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The '''mechanical paradox''' is an apparatus for studying [[physical paradox]]es. It consists of a trapezoidal [[Wood veneer|veneer]]ed wooden f [[Category:Physical paradoxes]] ...

| title = Introduction to Physical Science, 12th Ed. Considered as a physical process itself, all forms of observation (human or instrumental) involve [[ ...

* {{annotated link|List of paradoxes#Cosmology|List of cosmology paradoxes}} [[Category:Physical cosmology]] ...

{{Short description|Physical quantity, density of magnetic moment per volume}} ...are widely adopted, though in some cases they can lead to ambiguities and paradoxes.<ref name="def_P_M_Maxwell_eqs"/> ...

...ource and have their own article in this encyclopedia. Although considered paradoxes, some of these are simply based on fallacious reasoning ([[falsidical]]), o ...gained even while properly applying accepted ways of [[reason]]ing. These paradoxes, often called ''[[antinomy]],'' point out genuine problems in our understan ...

...|first=Kenneth |date=1966 |title=End to the cosmic-ray spectrum? |journal=Physical Review Letters |volume=16 |issue=17 |pages=748–750 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett ...suppression of the flux of cosmic rays above 4×10¹⁹ eV |journal=Physical Review Letters |volume=101 |issue=6 |pages=061101–1–061101–7 |doi=10.1103/P ...

...T-symmetry|time-reversal]] transformation, consistent with the lack of any physical basis for microscopic time-reversal symmetry breaking. Another key principl However, Dirac did not propose any physical explanation of this interpretation. ...

Both existential philosophers and psychologists see life as a series of paradoxes, predicaments, and problems. From this existential perspective,<ref>Wong, P # Just as physical health can only be maintained in recognition of the fact that we live in an ...

...[[quantification (science)|quantify]] [[derivative|rates of change]] of [[physical quantity|quantities]] in [[scientific realism|material reality]] or in the Time is one of the seven fundamental [[physical quantity|physical quantities]] in both the [[International System of Units]] (SI) and [[Inter ...

...[[fundamental quantity]]. Time can be combined mathematically with other [[physical quantities]] to [[Formal proof|derive]] other concepts such as [[motion (ph Before there were clocks, time was measured by those physical processes<ref>For example, [[Galileo]] measured the period of a [[simple ha ...

...f the universe|age]] and the [[dimensionless physical constant|fundamental physical constant]]s necessary to accommodate conscious life, since if either had be ...of the principle have been accused of discouraging the search for a deeper physical understanding of the universe. The anthropic principle is often criticized ...

...[[existence]], any [[fundamental interaction]], [[physical process]] and [[physical constant]], and therefore all forms of [[energy]] and [[matter]], and the s ...c matter|baryonic]]') matter is therefore only {{val|4.84|0.1|u=%}} of the physical universe.<ref name="planck_2015" /> Stars, planets, and visible gas clouds ...

{{Infobox physical quantity ...physical body|body]]. It was traditionally believed to be related to the [[physical quantity|quantity]] of [[matter]] in a body, until the discovery of the [[a ...

...abilities in all areas of accomplishment: intellectual, artistic, social, physical, and spiritual. ...', ''29''(1), 54–68.</ref><ref name=":1">Sriraman, B. (2009). Mathematical paradoxes as pathways into beliefs and polymathy: An experimental inquiry. ''ZDM'', ' ...

...</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Sambursky |first=Samuel |date=2014 |title=The Physical World of Late Antiquity |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4 The focus of research during the 20th century has been to understand the physical mechanisms behind friction. [[Frank Philip Bowden]] and [[David Tabor (phys ...

...'Vagueness: a reader.'' Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1996.</ref> With some physical processes this threshold is relatively easy to identify. For example, water ...iness is inevitable and can never be totally removed. Since the [[Universe|physical universe]] itself is incredibly large and diverse, it is not easy to imagin ...

...al Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences |language=en |volume=236 |issue=767 |pages=333–380 |bibcode=1937RS * {{annotated link|List of paradoxes}} ...

...nly be sure we are wrong."<ref name="FeynmanThe">Feynman, The Character of Physical Law, New York: Random House, 1994, 978-0-679-60127-2.</ref> This approach i ...t disagrees with experiment, it is wrong."<ref>Feynman, ''The Character of Physical Law'', p. 150.</ref> ...

...It is essential to see the visual/nonverbal and verbal cues regarding the physical spaces. In the psychological spaces, self-awareness and awareness of the em ...human communication : a study of interactional patterns, pathologies, and paradoxes|last=Watzlawick|first=Paul|others=[[Janet Beavin Bavelas|Bavelas, Janet Bea ...

...l economy]] focuses on trading bits in [[cyberspace]] rather than atoms in physical space. The network economy stresses that businesses will work collectively One of the central paradoxes of the information society is that it makes information easily reproducible ...