Sentences with phrase «branch of physics developed»

Cardinal Mercier not only began the revival of the study of St. Thomas in the late 19th century, with the gratitude and encouragement of Leo XIII, but it was he who noticed the mathematical precocity of a young seminarian, and fellow Belgian, whom he encouraged to study the then revolutionary new branch of physics developed by Albert Einstein.

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Benoit Mandelbrot was a Polish - born mathematician and polymath, a Sterling Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Yale University and IBM Fellow Emeritus (Physics) who developed a new branch of mathematics known as «Fractal» geometry.

To study how Amazonian trees responded to drought, Santiago's team plucked branches from the tops of trees in French Guiana's Paracou Research Station and studied them in a lab to determine how readily they develop hydraulic failure, which is a function of their physics, including the dimensions of their plumbing and the pressure their vessels can withstand.

Engineering is a branch of applied physics that people can not study until they develop advanced mathematics and science skills.

This is all part of the rapidly developing science of climate skepticism, which is either a branch of physics or logic depending on who you talk to.