Famous Scientists.

txt 9/22/2014
1 Famous Scientists and their contributions
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3 1. Gallileo: Discovery that different objects thrown from the same
height will reach the ground at the same time.
!his observation is highly counter"intuitive. #ost $oe$le would
reason that the heavier object falls to the ground earlier. !his
observation is incorrect. !he heavier object falls with greater
force% but doesn&t fall earlier.
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( 2. )sacc *ewton: Discovery that the force that attracts an a$$le to
the ground is the same one that causes $lanets to orbit the sun. !his
observation is not obvious " one is celestial while the other is a
common everyday occurence.
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, 3. -lbert .instein: Discovery that nothing can travel faster than the
s$eed of light. -gain% most $eo$le would e/uate their everyday
e0$erience about jum$ing off
1 moving trains and conclude that a light beam emitted from a roc2et
would travel faster than one emitted from the ground. 3ut% .instein
observed that light is an
14 electromagnetic $henomena " a moving electric field causes a moving
magnetic field which in turn causes a moving electric field. !his
$rocess is self"sustaining and
11 doesn&t need any outside hel$ 5li2e a moving train6 to 2ee$ it going.
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