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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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1 |
Magnetic flux is measured in webers. |
Science > Physics |
05/20/08 |
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2 |
An electron is a negative charged particle inside of an atom. |
Science > Physics |
05/22/08 |
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3 |
Magnetic fields are measured in Teslas. |
Science > Physics |
05/30/08 |
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4 |
The Hückel method was first proposed by Erich Hückel. |
Science > Physics |
05/30/08 |
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5 |
Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921. |
Science > Physics |
06/27/08 |
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6 |
The Planck constant is a physical constant used to describe the sizes of quanta. It relates the energy of a photon to the frequency of that photon. |
Science > Physics |
11/14/08 |
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7 |
The type of electricity delivered to businesses and residences is alternating current. |
Science > Physics |
02/02/09 |
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8 |
The term "battery", coined by Benjamin Franklin, was named after a battery of cannon. |
Science > Physics |
02/02/09 |
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9 |
Batteries, thermocouples, and solar cells produce direct current. |
Science > Physics |
02/02/09 |
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10 |
The first electric battery was the voltaic pile, invented by Alessandro Volta in 1800. |
Science > Physics |
02/04/09 |
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11 |
Dr. Edward Alexander Bouchet, physicist, was the first African American/Black person to receive a PhD from an American university. |
Science > Physics |
04/21/09 |
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12 |
Pierre Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. |
Science > Physics |
07/03/09 |
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13 |
Pieter Zeeman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1902. |
Science > Physics |
07/04/09 |
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14 |
Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. |
Science > Physics |
07/04/09 |
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15 |
Antoine Henri Becquerel won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. |
Science > Physics |
07/04/09 |
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