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What is ironic about Einstein's involvement in U.S. politics?

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Question 2

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Einstein preferred what over the fleeting nature of politics?

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Question 3

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Hawking considers Galileo to be what?

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Question 4

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Why did the Catholic church demand that Galileo stop writing about Copernican theory?

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Question 5

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The Catholic Church allowed Galileo to write a book, but said that it must do what?

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Question 6

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What punishment did the Inquisition order for Galileo?

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Question 7

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What types of articles did Newton publish under his friends' names?

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Question 8

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Newton's friends allowed him to publish articles in their names for what reason?

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Question 9

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Newton had an uncanny ability to gain what type of positions?

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Question 10

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Newton's authoritarian side found a comfortable position in what post?

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Question 11

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What is the relationship between quantum mechanics and predictions?

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Question 12

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What stops quantum mechanics from explaining everything in the universe?

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Question 13

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How did Einstein observe Brownian motion?

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Question 14

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What model of the atom persisted until the 1960's?

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Question 15

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What are the six varieties of quarks?

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Question 16

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What is one way that scientists determine that subatomic particles exist?

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Question 17

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What happens at the event horizon of a black hole?

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Question 18

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Light behaves in which two manners?

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Question 19

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What determines whether a star can become a black hole?

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Question 20

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Why do scientists think that there is a black hole in the star system Cygnus X-1?

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Question 21

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What is one theory about what happens when particles match up with their anti-particles on the event horizon of a black hole?

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Question 22

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Why do physicists want to detect black holes?

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Question 23

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What is the uncertainty principle?

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Question 24

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What is the relationship between quantum mechanics and predictions?

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Question 25

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What stops quantum mechanics from explaining everything in the universe?

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