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| subject = Physics ...in a historical context, beginning with [[Democritus]]'s original thought experiments and theory of [[atomism]], and ending with then-current knowledge of the [[ ...

{{Short description|Imaginary collection of notionally identical experiments}} ...cs]], an '''ensemble''' is an imaginary collection of notionally identical experiments.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dougherty |first1=J. P. |title=Foundations of No ...

{{Short description|Simple physics model illustrating free fall}} ...highlight those contemporaneous with it. Note that monkey and darts remain in a line parallel to the line connecting their initial positions.]] ...

{{Short description|Thought experiment about gravity}} ...is posthumously published 1728 work ''De mundi systemate'' (also published in English as ''[[Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica#Book 3, De mundi ...

The year '''1669 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events. ...pert|last=Hall|authorlink=A. Rupert Hall|title=Isaac Newton: Adventurer in Thought|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1996|page=67}}</ref> ...

{{short description|Mathematical thought experiment posed by Henri Poincaré}} ...r [[conventionalism]] (see [[philosophy of space and time]]), offered a [[thought experiment]] about a [[sphere]] with strange properties.<ref>{{cite book|la ...

...94. He received his Ph.D. at the [[University of Zurich]], [[Switzerland]] in 1900. ...ach at Denison University and lived in [[Granville, Ohio]] until his death in June 1943. ...

...terrella-spiral-nebula.jpg|thumb|Kristian Birkeland's magnetised terrella. In this experiment, he noted two spirals which he considered may be similar to [[File:Aurora borealis in a lab dsc04517.jpg|thumb|An example of an active terrella]] ...

In [[particle physics]], a '''massless particle''' is an [[elementary particle]] whose [[invarian ...n]] (carrier of [[electromagnetism]]) is one of two known [[gauge boson]]s thought to be massless. The photon is well-known from direct observation to exist a ...

{{short description|Ongoing American particle physics experiment}} ...Spectrometer in Hall D at Jefferson Lab, viewed from the downstream side, in October 2017.]] ...

...of theoretical explanations followed, but over time a series of follow-up experiments failed to find strong evidence for the anomalons, and active study of the t ...n be flown on balloons, while larger versions can be placed in mines, both in order to capture rare but extremely high-energy [[cosmic ray]]s. ...

...\phi \leq \pi</math>) and [[pseudorapidity]] (<math>|\eta| \geq 0</math>). In practice, particles with pseudorapidity above a certain threshold cannot be ...n; for this reason, large angular coverage is critical for modern particle physics. ...

...ectual development. There are methods by which teachers can guide students in the correct application of '''proportional reasoning'''. ==In mathematics and physics== ...

[[File:Oxford Electric Bell.jpg|thumb|The Oxford Electric Bell in December 2009]] ...lisher=Oxford University|access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref> It is located in a corridor adjacent to the foyer of the [[Clarendon Laboratory]] at the [[U ...

[[File:Plasma in the Levitating Dipole Experiment.png|thumb|300px|Plasma in the Levitating Dipole Experiment]] ....iaea.org/Search/search.aspx?orig_q=RN:21025528|journal=Comments on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion|language=en|volume=11|issue=3|pages=147–151|issn=0374 ...

...Richard Threlkeld Cox|title=Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering (4-9 August 2001, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)|first=M ...ins University after the war, completing his BA in 1920. He earned his PhD in 1924; his dissertation was ''A Study of Pfund's Pressure Gauge''.<ref name= ...

...d prolific writer, 325 memoirs and communications appearing under his name in the ''[[Biblioteca Italiana]]'' and the ''[[Bibliothèque universelle de Gen Zantedeschi died at [[Padua]] in 1873. ...

...omplex liquids which was first described by the British engineer Alan Kaye in 1963.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kaye | first1 = A. | title = A Bouncing ...or [[viscoelasticity|viscoelastic]] properties). Common household liquids in this category are liquid hand soaps, shampoos and non-drip paint. The effec ...