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First experiment which was used to prove existence of Electromagnetic waves
When I was in high school I heard from my physics teacher in the last year of high school when he was starting the chapter of electromagnetic waves that the first person who proved existence of ...
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What were the intention/conclusions for Michelson-Morley experiment?
Which of the following were the intentions of M&M?
to disprove the existence of aether.
to show that the aether has no effect on matter and energy and therefore is as good as non-existent.
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Regarding string theory: how to refute the argument “if it cannot be tested experimentally then it is not science”? [duplicate]
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What differs string theory from philosophy or religion?
I find a lot of people disbelieve in string theory, saying that since it cannot be tested experimentally then it ...
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Quantum experiments in the pre-industrial era
Could an 18th century or earlier scientist have come across phenomena which require quantum theories to explain them, given the apparatus available at the time?
I'll choose 1805 as the cut-off date, ...
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How was Avogadro's number first determined?
I read on Wikipedia how the numerical value of Avogadro's number can be found by doing an experiment, provided you have the numerical value of Faraday's constant, but it seems to me that Faraday's ...
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How did Newton discover his second law?
I've always assumed/been told that Newton's 2nd law is an empirical law — it must be discovered by experiment. If this is the case, what experiments did Newton do to discover this? Is it related to ...
