physics
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Done by: Tharun, Alexis, and Jun Quan
Ancient History
Elements of what became physics were drawn primarily from the fields of astronomy, optics, and mechanics, which were methodologically united through the study of geometry.
Introduction:
Everything in the universe moves and interacts, and forces play a big part in that. Physics studies those forces and interactions. Physics the study of matter, energy, and the interaction between them.
Timeline of physics
• 500 – 1 BC -Archimedes, Aristotle Heliocentric theory, geometry
• 1 – 1300 AD -Al-hazen, Ptolemy in Egypt Optics, geocentric theory• • 1301 – 1499 -Leonardo de Vinci, Nicolas Cusanus Earth is in
motion,Occam’s Razor
• 1500 – 1599 -Nicolaus Copernicus,Tycho Brahe Heliocentric theory revived, astronomy
• 1600 – 1650 -Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler Telescope,laws of planetary motion
Timeline of physics. Continued• 1651 – 1699 Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle Newtons Laws,
optics, Gas Laws• • 1700 – 1750 Daniel Bernoulli, Edmund Halley
Thermodynamics, corpuscular theory
• 1751 – 1799 Coulomb, Henry Cavendish Gravitational constant, specific heats
• 1800 – 1830 Thomas Young, Michael Faraday Interference t, magnetic field
• 1831 – 1860 Lord Kelvin, James Clerk Maxwell Theory of heat, Doppler Effect
Timeline of Physics. Continued
• 1861 – 1899 Wilhelm Roentgen, Henri Becquerel The ether, X-rays, radioactivity
• 1900 – 1920 Max Planck, Albert Einstein’s Quantum Mechanics, special relativity
• 1921 – 1940 Enrico Fermi, Werner Heisenberg Accelerators,uncertainty principle
• 1941 – 1960 Richard Feynman, Edward Teller Nuclear Bomb, Lasers, the big bang
• 1961 – 1980 Murray Gell-Mann, Stephen Hawking First man on the moon, black holes
Timeline of physics. Continued• 1981 - 1999 -Carlo Rubbia, Alan Guth CERN, Hubble Space
Telescope• • 2000 – Now -Michio Kaku, John Beamish Tau Neutrino, Keck
Telescope
Famous physicist• Galileo Galilei-Discovered the first four moons of Jupiter.
• Isaac Newton-Newton developed the three laws of motion
• Benjamin Franklin-He invented electricity.
• James Presscott Joule-He studied the nature of heat.
• Wilhelm Rontgen-He disovered X-ray generator
• Albert Einstein-He did the theory of relativity.
Quiz Time!
1. What is physics?
2. List three types of physicist that are stated in this powerpoint.
3. Who discovered the first four moons of Jupiter?
4. What is Albert Einstein’s equation?
Answers
1. Physics is the study of the forces and interactions between the moving things in the universe.
2. Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei
3. Galileo Galilei
4. E=mc2
References• Phys.kent, retrieved 31st January, 2014, http
://phys.kent.edu/~manley/physicists.html
• Physics ,retrieved 31st January, 2014, http://www.physics.org/article-questions.asp?id=18
• Physics, retrieved 3rd February, 2015, http://www.physics.ie/resources/physics-timeline/
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