Galileo's book Dialogo strongly defended the work of which astronomer?
a. Ptolemy
b. Tycho
c. Copernicus
d. Kepler
e. Aristotle
c
You might also like to view...
Which of the following is true of life on Earth?
A) Life, in the form of multicellular organisms, has existed on Earth for only about 2 million years. B) Life has existed on Earth for at least 3.4 billion years. C) The Cambrian explosion marks the formation of the first unicellular organisms on Earth. D) Complex multicellular organisms were present on Earth 2.5 billion years ago.
In a reversible martensitic transformation, the Gibbs free energy of the transformation is equal to _____________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
A force acting upon an object to cause a displacement is known as _________________.
A) Energy B) Potential C) Kinetic D) Work
An ice chest (see sketch) is to be constructed from Styrofoam [k = 0.033 W/(m K)]. If the wall of the chest is 5-cm-thick, calculate its R-value in (m2 K)/(W cm).
GIVEN
- Ice chest constructed of Styrofoam, k = 0.0333 W/(m K)
- Wall thickness 5 cm
FIND
(a) R-value of the ice chest wall
ASSUMPTIONS
(a) One-dimensional, steady conduction
SKETCH
