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These are stories about Science: the myths of our time. The myth has an important role in the society : these stories have made Science a part of the collective consciousness.Let's be honest:the true appreciation of scientific ideas requires hard work; there is no royal way to Science. But these stories,that can be appeciated by anyone,may help to make Science an integral part of our culture. Archimedes Bath:Eureka Archimedes was a near relation of Hieron the King of Syracuse. He said the famous sentence:GIVE ME A PLACE TO STAND AND I WILL MOVE THE EARTH meaning that with a proper lever he could move any load.He demonstrated this by moving
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submitted by edison (4866 m) on 23 Mar 2007 22:00:35 IST (7 comments 278 views)
ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is just a name that scientists give a bunch of types of radiation when they want to talk about them as a group. Radiation is energy that travels and spreads out as it goes-- visible light that comes from a lamp in your house or radio waves that come from a radio station are two types of electromagnetic radiation. Other examples of EM radiation are microwaves, infrared and ultraviolet light, X-rays and gamma-rays. Visible light can be thought of as a wave, but it's more than that. It's electromagnetic radiation whose wavelength and frequency can vary. Visible light is just one form of this wave ... the par
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submitted by ishan.maheshwari (161 m) on 4 May 2007 13:38:29 IST (4 comments 72 views)
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