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James Prescott Joule, William Thomson oraz mechaniczny równoważnik ciepła Listen James Prescott Joule, właściciel browaru z Manchesteru, stał w auli wykładowej i patrzył na twarze widowni, która miała

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

Subjective Listen Science has a subjective aspect to it. Science and scientific research are normally considered to be objective, yet, there are also subjective aspects: Scientists decide what they ta

Guericke i próżnia Listen Wędrując ulicami Magdeburga Otto Guericke snuł rozważania na temat pewnej niezwykłej teorii, która prawie sto lat temu została ogłoszona przez Mikołaja Kopernika, ale do dziś

Physics Listen Can something like a NOTHING really BE in existence? This story tells you about the german mayor von Guericke and his losing game to prove the existence of the vacuum. Guericke and vacu

Influence Listen Science is influenced by historical, cultural, and social factors. What scientists consider to be relevant, what they consider to be an appropriate methodology and how they define wha

Technology Listen While science and technology influence each other, they are not the same. "Many confuse the terms science and technology, often considering them synonyms. Roughly speaking there are

Answers Listen Science and its methods cannot answer all questions. On the one hand, there are certain areas which cannot be answered by scientific methods. This does not mean that scientists do not h

Atoms Listen Here, a fictive dispute between Democritus and Plato shall represent the counterpart images in the antiquities on the composition of matter. It is remarkable, that Democritus, whose idea