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Creative Listen Creativeness in sciences is evident for those who practice science, however, for those who do not, science appears to be either unflexible and acting according to some rules that can n

Lichtenberg i elektrofor Listen Lichtenberg, który żył w 18 wieku, był wybitnym naturalistą, krytykiem sztuki, satyrykiem, aforystą i jednym z twórców niemieckiej fizyki eksperymentalnej. W swoim arty

Rumford i cieplik Listen Benjamin Thompson, bawarski minister wojny, wszedł do pracowni aby skontrolować produkcję nowych dział. Jak można zauważyć, Benjamin Thompson nie jest raczej typowym bawarskim

Mouchot i kuchenka słoneczna Listen Nasza historia zaczyna się w typowy, zimowy, styczniowy ranek w Alençon, we Francji. Był rok 1860. Nauczyciel matematyki w szkole średniej, Augustyn Mouchot, zatrzą

Guericke and vacuum Listen Wandering the streets of the city of Magdeburg Otto was poring over something he had heard: The latest astronomical considerations that the scientific (and the non-scientifi

Jule i energia Listen The formulation of the mechanical equivalent of heat can be taken as a crucial step towards the formulation of the principle of energy conservation. Joule demonstrated in a serie

Reference for the story-telling approach Listen Froese Klassen, C. (2013). "Stories" Created for Science Teaching: A Critical Analysis. In P. Heering, S. Klassen, & D.Metz, (Eds.).Flensburg Studies on

Atoms Listen Here, a fictive dispute between Democritus and Plato shall represent the counterpart images in the antiquities on the composition of matter. It is remarkable, that Democritus, whose idea

Stories by topic Listen The stories can be accessed by predefined topics. In some instances, several stories go under the same topic (such as energy or atoms), in others, there is just one story (at t

Energy Listen What is the nature of heat – is it a substance or infinitesimal movement of matter? Among others, the Bavarian War Minister Benjamin Thompson, later known as Count Rumford, found an answ