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- In the Standard Model of particle physics, a meson is a composite ... Japanese theoretical physicist Hideki Yukawa was the first to predict ...20 KB (3,017 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- The usual example of a causally deterministic theory is Newtonian ... traces to the success of quantum physics, or more accurately, the ...14 KB (2,077 words) - 10:05, 29 January 2024
- American mathematical-engineer, theoretical physicist, and chemist ... philosophy, or what is today called physics. In 1866, he toured Europe ...19 KB (2,786 words) - 05:25, 7 May 2024
- Boltzmann was appointed Chair of Theoretical Physics at the University ... In the forward to Boltzmann's Theoretical Physics and Philosophical ...19 KB (2,826 words) - 02:38, 5 November 2022
- Some theoretical physicists study unusual conceptual models of space ... == In physics == === Spatial dimensions === [[Image:Coord planes color ...16 KB (2,438 words) - 15:22, 29 January 2024
- among others. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1978. He also received ... in 1984. In 1951, he co-founded the Moscow Physics-Technical Institute. Kapitsa ...9 KB (1,369 words) - 03:36, 7 December 2022
- He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963, "for his contributions ... not only of reactor theory but of theoretical physics from 1930 to 1965—though ...11 KB (1,566 words) - 04:15, 23 March 2024
- will carry some current, there is no theoretical dividing line between ... * Giancoli, Douglas. Physics for Scientists and Engineers, with Modern ...11 KB (1,570 words) - 15:50, 13 February 2024
- other natural sciences, such as astronomy, physics, material science, biology ... Chemistry is in some ways physics on a larger scale and in some ways ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- to Moscow in 1945 to study at the Theoretical Department of Lebedev ... to FIAN to study fundamental theoretical physics. In 1970 he was one ...11 KB (1,679 words) - 20:10, 26 July 2023
- of what is now called natural science, especially physics. ... Most recently, developments in physics and biology have initiated ...13 KB (1,838 words) - 22:42, 28 March 2023
- son jointly received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1915. The techniques ... what he considered a limited knowledge of physics, but there were only about ...13 KB (1,944 words) - 18:22, 17 April 2023
- In physics, a black body (in an ideal sense) is an object that absorbs ... Calculating this curve was a major challenge in theoretical physics ...23 KB (3,522 words) - 18:09, 31 October 2023
- his essential musical styles in his theoretical treatises, to express ... Rameau published his Traité de l'harmonie in 1722. This theoretical ...9 KB (1,322 words) - 17:12, 2 April 2024
- Kroner banknote and the Institute of Physics, founded by Bohr himself ... the newly constructed Institute of Theoretical Physics in 1920. In 1922, ...21 KB (3,171 words) - 09:45, 11 March 2023
- #039;s later discovery of Bakelite. In theoretical chemistry, he formulated ... of Berlin (1853-1855) chiefly to physics and mathematics. By 1856 ...9 KB (1,376 words) - 06:04, 15 June 2023
- Electromagnetism is the physics of the electromagnetic field: A field ... The theoretical implications of electromagnetism led to development ...14 KB (1,902 words) - 15:57, 13 February 2024
- In particle physics, a quark is one of the elementary (or fundamental ... particle duality" of quantum physics. The particle aspect of ...22 KB (3,412 words) - 15:31, 7 December 2022
- used today, although mostly as theoretical exercises.) All the points ... == In physics == The above discussion applies to Cartesian coordinate ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 00:41, 29 November 2023
- a Privatdozent at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, under Arnold Sommerfeld ... am Main as ordinarius professor of theoretical physics. From 1916, he was ...27 KB (3,968 words) - 01:05, 9 November 2022
- the concept that there must be a theoretical personality (little man ... and directed by another, internal theoretical operation in which the ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 19:41, 16 April 2023
- The Standard Model of particle physics is a theory that describes ... -the wave-particle duality of quantum physics. The wave tells the particle ...25 KB (3,578 words) - 16:25, 8 February 2023
- heated platinum. He soon transferred to theoretical physics. ... Planck an associate professor of theoretical physics. Further work on entropy ...30 KB (4,449 words) - 00:57, 9 November 2022
- known as the "father" of nuclear physics. His major contribution ... In 1898, Rutherford was appointed to the chair of physics at McGill ...17 KB (2,514 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- In physics, a physical constant is a physical quantity with a value ... A long-sought goal of theoretical physics is to reduce the number ...22 KB (3,290 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- split into observational astronomy and theoretical astrophysics. Although ... * Astrophysics: the study of physics of the universe, including the ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 18:26, 19 August 2023
