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Nicolaus Copernicus
Who created the heliocentric model and is the initiator of the scientific revolution?
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Electromagnetism
What is the study of electrical and magnetic fields?
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Telescope
What is the tool that Galileo invented to support his belief that the sun is the center of the universe?
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Motion
What is a change in the position of a body with respect to a reference point?
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Isaac Newton
Who is the founder of mechanics and created three fundamental laws of motion?
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Acoustics
What is the study of sound and sound wave properties, such as frequency and amplitude?
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University of Pisa
What is the school where Galileo Galilei became fascinated with math and science and later returned to serve as a professor?
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Distance
What is the length measured between two points that is a scalar quantity?
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Charles Augustin de Coulomb
Who developed an inverse square law that explains electrostatic interaction?
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Thermodynamics
What is the study of how heat is related to pressure, density and temperature?
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The Pendulum Theory
What is the idea that the time taken to swing through one complete cycle depends on the length of the cord?
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Displacement
What is the shortest path from an initial position to a final position that is a vector quantity?
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Albert Einstein
Who discovered the photoelectric effect and the theory of special relativity?
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Physics
What is the study of matter and energy and their various interactions, such as motion, heat, sound and magnetism?
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The Catholic Church
Who did Galileo publicly denounce with his many works and beliefs which resulted in his house arrest?
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Speed
What is the concept originally found by Galileo Galilei and is described as a rate of change of distance over time?
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Galileo Galilei
Who invented the first telescope, the fundamental laws of motion, and is considered the father of modern science?
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Mechanics
What is the study of energy and motion for bodies affected by a system of forces, like quantum or nuclear forces?
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Medical Doctor and Artist
What did Galileo Galilei go to school to become before discovering his interests in math and science?
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Velocity
What is the concept that specifies direction in addition to speed and is defined by displacement over time?
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