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Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace (/ləˈplɑːs/; French: [pjɛʁ simɔ̃ laplas]; 23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827) was a French scholar and polymath whose work was...

Physics is a branch of science whose primary objects of study are matter and energy. Discoveries of physics find applications throughout the natural sciences...

Karl Ferdinand Braun (German pronunciation: [ˈfɛʁdinant ˈbʁaʊn] ; 6 June 1850 – 20 April 1918) was a German electrical engineer, inventor, physicist and...

In fluid dynamics, the baroclinity (often called baroclinicity) of a stratified fluid is a measure of how misaligned the gradient of pressure is from the...

Physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM) refers to the theoretical developments needed to explain the deficiencies of the Standard Model, such as the inability...

In particle physics, the hypothetical dilaton particle is a particle of a scalar field φ {\displaystyle \varphi } that appears in theories with extra dimensions...

A Leyden jar (or Leiden jar, or archaically, Kleistian jar) is an electrical component that stores a high-voltage electric charge (from an external source)...

Bioelectromagnetics, also known as bioelectromagnetism, is the study of the interaction between electromagnetic fields and biological entities. Areas of...

John Michell (/ˈmɪtʃəl/; 25 December 1724 – 21 April 1793) was an English natural philosopher and clergyman who provided pioneering insights into a wide...

Raymond Thayer Birge (March 13, 1887 – March 22, 1980) was an American physicist. Born in Brooklyn, New York, into a family of academic scientists, Birge...

Look up water key in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A water key is a valve or tap used to allow the drainage of accumulated fluid from wind instruments...

Differential rotation is seen when different parts of a rotating object move with different angular velocities (or rates of rotation) at different latitudes...

The historical development of geophysics has been motivated by two factors. One of these is the research curiosity of humankind related to planet Earth...

Electric dipole spin resonance (EDSR) is a method to control the magnetic moments inside a material using quantum mechanical effects like the spin–orbit...

Static secondary-ion mass spectrometry, or static SIMS is a secondary ion mass spectrometry technique for chemical analysis including elemental composition...