PHYS 481-P681-C Quantum Computation Cornell

Homework 9 6. Many observations have been made about planetary motion that support the idea that the solar system formed from a rotating cloud of interstellar gas. On clear nights Ptolemy observed dim white patches of light and a rotating cloud of in

Homework 5 1. It is possible for a person to travel into the future of another person because say, for instance, that someone travel in space at around the speed of light, c. Upon, his/her return he/she would visit a friend. Now that friend would hav

Homework 1 1. Thousands of years ago many cultures created and assigned gods to varying natural phenomena on Earth. There was a god of the sun, the moon, love, etc. Many people believed that Zeus, one of the most powerful gods of them all, could thro

Homework 4 1. Aristotelian professors were unimpressed with Galileos experiments because they chose to ignore the force of evidence. They had a set mentality regarding this area of physics because it had been engrained in them for a long time. The pr

Homework 11 1. Two recent comets studied by the HST are Hale-Bopp and Hykutake. An observation about HaleBopp that particularly surprised astronomers was the activation of vents on the surface of the nucleus of the comet. A surprising observation of

Homework 3 1. As a part of Aristotles theory of elements, he believed that each element could be transformed into another element through the similar qualities that they possess. He also believed that everything is made of matter, and that this matte

Homework 8 6. Hipparchus and Tycho made many detailed maps and advancements in the field of astronomy. Tychos observations were definitely more accurate however. He came hundreds of years after Hipparchus and so was able to update old instruments as

Homework 10 1. Herschel classified nebulae into several categories as follows: I. Bright Nebulae II. Faint Nebulae III. Very faint Nebulae IV. Planetary Nebulae V. Very large Nebulae VI. Very compressed and rich star clusters VII. Compressed clusters

Homework 2 1. Aristotles observations to support the notion that the earth is a sphere included the shape of the earths shadow on the moon. He noticed that it was curved and so concluded that the earth had to be spherical. Furthermore, he observed th