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Newton was the first to promulgate a set of natural laws that could govern both
terrestrial (earthly) motion and celestial motion. He is associated with the scientific
revolution and the advancement of heliocentrism. Newton is also credited with
providing mathematical substantiation for Kepler's laws of planetary motion. He
would expand these laws by arguing that orbits (such as those of comets) were not
only elliptic; but could also be hyperbolic and parabolic.
He is also notable for his arguments that light was composed of particles. He was
the first to realise that the spectrum of colours observed when white light was passed
through a prism was inherent in the white light, and not added by the prism as Roger
Bacon had claimed in the 13th century.
Newton also developed Newton's law of cooling, describing the rate of cooling of
objects when exposed to air; the binomial theorem in its entirety; and the principles
of conservation of momentum and angular momentum. Finally, he studied the speed
of sound in air, and voiced a theory of the origin of stars.
The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at
venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month – this phase is often
called the World Cup Finals. A qualification phase, which currently takes place over
the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the
tournament together with the host nation(s). The World Cup is the most widely-
viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching
the 2006 final.
The 19 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight different national teams.
Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every
tournament. The other World Cup winners are Italy, with four titles; Germany with
three titles; Argentina and inaugural winners Uruguay, with two titles each; and
England, France, and Spain, with one title each.
The World Cup is among the world's most widely viewed sporting events; an
estimated 715.1 million people watched the final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup
held in Germany.
The most recent World Cup was held in South Africa in 2010. The next three World
Cups will be hosted by Brazil in 2014, Russia in 2018, and Qatar in 2022.
El formato actual del torneo involucra a 32 equipos que compiten por el título en
lugares dentro de la (s) nación (es) anfitriona (s) durante un período de
aproximadamente un mes; esta fase a menudo se denomina Finales de la Copa
Mundial. Una fase de calificación, que actualmente se lleva a cabo durante los
tres años anteriores, se utiliza para determinar qué equipos califican para el
torneo junto con la nación anfitriona. La Copa del Mundo es el evento deportivo
más visto del mundo, con un estimado de 715.1 millones de personas viendo la
final de 2006.
Los 19 torneos de la Copa del Mundo han sido ganados por ocho equipos
nacionales diferentes. Brasil ha ganado cinco veces y es el único equipo que ha
jugado en todos los torneos. Los otros ganadores de la Copa del Mundo son Italia,
con cuatro títulos; Alemania con tres títulos; Argentina y los ganadores
inaugurales de Uruguay, con dos títulos cada uno; e Inglaterra, Francia y España,
con un título cada una.
La Copa del Mundo es uno de los eventos deportivos más vistos del
mundo; aproximadamente 715,1 millones de personas vieron el partido final de
la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2006 celebrada en Alemania.