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Offline MrMxyzptlk

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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #945 on: March 23, 2012, 12:34:44 AM »


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Who is often considered to be, and thus referred to, as the "father of modern physics" and the "father of science?"

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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #946 on: March 23, 2012, 12:48:19 AM »
lol, something I remember from Physics (though I can't remember his last name for the life of me),

Galileo
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #947 on: March 23, 2012, 01:13:38 AM »

He doesn't have a last name, it's just Galileo. Like Madonna, only sciencier.


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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #948 on: March 23, 2012, 01:36:42 AM »
Galileo Galilei.

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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #949 on: March 23, 2012, 12:48:48 PM »
Not Isaac Newton? Humph.
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #950 on: March 23, 2012, 08:30:43 PM »
To be considered the founder of modern physics, it would have to be someone like Einstein or Planck. Modern physics is specific to 20th and 21st centuries. If someone is considered the father of both modern physics and science, that would be a misnomer in this day and age, in my opinion. It may have applied way back when Mxy was still younger than some order of 10 greater than 3, but it doesn't really now.
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #951 on: March 23, 2012, 10:35:39 PM »
Quote from: BFM_Xtr3me on March 23, 2012, 12:48:19 AM
lol, something I remember from Physics (though I can't remember his last name for the life of me),

Galileo


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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #952 on: March 23, 2012, 11:15:00 PM »
Father of modern physics is also on Einstein's wikipedia page :P
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #953 on: March 23, 2012, 11:25:16 PM »
This one should be easy enough,
What is the largest library in the world?
(and so there is no confusion, in terms of amount of books/volumes, internet is not a valid answer ;p)
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #954 on: March 23, 2012, 11:29:07 PM »
If it's supposed to be easy, I'll go with the Library of Congress.
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #955 on: March 23, 2012, 11:34:02 PM »
Library of Alexandria
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #956 on: March 24, 2012, 12:14:18 AM »
your up Edi
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #957 on: March 24, 2012, 12:25:53 AM »
Name three famous scientists who were part of the Manhattan Project. You can name more for extra credit.
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #958 on: March 24, 2012, 12:56:46 PM »
Quote from: BFM_Edison on March 24, 2012, 12:25:53 AM
Name three famous scientists who were part of the Manhattan Project. You can name more for extra credit.

Enricho Fermi, Edward Teller, Richard Feynman, and of course "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" himself,  Robert Oppenheimer.

'Love the story about Fermi's side-bet on the first atomic test....  ::)  :doh:


*edit* Albert Einstein, too....
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #959 on: March 24, 2012, 01:21:34 PM »
I think it's spelt Enrico, but anyway, you got 5. Was going to say poor Einstein, but you got him too :P

Some others include both Niels Bohr and his son, Compton, Wigner, and Neumann.
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