PRIDE CHEKERA_HOW BEAUTY IS PHYSICS_SHORT ESSAY (2021 EBOOK)

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PRIDE CHEKERA

was particulate in nature, that's the basis of the Corpuscular
Theory. This was a major outstanding, milestone in the field of
optics. Right now, when it is raining sometimes we observe a
rainbow with these colors, of which Lord Reighley taught us
how a rainbow is formed and why the sky is blue.


In twentieth century a new idea rose which challenged the
corpuscular theory of light; it is the quantum mechanics, co-
founded by many outstanding physicists including Albert
Einstein, Neil Borh, Max Plank, James Clerk Maxwell, John
Bell and many more.
In following parts, am going to dwell on this fundamental field
of modern physics.


Newton’s theory of gravity


Within the period 1665-1666 Newton discovered the binomial
theorem and differential and integral calculus, and also started to
study the phenomenon of gravity. Calculus was a new branch of
mathematics, which is based on infinitesimally small lengths
and portions in metric of space, which was the basis of
calculating the gravitational acceleration constant. In 1685,
Newton expounded his universal gravitational constant. His
famous Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica was
published in three volumes from 1686-1687, with the aid of the

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