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What can a historical approach show in the context of new discoveries?
What can a historical approach show in the context of new discoveries?
What does the history of physics offer as points of reference?
What does the history of physics offer as points of reference?
What is a challenge that arises in the history of physics, according to the text?
What is a challenge that arises in the history of physics, according to the text?
What continues to be unearthed, according to the text?
What continues to be unearthed, according to the text?
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What are we witnessing at present, as mentioned in the text?
What are we witnessing at present, as mentioned in the text?
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What does human culture represent, according to the text?
What does human culture represent, according to the text?
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What does the curve on the right-hand side of the intensity graph represent?
What does the curve on the right-hand side of the intensity graph represent?
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When was the era known as the 'Greek miracle'?
When was the era known as the 'Greek miracle'?
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What is credited to the Greeks despite their exaggeration in this respect?
What is credited to the Greeks despite their exaggeration in this respect?
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What does every experimental attempt already assume, according to the text?
What does every experimental attempt already assume, according to the text?
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When was Ørsted’s discovery of the magnetic properties of electric current made?
When was Ørsted’s discovery of the magnetic properties of electric current made?
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What guarantees do we have that the laws formulated through abstraction and idealization are valid?
What guarantees do we have that the laws formulated through abstraction and idealization are valid?
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In what year did Maxwell develop electrodynamics?
In what year did Maxwell develop electrodynamics?
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How can the history of physics be divided into periods?
How can the history of physics be divided into periods?
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What led to a merging of previously unconnected branches of physics?
What led to a merging of previously unconnected branches of physics?
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What is credited to ancient Greek knowledge, according to the text?
What is credited to ancient Greek knowledge, according to the text?
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