Search results for "Theoretical physics" - New World Encyclopedia
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- distinguished between practical and theoretical philosophy, and Ptolemy ... putting theology in with what they called physics (or what is today called ...20 KB (3,023 words) - 17:01, 22 December 2022
- problems, and supporting (or falsifying) theoretical assumptions. The experiment ... being tested. In some sciences, such as physics and chemistry, it is relatively ...15 KB (2,257 words) - 23:56, 24 March 2024
- == Theoretical background == During the process of centrifugation, the centrifugal force acts to separate various components of a mixture. More ...11 KB (1,529 words) - 23:56, 3 December 2023
- a corresponding antiparticle (see particle physics). Thus atoms of antimatter ... other techniques are used, including theoretical calculations. As an example ...13 KB (2,062 words) - 06:25, 21 August 2023
- In 1918, he made up his mind to abandon physics for philosophy, but ... the Director of the School for Theoretical Physics and remained there ...17 KB (2,571 words) - 21:27, 20 March 2024
- whose formulation of the laws on the theoretical efficiency of heat engines ... to the laws of mechanics and of sound physics. It is inadmissible. We ...15 KB (2,378 words) - 23:36, 14 November 2022
- Heidelberg, where he studied mathematics, physics, and philosophy. From 1924 ... dealt for the first time with laws or theoretical principles of statistical ...24 KB (3,610 words) - 19:18, 26 November 2023
- fluid dynamics, optics, and mathematical physics. Together with James Clerk ... to work into the early morning hours on physics and mathematics problems ...20 KB (3,027 words) - 15:59, 20 May 2024
- complexes (such as ArF) are well-known. Theoretical calculations (by computer ... * Liquid argon is used in calorimetry in experimental particle physics. ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 06:25, 12 August 2023
- attempts to use the axiomatic method in physics (by Ludwig Boltzmann, Heinrich ... fact employed, empirical testing of such theoretical derivations is still always ...10 KB (1,582 words) - 07:21, 23 August 2023
- should follow the same path towards theoretical and empirical quantification ... as its aim to subject abstract laws of theoretical political economy or “pure“ ...13 KB (1,910 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- In physics, there are two kinds of dipoles (from the Greek terms di ... of classical electromagnetism). A theoretical magnetic point dipole ...20 KB (3,037 words) - 15:26, 29 January 2024
- Computer science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information ... the "Turing machine"—a theoretical machine with an infinitely ...20 KB (2,897 words) - 02:35, 8 January 2024
- Chandrasekhar was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics (shared ... bachelor's degree, B.Sc. (Hon.), in physics in June 1930. The principal ...20 KB (2,980 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- Prizes in two different fields of science—physics and chemistry. ... stressed the empirical as opposed to the theoretical approach to solving problems ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 04:14, 6 November 2022
- The theoretical dielectric strength of a material is an intrinsic ... * Rumble, John (ed.). 2017. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics ...14 KB (1,888 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- was invited to Jena to fill the chair of theoretical philosophy (including ... to Jena as professor of mathematics and physics, receiving permission also ...9 KB (1,390 words) - 12:47, 6 November 2021
- he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1913. In subsequent decades ... year, Brian Josephson made the important theoretical prediction that a supercurrent ...21 KB (3,041 words) - 23:46, 26 February 2023
- weapons. He switched his field from physics to molecular biology and ... of Berlin's Institute for Theoretical Physics in 1924. In 1927, ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 22:23, 25 October 2022
- In physics, classical mechanics is one of the two major sub-fields ... Lifshitz. 1972. Mechanics Course of Theoretical Physics. Vol. 1. Oxford, UK: ...33 KB (4,963 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
