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March 2010
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Newtonian mechanics

Tags: space exploration : Newtonian mechanics : asteroid : meteorite : asteroid collision


Tags: planetary orbit : Newtonian mechanics : three body problem : Lagrangian system


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Scientists have for the first time measured the speed of gravity and tested Einstein's assumption - or have they?

Tags: gravity : cosmology : Newtonian mechanics : general relativity : gravitational lensing : relativity : gravitational wave


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All of science can be regarded as motivated by the search for rules behind the randomness of nature, and attempts to make prediction in the presence of uncertainty. Chris Budd describes the search for pattern and order in chaos.

Tags: Newtonian mechanics : butterfly effect : prediction : galileo : pendulum : weather forecasting : planetary motion : Lorenz : period : Laplace : double pendulum : town planning


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The Arctic ice cap is melting fast and the consequences are grim. Mathematical modelling is key to predicting how much longer the ice will be around and assessing the impact of an ice free Arctic on the rest of the planet. Plus spoke to Peter Wadhams from the Polar Ocean Physics Group at the University of Cambridge to get a glimpse of the group's work.

Tags: vector : mathematical modelling : Newtonian mechanics : differential equation : acceleration : Coriolis force : mathematics and the environment : mathematics and climate change


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Phil Trinh discovers how maths helps solve the mysteries of flight and love.

Tags: aerodynamics : navier-stokes equations : Newtonian mechanics