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What directly led to the development of products like television, computers, domestic appliances, and nuclear weapons?
What directly led to the development of products like television, computers, domestic appliances, and nuclear weapons?
- Advances in ancient astronomy
- Advances in mechanics
- Advances in electromagnetism, solid-state physics, and nuclear physics (correct)
- Advances in thermodynamics
What term is derived from the Greek φύσις (phúsis) meaning 'origin, nature, property'?
What term is derived from the Greek φύσις (phúsis) meaning 'origin, nature, property'?
- Astronomy
- Physica (correct)
- Physics
- Mechanics
Which field inspired the development of calculus?
Which field inspired the development of calculus?
- Ancient astronomy
- Mechanics (correct)
- Thermodynamics
- Solid-state physics
What led to the development of industrialization?
What led to the development of industrialization?
What is considered one of the oldest natural sciences?
What is considered one of the oldest natural sciences?