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 Alhazen (965-1039). Arab or Persian Muslim polymath who made significant contributions to the principles of optics, as well as to anatomy, astronomy, engineering, mathematics, medicine, ophthalmology, philosophy, physics, psychology, visual perception, and to science in general with his introduction of the scientific method.
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The physics behind the interaction of radiation and matter tells us that cell phones cannot
cause cancer. So why does the idea persist? We dig into the history of radiation and cancer
to find out why.
Cellphones are causing more and more cancer!
We examine what a scientific theory is and how it differs from the usual English meaning of the word.
Claims of cell phones causing brain cancer are becoming common. An examination of the basic properties
of electromagnetic radiation and suntanning shows that this cannot be true.
Scientists don't know everything and they've been wrong before!
Gain some practice with the Laws of Physics by applying them to some puzzles and movie plots.
What Laws of Physics are and why we should pay attention to them.
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