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Stories by NOS-feature Listen The stories can be accessed by Nature of Science features: In some instances, several stories go under the same feature, in others, there is just one story (at the moment
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early ideas on what a vacuum is, the demonstration of artificial radioactivity and development and usage of the energy preservation principle. [...] periodic table of elements, discovery of mass preservation principle in chemical reactions and the development of the concepts of what an atom is. The section physics deals with NOTHING – literally! You'll
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heat and mechanical work. Joule and energy The immediate use of solar energy is indeed known for quite some time already. This story tells you about the development of the first solar powered cookstove [...] was instrumental in defining the first law of thermodynamics, which describes the conservation of energy. Two stories, which stress different aspects of the scientific work, will provide insight into Joule's
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rediscovered. Democritus and the Atoms By systematic use of highly sensitive scales, Lavoisier developed his keystone assertion, that mass in chemical reactions is unchanged. Lavoisier and the conservation
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rediscovered. Democritus and the atoms By systematic use of highly sensitive scales, Lavoisier developed his keystone assertion, that mass in chemical reactions is unchanged. Lavoisier and the conservation
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Electricity Listen In 1778, a strange line pattern in the grass leads Martin, Andreas and Michael to a talk of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. He describes the geneation of these patterns in his laborato
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heat and mechanical work. Joule and Energy The immediate use of solar energy is indeed known for quite some time already. This story tells you about the development of the first solar powered cookstove [...] Energy Listen What is the nature of heat – is it a substance or infinitesimal movement of matter? Among others, the Bavarian War Minister Benjamin Thompson, later known as Count Rumford, found an answer [...] was instrumental in defining the first law of thermodynamics, which describes the conservation of energy. Two stories, which stress different aspects of the scientific work, will provide insight into Joule's
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Nourishment Listen "There's lots to be done, but they had an idea how to show, that the human body burns food." The fascinating path, which may have led to this discovery, is depicted in Antoine Laure
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Metamorphosis Listen Maria Sibylla Merian started to observe caterpillar cocoons and make drawings of those at the age of 13. Nineteen years later, she published her first book in which she layed out
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Periodic System Listen The sheer multitude of chemical elements is very challenging to chemists in the 19th century. They ask themselves, whether there are still yet undiscovered new elements. A Russi