Counterintuitive notions in science
Counterintuitive notions in science
Light objects fall as fast as heavy objects
Solid objects are mostly empty space
Energy and mass are interconvertable
The Earth moves
Evolution
Light (photons) is both particles and waves
Space-time
All substances consist of a limited number of elements
Light travels at 186,000 miles per second
Distances to the nearest stars can be measured by parallax
The force that causes objects to drop on Earth is the same force that maintains planetary orbits
Earth's trojan asteroid
There is an absolute zero temperature
Patterns can arise in homogeneous chemical solutions
A linear DNA sequence encodes the information required to make a human
Despite the plausability of creationism and intelligent design, they are never useful in biology or biochemistry
Information can be stored only in the solid phase (problem for ghosts & global consciousness)
All forces in everyday life are gravity or electromagnetism
Great Red Spot of Jupiter and rings of Saturn
Blood Falls
Distinction between heat and temperature
Heats of fusion and vaporization
Radioisotopes and half lives