Copernicus is generally credited with having first described the “true” arrangement of the solar system at a time when Science was being reborn after the Dark Ages. So revolutionary was his book De Revolutionibus that he withheld it for more than 10 years before finally publishing a small number of copies in 1543. As he … Continue reading Kepler: Greater than Copernicus
Compare and Contrast
A really useful revision tactic (and also quite a common type of exam question) involves looking at the differences that exist between two related things in the same area of physics. These comparisons can be very simple, such as the definitions of scalars and vectors, or they can be more complicated, such as competing theories … Continue reading Compare and Contrast
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