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What directly resulted from advances in electromagnetism, solid-state physics, and nuclear physics?
What directly resulted from advances in electromagnetism, solid-state physics, and nuclear physics?
- Inspiration for the development of calculus
- Study of nature and natural science
- Development of television, computers, domestic appliances, and nuclear weapons (correct)
- Development of industrialization
What is the origin of the word 'physics'?
What is the origin of the word 'physics'?
- Sumerians and ancient Egyptians
- Development of industrialization
- Study of nature and natural science
- Latin physica, borrowing from Greek φυσική, derived from φύσις (correct)
What did advances in thermodynamics lead to?
What did advances in thermodynamics lead to?
- Development of industrialization (correct)
- Study of nature and natural science
- Development of television, computers, domestic appliances, and nuclear weapons
- Inspiration for the development of calculus
Which field inspired the development of calculus?
Which field inspired the development of calculus?
What is astronomy considered to be?
What is astronomy considered to be?