Rutherford compared firing alpha particles at a thin sheet of metal foil to firing large shells at tissue paper but their behaviour was different…
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Some people argue that all exposure to radiation must be avoided, this is not sensible because…
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Quantum Refutation Question #1
Huygen’s argued that light is a wave but actually…
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Quantum Refutation Question #2
It used to be believed that Electrons are particles. In reality…
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Thermal Refutation Question #1
Non-physicists might assume that heating an object will always increase its temperature but actually…
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Gases Refutation Question #1
It is often stated that a flexible cup sticks to a surface due to suction. But really the force holding the cup to the surface is caused by…
A typical GCSE student believes that a wave carries the medium from one place to another but really…
Non-physicists might assume that light will always cross a boundary between two transparent media. This is not always true because…
It could be argued that two speakers playing the same sound will always be louder than one speaker since the sound from each speaker is added together. Actually…
The phrases ‘scientific proof’ and ‘scientific fact’ are commonly used in the media and in conversation but they are misleading because…