- accelerators. Researchers in particle physics and nuclear physics study ... nuclei lies in the domain of nuclear physics. The study of subatomic ...20 KB (3,162 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- of quantum theory, nuclear and particle physics, and statistical mechanics ... Gattis. As a young boy he enjoyed learning physics and mathematics and shared ...25 KB (3,781 words) - 18:56, 13 February 2024
- one of the central principles of modern physics, the Heisenberg uncertainty ... that characterizes all the equations of quantum physics. ...22 KB (3,234 words) - 17:14, 4 May 2023
- 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 (3,041 words) - 10:37, 13 December 2023
- 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
- thesis provided a foundational basis for theoretical computer science. ... ] Bulletin of European Association for Theoretical Computer Science. 81, ...10 KB (1,376 words) - 08:20, 23 July 2023
- on environmental chemistry, meteorology, physics, computer modeling, oceanoraphy ... To synthesize and test the theoretical understanding of atmospheric ...11 KB (1,481 words) - 06:25, 21 August 2023
- For that discovery, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1935. ... In 1974, Antony Hewish was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for ...14 KB (2,170 words) - 16:26, 11 November 2022
- a much under-discussed kind of game-theoretical problem; most of the game ... razor, which argues not to multiply theoretical entities beyond what is ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 19:54, 23 August 2020
- he was aware of some of the interesting theoretical implications of his discovery ... Command of Light: Rowland's School of Physics and the Spectrum. Philadelphia: ...10 KB (1,534 words) - 02:14, 11 August 2022
- to pursue his idea on any but a theoretical level. He did, however ... once again to Germany, this time to study physics, initially in Munich and ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 10:20, 22 January 2024
- Benjamin Franklin and Lightning Rods] Physics Today 59 (1): 42. Retrieved ... This theoretical view was eventually replaced by the current theory ...18 KB (2,558 words) - 16:05, 13 February 2024
- graduate-level courses in mathematics and physics which were offered in a ... jsp?R=19710002073&qs=N%3D4293861466 Theoretical pressure distributions ...16 KB (2,224 words) - 08:41, 10 March 2023
- of Jena, intending to write a thesis in physics. But he also carefully studied ... War I, he was given permission to study physics at the University of Berlin ...27 KB (4,028 words) - 21:04, 21 December 2022
- Special relativity is a fundamental physics theory about space and ... as a modification of Newtonian physics. It was created to deal with ...42 KB (6,653 words) - 19:12, 7 February 2023
- amateur boxer and he studied mathematics, physics, chemistry and astronomy ... De Sitter expressing his opinion on the theoretical interpretation of the ...14 KB (2,031 words) - 23:56, 12 February 2024
- awarded annually in the categories of physics, chemistry, physiology or ... commended "for his services to Theoretical Physics,” which is believed ...34 KB (5,294 words) - 02:33, 16 November 2022
- (mL) of liquid, using the low-temperature physics laboratory that had recently ... == Nuclear physics of the deuterium nucleus == Deuterium is one of ...31 KB (4,687 words) - 10:07, 29 January 2024
- view, we can take the example of matter in physics. While a given energy can ... faculties of the human individual, into theoretical and practical parts. Logic ...15 KB (2,218 words) - 00:43, 18 November 2022
- In physics, surface tension is an effect within the surface layer ... area.Harvey E. White, Modern College Physics (van Nostrand, 1948). ...28 KB (4,404 words) - 23:53, 26 February 2023
- On the Soul two hundred times and the Physics forty times. (He also relied ... astronomy, music, weights and mechanics), physics and metaphysics, and political ...18 KB (2,709 words) - 07:20, 16 June 2023
- through both experimental and theoretical work. Hooked coined the ... Scientific Revolution. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0750309873 ...11 KB (1,559 words) - 17:09, 15 March 2024
- x-rays or visible light.Raymond A. Serway, Physics for Scientists & Engineers ... discovery led to the quantum revolution in physics and earned Einstein the ...23 KB (3,443 words) - 04:26, 24 November 2022
- From 1912, he held the chair of theoretical physics in the German University ... Frank], at the time an instructor in theoretical physics in Vienna. […] We ...34 KB (4,936 words) - 20:14, 3 May 2023
- the angles of crystal faces relative to theoretical reference axes (crystallographic ... * Ion (physics) * Neutron * Optics * Protein * RNA * X-ray ...12 KB (1,754 words) - 06:35, 11 January 2024
- however, as they were seen as purely theoretical constructs for which there ... Category:Physics Category:Chemistry Category:Physical chemistry ...8 KB (1,241 words) - 14:53, 28 April 2020
- * [http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Fluorescence.html Fluorescence ... Category:Physics Category:Chemistry 175806284 ...15 KB (2,287 words) - 17:45, 28 March 2024
- Philosophy is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. Logic ... philosophy, political philosophy, theoretical physics, teleology, physiology ...17 KB (2,487 words) - 21:08, 10 December 2023
- and obtained his bachelor's degree in physics after three years in 1943 ... a physics major, intending to study theoretical physics. He did go on to get ...29 KB (4,408 words) - 22:54, 30 April 2023
