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What is the main goal of physics?
What is the main goal of physics?
Which scientist specializes in the field of physics?
Which scientist specializes in the field of physics?
During which century did the natural sciences emerge as unique research endeavors?
During which century did the natural sciences emerge as unique research endeavors?
Which academic discipline is one of the oldest, perhaps the oldest?
Which academic discipline is one of the oldest, perhaps the oldest?
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What do advances in physics often enable?
What do advances in physics often enable?
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What early civilizations had a predictive knowledge and basic awareness of the motions of the Sun, Moon, and stars?
What early civilizations had a predictive knowledge and basic awareness of the motions of the Sun, Moon, and stars?
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From where can the origins of Western astronomy be found, according to Asger Aaboe?
From where can the origins of Western astronomy be found, according to Asger Aaboe?
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During which period did natural philosophy have its origins in Greece?
During which period did natural philosophy have its origins in Greece?
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Who proposed the idea of atomism, which was found to be correct approximately 2000 years after it was proposed?
Who proposed the idea of atomism, which was found to be correct approximately 2000 years after it was proposed?
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In which century did the Western Roman Empire fall, resulting in a decline in intellectual pursuits in the western part of Europe?
In which century did the Western Roman Empire fall, resulting in a decline in intellectual pursuits in the western part of Europe?
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Which physicist developed a theory of relativity that correctly predicted the action of forces on objects with increasing momenta near the speed of light?
Which physicist developed a theory of relativity that correctly predicted the action of forces on objects with increasing momenta near the speed of light?
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What did the philosophers in antiquity retain fundamental errors in understanding about force due to?
What did the philosophers in antiquity retain fundamental errors in understanding about force due to?
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What did the development of modern insights into quantum mechanics and technology lead to?
What did the development of modern insights into quantum mechanics and technology lead to?
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What was the fundamental error that Galileo Galilei and Sir Isaac Newton corrected about motion and force?
What was the fundamental error that Galileo Galilei and Sir Isaac Newton corrected about motion and force?
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What did high-energy particle physics observations in the 1970s and 1980s confirm about the weak and electromagnetic forces?
What did high-energy particle physics observations in the 1970s and 1980s confirm about the weak and electromagnetic forces?
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What is the SI unit of force?
What is the SI unit of force?
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Which type of force often produces changes in the rotational speed of an object?
Which type of force often produces changes in the rotational speed of an object?
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What type of quantity is force?
What type of quantity is force?
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In equilibrium, what do the internal mechanical stresses in an extended body cause?
In equilibrium, what do the internal mechanical stresses in an extended body cause?
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Which concept makes the everyday notion of pushing or pulling mathematically precise?
Which concept makes the everyday notion of pushing or pulling mathematically precise?
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