Tag: Physical Sciences

The Twelve Months of the French Revolutionary Calendar
Vendémiaire Brumaire Frimaire Nivôse Pluviôse ...

E Ring (Saturn)

Triple-Zero Houses
Energy self-sufficient (zero energy consumed) Produce...

The Ring of Fire

The Three Laws of Friction
The frictional force being independent of the area of co...

The Three Laws of Planetary Motion
All planets move around the Sun in elliptical orbits, wh...

The Three Laws of Thermodynamics
In any process, the total amount of energy does not chan...

The Fourth Dimension
First dimension: a line with no width Second dimensio...

X-ray (Science)
X-ray is an electromagnetic ray of very short wavelength. It...

Half-Life
"Half-life" is the time for a decaying substance to decay to...

The Blue Ridge Mountains
The Blue Ridge Mountains are a chain of mountains located in...

Three Mile Island
"Three Mile Island" is used to both refer to the nuclear pow...

The Pleiades Star Cluster
Alcyone Electra Maia Merope Taygeta Calaeno A...

The Mercury Seven
Carpenter, M. Scott, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy Cooper, L. G...

K (Kelvin)
“K” is an abbreviation for the Kelvin temperature scale.

F (Fahrenheit)
"F" is an abbreviation for the Fahrenheit temperature scale.

C (Celsius)
"C" is an abbreviation for the Celsius temperature scale.

Eighteen Key Numbers in the Standard Model of Fundamental Particles

The Six Trigonometric Functions
Sine Cosine Tangent Cotangent Secant Cosecant

The Six Flavors of Quarks
up down charm strange top bottom

The Eleven-Year Solar Cycle

The Three Dimensions
First dimension: a line with no width Second dimensio...

The Big One

Element Zero

Absolute Zero
Absolute zero is the theoretical point at which nearly all m...

H-Bomb

A-Bomb
"A-bomb" is a nickname for the atomic bomb.

The Hexagon of Saturn

The Three Laws of Robotics
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction...

The Three Laws of Motion
An object will remain motionless or will move in a strai...

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