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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Isaac Newton"”.
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Isaac Newton as a Prophetic Interpreter
<p>Throughout his life, Sir Isaac Newton was deeply dedicated to the science of decoding biblical apocalyptic writings. To understand and appreciate Newton's prophetic scheme, it will be advantagous to have a certain grasp of what sources and ideas might have influenced him. No comprehensive study …
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Sir Isaac's Duel (Original play)
The play Sir Isaac's Duel concentrates on Edmond Halley's discovery of the genius of Isaac Newton. Halley attempts to bring Newton's theories out to the public, Newton refuses, and the "duel" begins. Other characters in the play are as follows: Mary Halley, the wife of Edmond; Catherine Barton, …
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Lovers of the Enlightenment: Emilie & Voltaire
… French translation and commentary on the work of Isaac Newton. This play introduces her to a modern audience; a woman who for centuries was relegated to a footnote in her more famous partner’s biography, she can now be discovered and celebrated for her own self.
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Nothing to disagree about: Aristotle, Newton, and the existence of void as seen through a Kuhnian lens
… explain the disagreement between Aristotle and Isaac Newton regarding the existence of void. A significant portion of the work is directed at identifying Kuhn’s mature conception of theoretic incommensurability and at diagnosing an apparently serious problem with the account, namely its …
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A near-ultraviolet spectroscopic survey of B-type asteroids
… on the William Herschel Telescope (WHT) and Isaac Newton Telescope (INT). After identifying appropriate solar analogs for spectral reduction, it was found that 1) not all asteroids are B-types as classified by the M4AST online tool (Popescu et al., 2012), and 2) spectral slope variations were …
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An Investigation of Complex Systems in 16 Dimensions
<p>Sir Isaac Newton studied the world around him. He observed unexplainable phenomena that the math of his time could not prove. With the help of Gottfried Leibniz, he created infinitesimal calculus to prove his theories. The new concepts he created revolutionized science, and opened new realms of …
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The Celebrity Scientists
… with iconic historical scientists, including Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Fred Hoyle, Robert Oppenheimer, Rachel Carson, Carl Sagan and Stephen Jay Gould. The representations of the contemporary celebrity scientists feature associations with these famous historical figures, …
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Matter in motion: The problem of activity in seventeenth-century English matter theory
… Boyle, Robert Hooke, Sir William Petty and Isaac Newton tried to account for the motions and other activities of matter. In the Conclusion it is reasserted that the concept of passive inert matter was never a major feature of seventeenth-century mechanical philosophy. This thesis also …
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The Christian eschatological epistemology of Jonathan Edwards, 1703-1758
… background with reference to John Locke,· Isaac Newton and compares Edwards with Kant who was almost contemporary and shows that epistemology is situational and that a philosopher's works can never be studied out of context. He then touches on the massive Puritan heritage of Jonathan …
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Teoremas do valor médio e intermédio
… perceber como surgiu o Cálculo pelas mãos de Isaac Newton e Gottfried Leibniz para posteriormente compreender de forma mais integral o Teorema do valor médio e o Teorema do valor intermédio que se devem, respetivamente a Joseph Louis de Lagrange e Bernard Bolzano no século XVIII, generalizados …
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Statistical stability of three and more body hierarchical systems in celestial mechanics
… of modern celestial mechanics with the work of Isaac Newton, orbital motion has been studied for its own sake, and in the last thirty years, for the purposes of sending artificial satellites and manned craft into space. Yet for 300 years, one of the most important questions posed by celestial …
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Multi-scale thermal remote sensing, machine learning and radiative flux modeling to assess urban overheating
Linnas on palju soojust neelavaid pindu, mis muudavad linna ümbritsevast maapiirkonnast soojemaks. Kuumalaine ajal tõuseb linna õhutemperatuur tasemeni, mis kahjustab inimeste tervist ja heaolu: linn kuumeneb üle. Kliimaprognoosid näitavad, et kuumalained muutuvad sagedasemaks ja intensiivsusemaks. …
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Uso do EuroSCORE como preditor de morbidade no pós-operatório de cirurgia cardíaca
Objetivo: Avaliar a aplicabilidade do European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) na predição de risco de desenvolvimento das principais complicações pós-operatórias em cirurgia cardíaca: infecção do trato respiratório (ITR), acidente vascular Cerebral (AVC) e insuficiência …
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A Philosophical Reappraisal of Henry More’s Theory of Divine Space
… More’s theory of divine space, which—through Newton—became part of the metaphysical foundations of the new physics. Of course, this space was soon secularized into an impersonal ether, then seemingly relativized by Einstein. However, some recent philosophers—such as Richard Swinburne, William …