Term first used by James Watt for a unit equivalent to 550 foot-pounds of work per second
This branch of physics deals with heat & includes cryogenics, which deals with extremely low temperatures
Theodore Maiman used this gem in producing the world's first laser in 1960
The petals of the English daisy do this at night; the flowers of the scarlet pimpernel, when bad weather approaches
The medulla portion of this gland produces hormones like epinephrine
To prevent a thrombosis, you may be given an "anti" this, like heparin
This hydrocarbon mix obtained druing petroleum refining is used to make candles & to coat paper
In hydraulics, hydrokinetics is the study of liquids in motion & this is the specific study of liquids at rest
In 1933 he joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J.; he became a U.S. citizen in 1940
In 1589 he became a professor of mathematics at the U. of Pisa; in 1592 he moved on the U. of Padua