Submitted by: Mina, Madelyn Ann C. IV- St. Cecilia Submitted to: Mr. Noel A. Hermano Submitted by: Mina, Madelyn Ann C. IV- St. Cecilia Submitted to: Mr. Noel A. Hermano Higgs Boson Higgs Boson What is Higgs Boson? What is Higgs Boson? Higgs Boson, the “God Particle” as coined by Leon Lederman back in 1993, is the particle that made up the Higgs Field. The Higgs Field is the energy field that permeated the entire universe, according to Dr. Peter Higgs. For example, our entire
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What is Dark Matter? The Oxford dictionary defines dark matter as a non-luminous material which assumed to exist in space. But what does this mean? If dark matter is non luminous how do we know it’s there? How can we detect it? These are the kind of questions I will try to answer in this short article. Discovery: In the mid to late 19th century scientists observed that stars orbiting nearby galaxies were rotating faster than expected. The speed calculated indicated that the gravity created by
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The Physics of a Bow and Arrow A bow and arrow operates on certain principle of physics. I will be investigating what factors affect the accuracy of a bow and arrow. Figure 1 - The change in the shape of the bow as the archer draws it. Figure 1 - The change in the shape of the bow as the archer draws it. A bow is a basic machine called a “two-arm spring”. Energy is stored when the archer bends the bow. It may look like the string is being stretched, however, it is not stretched but the shape
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waste of time” (Document 3). Specialized subjects, including basic engineering, were also taught and this would become the start of his primary occupation. Professor Monti was one of his favorite teachers during his adolescent days in school. In physics he always made him concentrate on the force equation F = ma until he really understood its meaning. I feel that Professor Monti understood that one should teach few ideas thoroughly. Emilio graduated from the Liceo Mamiani in Rome in 1922 at age 17
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a steady velocity of 100km/hr for 100 seconds? Explain your answer, and state why this question is an exercise in careful reading as well as in Physics. The acceleration is 0. There is no change of velocity in those 100 seconds time interval. The word you have to pay attention to is “steady” that is why is can exercise in careful reading and in Physics because you would try to do the math but at the end the answer would be wrong because the car never accelerated. * Problems 1,5,8 and 10
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A Protagonist of the Scientific Revolution: Galileo Galilei was one of the protagonists of the scientific revolution, best known for his astronomical discoveries by means of a telescope (including sunspots, Jupiter’s satellites, and the phases of Venus), for his defense of heliocentrism, and for his study of the natural laws regarding falling bodies. Galileo, however, gave key contributions also to the development of the modern scientific methodology; for this reason, he holds a special place
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Tom Hubsch Physics 10/1/13 8. When a car moves along the highway at a constant velocity, the net force on it is zero. Why, then, do you continue running your engine? The engine continues to run because there is force working against the vehicle. The tires rolling along the pavement create friction, as well as wind resistance hitting your windshield, create a force that can only be counteracted by the engine creating an equal or greater opposing foce. 17. You hold an apple over your head
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PHYSICS HISTORY OF PHYSICS Physics (from the Ancient Greek φύσις physis meaning "nature") is the fundamental branch of science that developed out of the study of nature and philosophy known, until around the end of the 19th century, as "natural philosophy". Today, physics is ultimately defined as the study of matter, energy and the relationships between them. Physics is, in some senses, the oldest and most basic pure science; its discoveries find applications throughout the natural sciences, since
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American University in Cairo Department of Physics Final Exam Physics (111) Time: 2 Hours Answer the following problems 1)The mass of the blue puck in Figure is equal to 1.2 the mass of the green one. Before colliding, the pucks approach each other with momenta of equal magnitude and opposite directions, and the green puck has an initial speed of 10.0 m/s. Find the speeds of the pucks after the collision if half the kinetic energy is lost during the collision. speed of Blue
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as assess and document the disease in response to the treatment. Medical imaging has rapidly expanded from the first medical image discovered by Professor Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen. During a late night experiment in November of 1895, Roentgen, a physics professor from Germany, was examining Crookes tubes. He noticed that some light had managed to pass through a tube that he had wrapped in thin black cardboard, reflecting on the wall of his dark laboratory. Upon further investigation he found that
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