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| What is Newton's first law? |
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| a body that is not acted on by any force will stay at rest or will keep on moving in a straight line at the same speed |
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| What is Newton's second law? |
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| A body will accelerate at a rate that is proportional to the force acted upon it. |
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| Who among these scientists believed that the earth was at rest? |
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| Who made the revolutionary suggestion that gravity is not a force like other forces, but rather a consequence of space-time being curved instead of flat around massive bodies? |
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| What is explained by the Heliocentric Model? |
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| The motion of the planets and the earth |
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| A theolog who made interesting common sense remark about the limits to understand the beginning of the universe. |
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| Who was apparently the first person to use the telescope for astronomical discoveries and to publicize his findings? |
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| Whose observations opened the door to the beginning of modern scientific cosmology of an expanding universe? |
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| What was the most important discovery made by Edwin Hubble in his observation with the Mt. Wilson telescope? (WA) |
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| that the universe is expanding |
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| Who was the scientist who discovered that each body in the universe was attracted toward every other body by a force that was stronger the more massive the bodies and the closer they were to each other? |
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| Who was the scientist whose prosecution by the (Catholic) Church for his discoveries is the most famous example for the conflict between the free inquiry about the nature and constraints imposed by the social order and religeous beliefs? (WA) |
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| What contributions were made by Nicholas Copernicus? (WA) |
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| he developed the heliocentric model. |
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