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What does it mean by "d-ism of Leibniz" and "dotage of Newton" in simple English?

Who coined the term "signal-to-noise ratio" and when did statisticians start using the term "noise" to describe randomness?

What type of abrasive grit was used to grind lenses for telescopes?

What is the origin of the rubber sheet analogy?

What was the full name of I. Bernard Cohen?

How did Stern or Gerlach, of Stern-Gerlach experiment, create individual silver atoms? How were they accelerated?

What does "organic" mean in old texts when describing plane curves and their construction?

Aziz of Complex Analysis

How did Meyer know atomic volumes to plot them just before Mendeleev's periodic table?

What was Richard Courant's saying about mathematical research apart from applications?

What rule or rules did Madelung discover, exactly?

What is the origin of the $\hbar$ symbol?

Why does Riazuddin not have a last name?

Is there an etymological dictionary of terms in physics?

Why are there so many German terms in the field of radiative transfer?

Who changed $i$ to $j$ in electronics?

When did stoichiometry begin to be taught in U.S. high schools?

What is the origin of Arabic numerals

Looking for reference for quote

Etymology of 'sine'. The Arabic 'jayb' and 'jiba' derive from the Sanskrit 'jivā' ... but why not from the more common Sanskrit 'jyā'?

Where did the names positive and negative for the early voltaic piles come from?

Were oxocarbons other than carbon monoxide/dioxide always classified as organic compounds?

Why did al-Khwarizmi use al jebr, ‘the reuniting of broken parts’ to signify algebra?

Early uses of the word "operator" in mathematics

Kite experiment

When and how did usage of the term Centigrade give way to Celsius? Are/were they in fact numerically identical?

What experiments led to the sign of the electron's charge?

Origin and use of the adjective "improper" in mathematics

Historical mentions (as if fact) that Sun never rises or sets

Did Baudhayan publish Pythagoras theorem before Pythagoras?