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  2. Modern physics - Wikipedia

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    Modern physics is a branch of physics that developed in the early 20th century and onward or branches greatly influenced by early 20th century physics. Notable branches of modern physics include quantum mechanics, special relativity, and general relativity.

  3. History of physics - Wikipedia

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    Physics is a branch of science in which the primary objects of study are matter and energy.These topics were discussed by philosophers across many cultures in ancient times, but they had no means to distinguish causes of natural phenomena from superstitions.

  4. Golden age of physics - Wikipedia

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    Solvay Conference of 1927, with prominent physicists such as Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Erwin Schrödinger and Paul Dirac.. A golden age of physics appears to have been delineated for certain periods of progress in the physics sciences, and this includes the previous and current developments of cosmology and astronomy.

  5. Foundations of Physics - Wikipedia

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    Foundations of Physics is a monthly journal "devoted to the conceptual bases and fundamental theories of modern physics and cosmology, emphasizing the logical, methodological, and philosophical premises of modern physical theories and procedures". [1]

  6. Life expectancy - Wikipedia

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    Samuel de Champlain wrote that in his visits to Mi'kmaq and Huron communities, he met people over 100 years old. Daniel Paul attributes the incredible lifespan in the region to low stress and a healthy diet of lean meats, diverse vegetables, and legumes. [47] 18th-century Prussia [42] 24.7: For males. [42] 18th-century France [42] 27.5–30

  7. Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    Founded as San Mateo de Cangrejos in the 1760, [3] Santurce officially became part of the municipality of San Juan in 1863. [4] From its original settlement, its history has been marked by diverse waves of immigration, particularly of Afro-Puerto Rican , Chinese , Jewish and Dominican communities who have left a cultural imprint in the area.

  8. Carlism in literature - Wikipedia

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    He made his name as author of theatrical pieces already in the mid-1820s; venomous caricatures of "los serviles", e.g. La Regencia de la Seo de Urgell o las desgracias del padre Liborio (1822) might be considered pre-configuration of his later anti-Carlist dramas and perhaps the first pieces of anti-Carlist literature. [5]

  9. Los Angeles High School - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles High School is a large, urban, inner-city school located in the Mid-Wilshire District of Los Angeles. The attendance boundary consists of a contrasting spectrum of economic diversity ranging from affluent Hancock Park and Lafayette Square to the low-income, densely populated immigrant community of Koreatown. Within the school is a ...