Articles related to "Hooke"

Used in engineering, construction and materials science, Hooke's law shows how materials deform when forces are applied.

Simple harmonic motion is the oscillatory motion of springs, pendulums, and other devices that have a restoring force proportional to the displacement.

According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, it soon might be possible to communicate to planets millions of miles from Earth.

Potential energy is the energy of position resulting from any conservative force.

Brief biography of Sir Isaac Newton, considered the greatest scientist of all time, famous for "Principia," discovery of gravity, laws of motion, mathematics of calculus.

Learn how Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, an uneducated Dutch merchant, discovered the microscopic world of animalcules and forever changed biological science.

Brief biography of Robert Boyle, considered one of the founders of modern chemistry, perspectives of science and his works, and his The Sceptical Chymist.

Strain is a material effect in a component that is subjected to an applied force. Learn about stress, strain and measuring material damage in this article.

Collectors are drawn to the wonder of antique pocket watches. They've graced pockets and waistcoats since the 15th century and are as much a wonder now as they were then.

From the smallest bacterium to the largest plants and animals they are foundational and basic - they are cells. Explore cell uniqueness, similarities and differences.

Mechanics of materials help engineers predict system behavior.

Spontaneous generation is the debunked idea that life can, on a daily basis, arise from nonliving material. Abiogenesis attempts to explain how life on Earth began.

Since its very inception, the myth-ritualist school debated whether myth or ritual came first. Today most scholars work on either of the two.

Short quotes from famous Christmas Day birthday celebrants Isaac Newton, Anwar Al Sadat, Bogart Humphrey, and Robert LeRoy Ripley.