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What directly led to the development of new products such as television, computers, domestic appliances, and nuclear weapons?
What directly led to the development of new products such as television, computers, domestic appliances, and nuclear weapons?
- Advances in electromagnetism, solid-state physics, and nuclear physics (correct)
- Advances in mechanics
- Advances in ancient astronomy
- Advances in thermodynamics
What did advances in thermodynamics lead to?
What did advances in thermodynamics lead to?
- The development of industrialization (correct)
- The development of television
- The development of calculus
- The development of ancient astronomy
What is the origin of the word 'physics'?
What is the origin of the word 'physics'?
- Ancient Egyptians' term for natural science
- Latin physica ('study of nature') (correct)
- Sumerians' term for natural science
- Greek φύσις (phúsis 'origin, nature, property')
Which ancient civilization is mentioned as having knowledge of natural sciences dating before 3000 BCE?
Which ancient civilization is mentioned as having knowledge of natural sciences dating before 3000 BCE?
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Which branch of physics inspired the development of calculus?
Which branch of physics inspired the development of calculus?
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