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newton
newton abbr. N, unit of force in the mks system of units, which is based on the metric system ; it is the force that produces an acceleration of 1 meter per second per second when exerted on a mass of 1 kilogram. The newton is named for Sir Isaac Newton.... Read more |
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Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton 1642-1727, English mathematician and natural philosopher (physicist), who is considered by many the greatest scientist that ever lived. Early Life and Work Newton studied at Cambridge and was professor there from 1669 to 1701, succeeding his teacher Isaac Barrow as Lucasian... Read more |
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Royal Society
Royal Society oldest scientific organization in Great Britain and one of the oldest in Europe. The Royal Society was first incorporated in 1662 as the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge. It was founded in 1660 by a group of learned men in London who met to promote scientific... Read more |
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sky
sky apparent dome over the earth, background of the clouds, sun, moon, and stars. The blue color of the clear daytime sky results from the selective scattering of light rays by the minute particles of dust and vapor in the earth's atmosphere . The rays with longer wavelengths (the reds and... Read more |
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gravitation
gravitation the attractive force existing between any two particles of matter . The Law of Universal Gravitation Since the gravitational force is experienced by all matter in the universe, from the largest galaxies down to the smallest particles, it is often called universal gravitation. (Based... Read more |
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William Whiston
William Whiston 1667-1752, English clergyman and mathematician. He won favor through his New Theory of the Earth (1696) and in 1701 was made deputy to Sir Isaac Newton, whom he succeeded (1703) as Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge. Well-known as a preacher, Whiston aroused opposition... Read more |
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Samuel Horsley
Samuel Horsley , 1733-1806, English prelate, noted as a scientist. He became bishop of St. David's in 1788, of Rochester in 1793, and of St. Asaph in 1802. Science was the field in which he first became widely known. In 1767 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, of which he was for many... Read more |
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Louis Francois Roubiliac
Roubiliac, Louis François (c.1705–62). French sculptor. Roubiliac settled in Britain about 1732 and made his reputation with a statue of Handel, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum. He taught at St Martin's Lane Academy, the forerunner of the Royal Academy, and worked as a modeller... Read more |
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Grantham
Grantham , town (1991 pop. 30,700), in the Parts of Kesteven, Lincolnshire, E central England, on the Witham River. Grantham is an agricultural center and railroad junction. Mechanical engineering works produce diesel engines and road rollers. Landmarks include St. Wulfram's Church, with its 280-ft... Read more |
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Sir Isaac Pitman
Sir Isaac Pitman 1813-97, English inventor of phonographic shorthand. In Stenographic Soundhand (1837) he set forth a shorthand system based on phonetic rather than orthographic principles; adapted to more than a dozen languages, it became one of the most-used systems in the world. Through his... Read more |
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Charles Robert Darwin
...ancestors through the process of natural selection. Evolution became accepted...lifetime. His theory of natural selection came to be...developed a passion for natural science. His five...and the physicist ... |
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Are Biotechnology Meetings and Symposia Doing the Job?
...knowledge exchange Sir Isaac Newton said, back in...shoulders of Giants." Newton's modest self...understand all natural sciences. Next...lack of a review process at many scientific...conferences today, topic ... |
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Spot the genius Quiz
...a friendly, sympathetic and natural individual. They may wear their...prospect of something novel. Sir Isaac Newton Born in 1643, the English physicist...common ancestors through the process of natural ... |
 "The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV)")
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Stockings don't ease swelling: ; The depth of depression; A sufferer relishes...
...medication. His healing process involved a combination...Water: a Personal and Natural History of Melancholia...area libraries to read selections from his book. Joe Dobbs...Vincent Van Gogh, Sir Isaac Newton and Abraham ... |
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English mathematician charms crowd at U. Nebraska
...English mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah showcased...humans have evolved by natural selection."Mathematical thinking...ongoing evolutionary process, he said.Atiyah...perfection of many of Isaac Newton's ... |
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The intelligent-design debate.(LETTERS)
...nonsensical. Just because Isaac Newton's theory of gravity...of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity...Circumventing the scientific process for political expediency...shake-and-bake. Sir Fred ... |
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