the existence of Perpetual Motion Machines; disqualif ...umber of states of a system, introducing the equation we use today and the famous Boltzmann Constant: the first major idea introduced to the modern field of ...
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  • Doppler presented his most famous paper to the Royal Bohemian Society on May 25, 1942. His paper, ''On the co [[Category:Notable Scientists] ...
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  • ...sumed power in 1933, Franck resigned from his post in order to help Jewish Scientists find work outside of Germany. He then decided to move himself with his fami ...
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  • From these discoveries, Brewster created the now famous kaleidoscope. The kaleidoscope gained much popularity around Europe and Br ...cannot be credited with the invention of the stereoscope since many other scientists were working on the same ideas at the same time as Brewster, his contributi ...
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  • ...was not well known until 1832, when a famous paper was published by German scientists, Justus von Liebig and Friedrich Wöhler. The paper detailed the chemistry ...
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  • Nikola Tesla was the physicist who "Lit the World." He is most famous for his work in alternating current power production, although in PHYS 2112 [[Category:Notable Scientists]] ...
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  • ...x children. The Galilei's were a musical family, as Vincenzo Galilei was a famous lutenist and composer. At age 8, Galileo's family moved to Florence while G [[Category:Notable Scientists]] ...
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  • ...ly foundational to the field of electromagnetism that so many other famous scientists have based their research on. The connection between electricity and magnet [[Category:Notable Scientists]] ...
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  • ...cluded that light itself was just such a wave. After this famous book many scientists tried to detect this electromagnetic radiation using various electrical app ...
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  • ...al Energy. From James Joule's work on thermal energy, to Albert Einstein's famous equation for rest energy. ...
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  • ...till the Caliphs death in 1040. During the house arrest, Alhazen wrote his famous [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Optics Book Of Optics]. ...e magnifying power of the lens. Alhazens work significantly impacted other scientists of his time and future. His book of optics debuted many scientific facts wh ...
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  • #b. Scientists (including physicists) use Young’s Modulus to see how strong the material #c. Doctors and scientists, such as biomedical engineers, need to use Young’s Modulus to determine w ...
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  • ...id the framework for modern atomic theory. He was also later taught by the famous scientist John Davies, and was influenced greatly in his early years by che [[Category:Notable Scientists]] ...
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  • Light scattering is also useful in astronomy, enabling scientists to characterize interstellar dust and nebulae from the light that passes th ...iscovered that light scattered from small particles appeared blue from the famous Tyndall effect. But it was Lord Rayleigh who worked out the math and solved ...
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  • ...V light and conducts experiments to examine this phenomena. Among the most famous of these experiments is one involving a clear piece of photographic film wr ...gy was inevitably utilized for the creation of powerful weaponry by atomic scientists. The bombs created by this process are referred to as nuclear bombs. While ...
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  • ...pth understanding of the underlying mechanics of the system, thus enabling scientists to better model the motion of the system and understand the energy that the In the early to mid 18th century, scores of scientists performed countless experiments where they passed electric currents through ...
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  • Heaviside is probably post famous for the Heaviside step function shown to the right. This function is common Category: [[Notable Scientists]] ...
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