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Apple Pie and Moon Pie ONLY!!

  

Apple Pie (Physics)

As you can see above, fruit integration was a huge success.

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Newton's First Law of Motion

A body in motion tends to stay in motion; whereas a body at rest tends to stay at rest.  

Michael Suing is proof of this law.  Once he starts talking, he finds it difficult to stop.  Once students in a class have sat for a while, they find it difficult to move/think.

Newton's Second Law of Motion

ΣF = ma

The force on an object can be found by multiplying that object's mass by its acceleration. Σ represents the summation of force.

Newton's Third Law of Motion

FAB = -FBA

The force exerted on object A by object B is equal to the opposite force exerted on object B by object A.  In other words, every action has an opposite and equal reaction.  

Newton's Law of Gravitation

F = Gm1m2/r2

Every particle attracts any other particle with a gravitational force.  m1 and m2 represent the mass of the two particles, r represents the distance between the two particles.  G is the gravitational constant (i.e. 6.67x10-11 N*M2/kg2). 

Newton's Rings

Newton's Rings are an example of the interference effect of light, which proves that light behaves in a wavelike manner.  Newton himself did not even know what a great discovery these rings would be. His only use for them was to measure the degree of perfection of his hand-crafted lens.   Newton shone monochromatic light on his newly finished lenses which created light and dark rings by which he determined the precision of his homemade lenses.  The application of these rings to light behavior did not arise until  into the nineteenth century.  Newton truly was a great mind before and after his time!

Moon Pie (Astronomy)

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A Refracting Telescope

 The Newtonian telescope was the first telescope to use reflecting mirrors in stead of multiple lenses like Galileo's telescope.

The advantages of the Newtonian telescopes over Galilean telescopes:

1. No chromatic aberration (the prism-like illusion at the edge of lenses)

2. The mirrors can be made much larger than lenses; therefore, the Newtonian telescopes can be larger than Galilean.

3. Mirrored telescopes enabled future scientists to record at wavelengths shorter than that of visible light.

Laws of Motion Applied to Astronomy

Newton's Laws changed astronomy by explaining the behavior of the planets orbiting the sun. Any body orbits other bodies due to the effects of gravity. Newton's laws enabled early astronomers to determine the mass of planets, the rate at which planets move, and the distance between them. Newton's laws remain to be an important tool to astronomers today. New technologies and great minds have taken Newton's Laws to the ends of the Earth and back.

More information about physics or astronomy can be obtained at the 

University of South Dakota's physics website.

 

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