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What is the main focus of classical mechanics?
What is the main focus of classical mechanics?
Which branch of mechanics studies motion without regard to its causes?
Which branch of mechanics studies motion without regard to its causes?
What was discovered in the 20th century, three centuries after Newton's classical mechanics formulation?
What was discovered in the 20th century, three centuries after Newton's classical mechanics formulation?
Which topic is not included in classical physics?
Which topic is not included in classical physics?
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Which field of study involves hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, aerodynamics, and pneumatics?
Which field of study involves hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, aerodynamics, and pneumatics?
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What is acoustics primarily concerned with?
What is acoustics primarily concerned with?
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Who rejected non-naturalistic explanations for natural phenomena during the Archaic period in Greece?
Who rejected non-naturalistic explanations for natural phenomena during the Archaic period in Greece?
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Which theory was proposed by Leucippus and his pupil Democritus that was later found to be correct?
Which theory was proposed by Leucippus and his pupil Democritus that was later found to be correct?
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Who resisted attacks from barbarians and continued to advance learning fields, including physics, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
Who resisted attacks from barbarians and continued to advance learning fields, including physics, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
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Which scholar in sixth-century Europe questioned Aristotle's teaching of physics and introduced the theory of impetus?
Which scholar in sixth-century Europe questioned Aristotle's teaching of physics and introduced the theory of impetus?
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In which work did Ibn Al-Haytham (Alhazen) document his camera obscura experiments?
In which work did Ibn Al-Haytham (Alhazen) document his camera obscura experiments?
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Who created an important compilation of Archimedes' works in the sixth century?
Who created an important compilation of Archimedes' works in the sixth century?
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Who rejected non-naturalistic explanations for natural phenomena during the Archaic period?
Who rejected non-naturalistic explanations for natural phenomena during the Archaic period?
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Which ancient philosophers proposed ideas verified by reason and observation?
Which ancient philosophers proposed ideas verified by reason and observation?
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In which century was atomism found to be correct, approximately 2000 years after it was proposed?
In which century was atomism found to be correct, approximately 2000 years after it was proposed?
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Who resisted attacks from barbarians and continued to advance various fields of learning, including physics, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
Who resisted attacks from barbarians and continued to advance various fields of learning, including physics, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
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Which scholar from sixth-century Europe questioned Aristotle's teaching of physics?
Which scholar from sixth-century Europe questioned Aristotle's teaching of physics?
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Who introduced the theory of impetus in response to flaws he noted in Aristotle's teaching of physics?
Who introduced the theory of impetus in response to flaws he noted in Aristotle's teaching of physics?
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What is a scientific law?
What is a scientific law?
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How do theorists contribute to physics?
How do theorists contribute to physics?
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What prompts the development of new experiments in physics?
What prompts the development of new experiments in physics?
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How do physicists test the validity of theories?
How do physicists test the validity of theories?
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What relationship exists between theory and experiment in physics?
What relationship exists between theory and experiment in physics?
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What role does progress play in the development of new theories?
What role does progress play in the development of new theories?
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What field of physics emerged due to inaccuracies in classical mechanics for very small objects and very high velocities?
What field of physics emerged due to inaccuracies in classical mechanics for very small objects and very high velocities?
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Who is credited with the theory of quantum mechanics and improved upon classical physics at very small scales?
Who is credited with the theory of quantum mechanics and improved upon classical physics at very small scales?
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Which scientist discovered the photoelectric effect and formulated the theory of relativity?
Which scientist discovered the photoelectric effect and formulated the theory of relativity?
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What was one of the main discrepancies corrected by Einstein's theory of special relativity?
What was one of the main discrepancies corrected by Einstein's theory of special relativity?
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Which phenomenon led to the proposal by Max Planck that material oscillators can only be excited in discrete steps proportional to their frequency?
Which phenomenon led to the proposal by Max Planck that material oscillators can only be excited in discrete steps proportional to their frequency?
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What did Planck's proposal regarding black-body radiation, alongside the photoelectric effect, lead to the development of?
What did Planck's proposal regarding black-body radiation, alongside the photoelectric effect, lead to the development of?
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