Sunday, January 31, 2016

Chapter 15: An Element of Madness

1. What was unique about William Crookes? How was he influential in the discovery of?
He was unique because he believed in ghost and what not. He discovered a radiometer which he used to detect spirits.
2. How is a megalodon like Bigfoot? How is it different?

The Megalodon are both mythical creatures that people believe to be true. You can say they are different because they live in different environments.

3. What does it mean to be a pathological scientist?
A pathological scientist is one who has psychological lapses to interfere with their science.

4. What is "cold fusion"? How is it similar to the attempt to develop perpetual motion machines, machines that can run forever without an input of energy?

Cold fusion is during atoms with extremely cold temperatures. Since there is no energy being needed to create heat, I'm guessing they can run forever.


5. What did William Ronygeb discover? How was his reaction to his discovery very different from the reaction of Pons and Fleischman to their "discovery"?

He believed that what he had done was somehow an error and didn't think it was a discovery. He discovered x-rays.

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