- A noticed characteristic of Business Cycles: A Theoretical, Historical ... directly from a highly abstract theoretical model. Schumpeter was a ...19 KB (2,667 words) - 04:57, 7 May 2024
- predictive footing similar to that of physics and chemistry. ... view, with the language of mathematical physics. This would allow for the ...12 KB (1,753 words) - 05:54, 18 November 2022
- of Marburg. His subsidiary subjects were physics and philosophy. Here, Hahn ... a profoundly significant discovery in physics with far-reaching consequences ...24 KB (3,736 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-born American theoretical physicist, known colloquially ... Teller became part of the Theoretical Physics division at the then ...41 KB (6,221 words) - 23:53, 12 February 2024
- vacuum. In fact, most theories of particle physics predict vacuum fluctuations ... Density, International Journal of Theoretical Physics 45: 925-936. ...26 KB (3,829 words) - 22:20, 25 January 2024
- Although the basic principles of quantum physics treat matter and antimatter ... an equal amount of normal matter, so the theoretical limit is that half of ...23 KB (3,458 words) - 06:25, 31 July 2023
- In classical physics, space and time are assumed to be quite different ... of four-vectors (and other tensors) in describing physics. ...28 KB (4,269 words) - 19:16, 17 August 2023
- In physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fusion is the process by ... thesis for MIT, Todd Rider did a theoretical study of all quasineutral ...39 KB (6,029 words) - 23:53, 16 November 2022
- Due to his theoretical contributions to the formation of Stoicism ... Chrysippus believed that the study of physics and logic was necessary ...9 KB (1,399 words) - 21:54, 10 December 2023
- founder of the American school of theoretical physics while at the University ... was one of the top centers for theoretical physics in the world, and ...58 KB (8,808 words) - 01:10, 8 February 2023
- in Paris offered a prize for the best theoretical essay on tides. Daniel ... The first major theoretical formulation for water tides was made by ...37 KB (5,992 words) - 23:32, 30 April 2023
- In the set-theoretical construction of the natural numbers, 2 is identified ... === Physics === There are two opposite and complementary electrical ...19 KB (2,775 words) - 06:42, 13 June 2023
- him an important place in the history of physics. In the same year, he met ... he had a profound acquaintance with theoretical astronomy, he had paid ...21 KB (3,257 words) - 10:47, 12 May 2023
- #039;s Baltimore Lectures and Modern Theoretical Physics; Historical and Philosophical ... #039;s Baltimore Lectures and Modern Theoretical Physics; Historical and Philosophical ...36 KB (5,321 words) - 20:35, 13 May 2023
- In modern physics, the photon is the elementary particle responsible ... advances in experimental and theoretical physics, such as lasers, Bose–Einstein ...34 KB (4,943 words) - 20:26, 27 September 2023
- disaster. In addition to his work in theoretical physics, Feynman has been ... . He held the Richard Chace Tolman professorship in theoretical physics ...54 KB (8,060 words) - 20:15, 8 December 2022
- In physics, an orbit is the path that an object makes around another ... body. Such devices are still theoretical. A further form of geosynchronous ...29 KB (4,580 words) - 01:05, 18 November 2022
- reduced. This loss or gain may be actual or theoretical. To follow the (actual or theoretical) loss and gain of electrons by the atoms involved in a ...16 KB (2,171 words) - 15:58, 13 February 2024
- a weight in grams or as a percentage of the total theoretical quantity of product that could be produced. A side reaction is an unwanted chemical reaction ...10 KB (1,522 words) - 14:47, 5 December 2023
- of neutrons is controlled instead by the physics of the chain reaction. The ... 26, 1939, there was a conference on theoretical physics at Washington, D.C ...31 KB (4,827 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- of a dissertation entitled Perception, Physics, and Reality. This became ... probably of extreme importance in any theoretical interpretation of the ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 19:14, 24 November 2023
- however, suspected to be radioactive on theoretical grounds. Finally, in 2003 ... fields of study, including particle physics, aerospace physics, nuclear ...14 KB (1,891 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- gas particles (atoms or molecules), only theoretical calculations give suggestions ... Category:Physics Category:Chemistry Gas|134464414|Ideal_gas|134158715 ...20 KB (3,107 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- who was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the scattering ... Mathematics, and of Experimental and Theoretical Physics. But out of this welter ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 19:55, 24 November 2023
- used to argue that the underlying physics only needs one junction ... Thomson's theoretical treatment of thermoelectricity is remarkable ...25 KB (3,886 words) - 18:30, 30 April 2023
- png|thumb|300px|This illustration shows the theoretical limit for grain boundary (Hall-Petch) strengthening. Once the grain size reaches about 10 ...11 KB (1,643 words) - 23:09, 9 May 2020
- by Dwight Logan Reid, a chemistry and physics teacher at David Starr Jordan ... Seaborg's theoretical development of the actinide concept resulted ...29 KB (4,299 words) - 07:54, 24 January 2023
