The post-Newtonian revolution began in 1900 when
A) Max Planck introduced the quantum of energy.
B) Einstein introduced the general theory of relativity.
C) Einstein introduced the special theory of relativity.
D) Werner Heisenberg had one beer too many and declared that he was uncertain about his own identity.
E) Michelson declared that the Newtonian age had ended.
A
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A) Two negative charges will attract each other. B) Two positive charges will attract each other. C) A positive charge and a negative charge will repel each other. D) A positive charge and a negative charge will attract each other.
The loss of an electron from a neutral helium atom results in
A) neutral hydrogen. B) ionized hydrogen. C) ionized helium. D) neutral deuterium. E) ionized deuterium.
A nuclear power plant is very similar to
A) nuclear bombs, but with more control. B) any conventional power plant, but with uranium as fuel. C) a photovoltaic solar cell power plant. D) all of the above E) none of the above
A spaceship traveling at constant speed away from the Sun crosses the orbit of Earth and later crosses the orbit of Mars
What is the distance between these two events in the spaceship frame of reference? The radius of Earth's orbit is 150 × 109 m and that of Mars is 228 × 109 m.