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Logical Positivism
A theory or statement is meaningful only if it can be verified or falsified through observation or experimentation.
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Pragmatism
A philosophy that considers practical reasons, consequences, and real-world effects of meaning and truth.
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Radioactivity
The process demonstrated by Henri Becquerel that involves nuclear decay and the concept of half-life.
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Wright Brothers
Orville and Wilbur Wright who made long-distance flight more feasible and impacted warfare and transport during WW1 and WW2.
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First Gasoline Automobile
Developed by John Frank and Charles Duryea, which won the first American car race.
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Model T
Introduced by Henry Ford, it innovated mass production techniques in the automobile industry.
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The Big Three
Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler dominated the automobile industry.
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Quantum Mechanics
A branch of physics that deals with phenomena on a small scale, such as atoms and subatomic particles.
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Heisenberg Principle
States that the more precisely the values of certain pairs of physical properties are known, the less precisely the values of the other properties can be known.
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Antibiotics
Referred to as 'magic bullets' because they target disease without harming the host, as described by Paul Ehrlich.
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Penicillin
Discovered by Alexander Fleming, it became the first effective drug for treating syphilis.
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Radar
A detection system that uses electromagnetic waves.
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Sonar
A detection system that uses acoustic waves.
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Nuclear Fission
The process discovered by Otto Hahn, with the first reaction by Enrico Fermi, leading to nuclear power plants.
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Alan Turing
Known as the father of modern computer science, he developed the Turing Machine.
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The Manhattan Project
A large-scale government-funded project to harness nuclear energy and develop atomic bombs.
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Big Bang Theory
A theory developed to explain the origin of the universe and the study of dark matter and dark energy.
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General Relativity
Albert Einstein's theory that explains gravity and suggests the universe is expanding.
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Hubble’s Law
Discovered by Edwin Hubble, it states that galaxies are moving away from us at speeds proportional to their distance.
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Marie Curie
Known for her contributions to radioactivity, including the discovery of radium and polonium.
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Albert Einstein
Famous for his theory of relativity and the equation E=mc².
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Niels Bohr
Contributed to our understanding of atomic structure and quantum theory.
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Ernest O. Lawrence
Known for his work in nuclear physics and the invention of the cyclotron, the first particle accelerator.
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