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  • Mass, in classical mechanics, is the measure of an object's resistance ... three subtly differentiated types of mass, which are important precisely ...
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  • In physics, force is defined as the rate of change of momentum of ... In everyday life, a force may be experienced in various ways, such ...
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  • In physics, acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity—that ... An object traveling in a straight line undergoes acceleration when ...
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  • Special relativity is a fundamental physics theory about space and ... pressing theoretical and experimental issues in the physics of the time involving ...
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  • work needed to accelerate a body of a given mass from rest to its current velocity ... by a non-moving observer has kinetic energy in the reference frame of this ...
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  • :This article is about speed and velocity in Physics. [[Image:Virgin ... object is traveling, but not the direction in which it is traveling. ...
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  • In classical physics, space and time are assumed to be quite different ... of time is equivalent to moving almost 200,000 miles in space. ...
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  • In physics, a fundamental interaction or fundamental force is a mechanism ... In the conceptual model of fundamental interactions, matter consists ...
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  • 12, 1851 – August 22, 1940) was a pioneer in the science and technology ... Born in Penkull, Staffordshire, Lodge was the eldest of eight children ...
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  • is one of the oldest and largest subjects in science, engineering and technology. so on. Classical mechanics is enhanced by special relativity for objects moving ...
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  • In physical cosmology, dark energy is a hypothetical form of energy ... the other main components so far established in the universe: (a) Regular ...
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  • In physics, Compton scattering or the Compton effect is the decrease ... Compton scattering is of prime importance in radiation therapy. In ...
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  • on Earth. Rather, they are produced in cosmic rays and during scattering ... theory, chemistry began to be explained in terms of the arrangement and ...
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  • and as 'The Last Universalist' in mathematics, because he excelled ... Poincaré was born on April 29, 1854, into an influential family in ...
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  • General relativity (GR) is a theory of gravitation that was developed ... is more accurate. What is more, general relativity predicts interesting new ...
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  • field causes the particles to spiral almost in a circle so that they re-encounter ... As a cyclotron accelerates particles in a spiral path, it allows particles ...
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  • The Chandrasekhar limit limits the mass of bodies made from electron ... to fuse. For main-sequence stars with a mass below approximately 8 solar ...
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  • may be as small as an orbiting electron in an atom or as large as that ... carry energy as electromagnetic radiation in its various forms, from visible ...
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  • In astrophysics and cosmology, dark matter is a major component of ... matter accounts for the vast majority of mass in the observable universe ...
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  • :For the Standard Model in Cosmology, see the article on the Big Bang. ... consistent with both quantum mechanics and special relativity. ...
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