5 Scientific Laws and the Scientists Behind Them


	5 Scientific Laws and the Scientists Behind Them

alanocu

5-12-2008 6:29 AM

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alanocu says:

From Cliff Pickover's Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them.

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5-12-2008 6:41 AM

wildcat

thx alanocu,

5-12-2008 10:14 AM

swampfoxz

And I failed College Calculus miserably.

5-12-2008 11:16 AM

Antara

I need to read more stuff like this......

5-12-2008 11:41 AM

mugofcoffee

count me in Swampfoxz

5-12-2008 12:10 PM

silvanaraihane

I also failed! but we all have our 'gifts'! mine was cooking! and art!

5-12-2008 2:03 PM

alanocu

Well, there's no failure (at least that's what I say to myself

), just a series of experiences or challenges to learn from..

5-12-2008 2:33 PM

carrerinyes

Great clip Alanocu!

Now, lets see...cooking or calculus...?

5-13-2008 8:30 AM

juliedawn

This is like being back at school! Interesting though.

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        had to force him to bathe, and that while they scrubbed him, he continued 
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        placed in a sealed vessel from which air was gradually pumped out.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/12/5-scientific-laws-and-the-scientists-behind-them/">he damaged his ears and experienced deafness in the process</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/12/5-scientific-laws-and-the-scientists-behind-them/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.neatorama.com/img/353809E2-389F-42A5-8D1D-33CC288ACB16" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/12/5-scientific-laws-and-the-scientists-behind-them/"><H2>3. Bernoulli's Law of Fluid Dynamics (Bernoulli's Principle)</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/12/5-scientific-laws-and-the-scientists-behind-them/"><P align="center"><IMG width="493" height="116" src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2008-05/bernoulli-principle.gif" /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/12/5-scientific-laws-and-the-scientists-behind-them/"> Johann was unable to bear the “shame" 
        of being comparable to his son and threw Daniel out of his house for winning 
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        chymical process, and electrical experiments, etc.,</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/12/5-scientific-laws-and-the-scientists-behind-them/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.neatorama.com/img/BC677781-B22F-4449-B5AD-B17DAAF4BA11" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/12/5-scientific-laws-and-the-scientists-behind-them/"><H2>5. Fourier's Law of Heat Conduction</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/12/5-scientific-laws-and-the-scientists-behind-them/"><P align="center"><IMG width="495" height="122" src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2008-05/fourier-law-heat-conduction.gif" /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/12/5-scientific-laws-and-the-scientists-behind-them/">Global warming? Blame Fourier - he came up with the idea</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/12/5-scientific-laws-and-the-scientists-behind-them/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.neatorama.com/img/70B4E653-AC3F-4338-85A1-4E0354283DAE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/12/5-scientific-laws-and-the-scientists-behind-them/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.neatorama.com/img/C1B7E046-BBED-4420-9DF0-5D8EB6AF9EFC" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/12/5-scientific-laws-and-the-scientists-behind-them/"> | <A href="http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/archimedes-hawking.html">The 
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