Tim #1

I don't know if I'm doing this right but here it goes. David Bernoulli had a conflicting relationship with his father Johann. No matter how much David proved himself in mathematics, his father refused to allow him to become a mathematician even though Johann and his brother were both world famous mathematician at the time. To me the father never wanted his son to be considered an equal which is proven when both Johann and David win the contest hosted by the French Academy of Sciences and Johann flips out.

As I read about Newton and his journey to the discovery of Earth's Gravitational Force, I remembered the time I discovered gravity, so to speak, during my sophomore year in biology class. The teacher asked which would fall faster, a crumbled piece of paper or a pen. Most of the students guessed the pen would hit the ground first. To my surprise, both objects fell at the same rate. After this experience and reading "Apples and Oranges," I can relate to Newton's curiosity and thoughts as he studied the undeniable force that constantly pulls objects towards the Earth.

Post #1: NiA =]

It seems as though in the world of philosophy, or the world in general, there is always someone there to take credit for someone else's idea(s). This happened for both Newton(Leibniz saying he was the actual inventor of calculus) and Bernoulli(his father taking credit for the idea of hydrodynamics, or hydraulics). I can't imagine what it must feel like if someone else were to put their name on something I worked so hard and tirelessly to perfect, something I put countless hours of time and energy into. Despite these unforseen misfortunes, both men moved on and presented everyone with their beliefs and findings to enlighten us and change our world forever. Without the work of these two men, we would not have been able to put man on the moon or understand exactly why airplanes are able to soar through the sky like birds. Their discoveries were truely remarkable and, because of this, are still being implemented into our everyday lives.

Teodoro Garcia's posting #1

(via email from Teddy to Mr. Wight) Post #1: I have read "Apples to Oanges", which I enjoyed because I learned more of Newton's unknown life and discoveries. I kept thinking to myself poor guy and how unfortunate his life was, however his logic of gravity made sense to me. I am amazed on how religion collaborated with science and politics, but after Newton's discoveries they were to be separated, till this day! --Teddy

I read more and i wanted to share what i read. So far and found interesting things such as science already was to be known that mass and energy were indistinguisable and interechangeable. According ot Einstein people would not necessarily reckon distance and time in exactly the same way.

BOOK RESPONSE

Hey guys I am almost done with the book and i am reading about Rudolpf Clausius and i have learned something interesting which is that his equation dealing with the univerese means that " The net charge in the total entropy of the universe is always greater tahn zero." I also learned that Clausius'sd law of EntropyNonconservation meant that the universe existed at the expense of its engines.

Hi all--I have just added Briana to the blog contributor list and discovered that only 11 of you are listed as "team members/contributors". If you cannot post to the blog, email me (andy.wight@new-haven.k12.ct.us) and I will reinvite you to the blog team. A few of you never gave me your emails, so you cannot post until I register you as members. Read the book and make a comment! So far Anmol is the only one to post a book response!