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Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves. Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines, perhaps the oldest through its inclusion of astronomy. Over the last two millennia, physics was a part of natural philosophy along with chemistry, certain branches of mathematics, and biology, but during the Scientific Revolution in the 16th century, the natural sciences emerged as unique research programs in their own right. Physics intersects with many interdisciplinary areas of research, such as biophysics and quantum chemistry, and the boundaries of physics are not rigidly defined. New ideas in physics often explain the fundamental mechanisms of other sciences, while opening new avenues of research in areas such as mathematics and philosophy. Physics also makes significant contributions through advances in new technologies that arise from theoretical breakthroughs. For example, advances in the understanding of electromagnetism or nuclear physics led directly to the development of new products which have dramatically transformed modern-day society, such as television, computers, domestic appliances, and nuclear weapons; advances in thermodynamics led to the development of industrialization; and advances in mechanics inspired the development of calculus.
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FRANKLIN (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Physics
- Scientific instrument
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- Date:
- 19th century
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GALILEE DEVANT LE SAINT OFFICE AU VATICAN
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Altar
- Astronomy
- Cardinal (Catholicism)
- Galileo Galilei
- Painting
- Physics
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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RENE DESCARTES (1596-1650)
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Mathematics
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Louis Carrogis Carmontelle
Mr le Roy, de l'Académie des sciences, et Mr l'abbé de Sa...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cane
- Experience
- Man
- Observation
- Physics
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Antoine César Becquerel
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Chemistry
- Institut de France
- Man
- Physics
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Portrait de Benjamin Franklin, en buste
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Physics
- Portrait
- Scientific instrument
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Antoine Houdon
Benjamin Franklin (Boston, 1706-Philadelphie, 1790), sava...
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Old age
- Physics
- Politician
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Honoré Daumier
Jacques Babinet
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- Portrayed subject:
- Astronomy
- Caricature
- Man
- Physics
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Abraham Bosse
Christ trônant
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Architecture
- Atheism
- Book
- Christian cross
- Crown (headgear)
- …
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- Date:
- 17th century
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