Physics
- Osborne Reynolds popularizes use of the Reynolds number in fluid mechanics.
Read more about this topic: 1883 In Science
Famous quotes containing the word physics:
“Although philosophers generally believe in laws and deny causes, explanatory practice in physics is just the reverse.”
—Nancy Cartwright (b. 1945)
“The labor we delight in physics pain.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“But this invites the occult mind,
Cancels our physics with a sneer,
And spatters all we knew of denouement
Across the expedient and wicked stones.”
—Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)