Word: phenomena
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fully accepted quantum mechanics. His feelings were expressed in his famous God-does-not-play-dice dictum. Most other scientists, however, accepted the validity of the new quantum laws because they showed excellent agreement with observations and because they seemed to explain a whole range of previously unaccounted-for phenomena. They are the basis of modern developments in chemistry, molecular biology and electronics and the foundation of the technology that has transformed the world in the past half-century...
...Leibniz in Germany, independent of Newton), in optics (he invented the reflecting telescope, and his experiments with spectrums established the nature of color and the heterogeneous components of sunlight), in mechanics (his three laws of motion changed the world) and with his understanding of gravity. The last explained the phenomena of heaven and earth in a single mathematical system--or did until Einstein arrived...
...sense, of course, Newton's was the greatest magic of all: the thought (owing something to alchemy) that for all phenomena of nature and society, there must be not only a discoverable secret but a generalization with the force of law--a solution to every problem, scientific, social or moral...
...week and knows the wrestlers by name. The other? A girl reporter straight out of boarding school who worried about the possibility of getting soiled by wrestler sweat. We'll have full coverage for you in an upcoming issue....And for those of you not titillated by pop culture phenomena, we'll have you enraptured too: look for a special interview with Jane Campion, director of The Piano and Holy Smoke, in January....Have you ever tried explaining instant replay to somebody who has never heard of it before? My cousin and I tried it the other day when...
...each week and knows the wrestlers by name. The other? A girl reporter straight out of boarding school who worried about the possibility of getting soiled by wrestler sweat. Well have full coverage for you in an upcoming issue....And for those of you not titillated by pop culture phenomena, well have you enraptured too: look for a special interview with Jane Campion, director of The Piano and Holy Smoke, in January....Have you ever tried explaining instant replay to somebody who has never heard of it before? My cousin and I tried it the other day when our Indian...