History of Science and Mathematics
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Why volt instead of volta?
Dec 31, 2019
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What's that on Euler's head? Does the head covering shown in Emanuel Handmann 1753 painting signify scholarship?
Mar 31, 2019
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Why is kg the standard unit for mass and not g in SI?
Jul 30, 2015
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Why is there no named unit for momentum but there is one for energy?
Feb 16, 2017
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Origin of battery symbol?
Jun 5, 2017
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Origin of the word "de" in the name of Danish astronomer Tycho de Brahe
Oct 22, 2021
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Why are 'speed' and 'velocity' not given the same name?
Sep 15, 2019
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Resistor color code
Feb 28, 2018
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How long has the order of priority of arithmetical operations been widely taught in high schools?
Mar 30, 2019
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High voltage / current sources in 19th century cathode ray experiments
Jan 27, 2019
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Is a single radon-daughter atom in air, such as ${}^{218}\text{Po}$, a solid?
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Is it possible to calculate the distance to a rainbow by using the parallax method?
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Do rainbows show spectral lines from the sun?
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Why does the metric system use "kilogram" as a base SI unit?
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Units for dimensionless quantities

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