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...e intimate [[mysteries]] of [[nature]] and thence to learn the true causes of [[phenomena]] is not allowed to us, nevertheless it can happen that a certa ...[music theory]]. He is considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. ...

...le:John Wallis by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.jpg|thumb|right|<center>Portrait of John Wallis<br />by Sir [[Godfrey Kneller]], 1st Baronet (1701)</center>]] ...on|Newton]] and one of the greatest intellectuals of the early renaissance of [[mathematics]]. ...

...Ancient Romans]] who were the first to apply the technique to a wide range of structures. ...ends there;— mathematics, physics, chemistry, dynamics, optics, every sort of machinery science may invent,— to this favor come at last, as religion and ...

...is also a co-founder of the {{w|Future of Life Institute}} and a supporter of the [[effective altruism]] movement, and has received research grants from ...nd] Piet Hut (IAS), Mark Alford (WashU), Max Tegmark (MIT), Foundations of Physics 36 (2006) 765-794 ...

...r]]''', meaning light-bearing aether or ether, was postulated by classical physics theories as a medium for the propagation light though empty space. ...er was no longer understood as [[Lucretius]] had formulated it: as made up of strong and rigid atoms moving through empty space. Instead, physicists now ...

...e/n10/mode/1up?view=theater Vol. II.] From 1850 to 1910 (1910).<!--History of Chemistry (book)--> ===Volume 1. From the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century (1909)=== ...

...] [[1974]]) was a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[physicist]] and close collaborator of [[Niels Bohr]]. ...ed to the scalar potential vanishes identically, so that the establishment of the Hamiltonian function and the commutation relations is not easy. To over ...

[[File:Hipocrat arcs.svg|thumb|<center>{{w|Lune of Hippocrates}}</center>]] ...{{w|Oenopides}} of Chios. Hippocrates was originally a merchant. The work of Hippocrates is known only through second-hand sources. There are no known e ...

...[w:Classification of discontinuities|discontinuous functions]] are the sum of infinite series was a breakthrough. ...onductive diffusion of heat is now taught to every student of mathematical physics. ''Théorie Analytique de la Chaleur'' was edited and republished, with corr ...

...he lawyers, who set two half proofs equal to a whole one, but in the sense of a mathematician, where ½ proof = 0, and it is demanded for proof that every [[File:Germain.jpeg|thumb|The enchanting charms of this sublime [[science]] reveal themselves in [[all]] their [[beauty]] only ...

...he could not conceive of causality at all, and could not form any concept of it. Insight into lawfulness is already freedom from it. ~ [[Otto Weininger] ...from the round of [[Reincarnation|transmigration]] through a free decision of the will. Accordingly, on the one hand, we are bound by our own karma which ...

...e electromagnetic force usually exhibits an electromagnetic [[Force field (physics)|field]], such as an electric field, magnetic field, or light. The remainin ...but this was soon explained away as the necessary result of the occurrence of damped oscillations by [[Henri Poincaré|Poincaré]] (1891), by [[w:Vilhelm B ...

...physics, [[cosmology]], general relativity, and his musings on the nature of consciousness. ...ogerPenroseTileTAMU2010.jpg|thumb|right|Does [[life]] in some way make use of the potentiality for vast quantum superpositions, as would be required for ...

...ntum mechanics, but the stationary action method helped in the development of quantum mechanics. ...tors "action" and accordingly expressed a "principle of the least quantity of action"... ...

...of the soul. {{w|Neopythagoreanism}} (or neo-Pythagoreanism) was a school of {{w|Hellenistic philosophy}} and {{w|Ancient Roman philosophy}} which reviv ...gality, reduction of essential needs, ease of perception, of movement, and of breath, good color, health, cheerfulness, and immortality. ...

...h of Archimedes'' (1815) by Thomas Degeorge<ref>{{cite web|title=The Death of Archimedes: Illustrations|url=https://www.math.nyu.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/ '''[[w:Archimedes|Archimedes of Syracuse]]''' (c. [[287 BC]] – c. [[212 BC]]) was a Greek [[w:Mathematician ...

...e history of mathematics in the United States and his 1928 –1929 ''History of Mathematical Notations'' has been described as "unsurpassed." :'''''See also: [[A History of Mathematics]]''''' ...

...r '''STR''') is the generally accepted and experimentally well-confirmed [[physics]] theory regarding the relationship between [[w:Spacetime|space and time]]. ...[w:Inertial frame of reference|inertial systems]] (non-accelerating frames of reference). ...

...w|Babylonian mathematics}}. Trigonometry was also prevalent in [[w:Kingdom of Kush|Kushite]] mathematics. ...as part of {{w|Hellenistic astronomy}}. In [[Indian astronomy]], the study of trigonometric functions flourished in the {{w|Gupta period}}, especially du ...

...[[geometry]], [[set theory]], [[topology]], and [[numerical analysis]]), [[physics]] ([[quantum mechanics]], [[w:Fluid dynamics|hydrodynamics]] and [[w:quantu ...rithmetical]] methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of [[sin]].]] ...