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Lichtenberg i elektrofor Listen Lichtenberg, który żył w 18 wieku, był wybitnym naturalistą, krytykiem sztuki, satyrykiem, aforystą i jednym z twórców niemieckiej fizyki eksperymentalnej. W swoim arty

Mouchot i kuchenka słoneczna Listen Nasza historia zaczyna się w typowy, zimowy, styczniowy ranek w Alençon, we Francji. Był rok 1860. Nauczyciel matematyki w szkole średniej, Augustyn Mouchot, zatrzą

Rumford i cieplik Listen Benjamin Thompson, bawarski minister wojny, wszedł do pracowni aby skontrolować produkcję nowych dział. Jak można zauważyć, Benjamin Thompson nie jest raczej typowym bawarskim

4. B Secondary Sources, English Genz, Henning : Nothingness, the Science of Empty Space., Reading, MA 2009, online available: http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=904325 . Filename Size

Jule i energia Listen The formulation of the mechanical equivalent of heat can be taken as a crucial step towards the formulation of the principle of energy conservation. Joule demonstrated in a serie

Empirical evidence Listen Science requires and relies on empirical evidence. Empirical evidence is frequently created through experimentation which is certainly one of the major methodological approac

Prove Listen While science cannot "prove" its knowledge, its conclusions are still accepted and durable, Scientific knowledge can only be "proven" within the accepted reference frame, however, some of

Step-by-step Listen There is no single step-by-step method by which all science is done. A classical misconception identifies the production of scientific knowledge by a sort of cybernetic model. At t

Laws and theories Listen While laws and theories in science are related, they are still distinct from each other. "One of the most resilient misconceptions about science is that laws are mature theori

Radioactivity Listen Meet Marie Curie on her way from a promising student, who was born and raised in difficult times, to one of the most renowned female natural scientists in the 20th century and esp