anomalous motion
1Anomalous monism — is a philosophical thesis about the mind body relationship. It was first proposed by Donald Davidson in his 1970 paper Mental events . The theory is twofold and states that mental events are identical with physical events, and that the mental is… …
2Anomalous Diffusion — Typically, in a diffusion process, the mean squared displacement (msd) of a particle is a linear function of time. Anomalous diffusion is used to describe a diffusion process with a non linear dependence on time.Diffusion is often described by a… …
3Illusory motion — The term illusory motion, also known as motion illusion, is used to define the appearance of movement in a static image. This is an optical illusion in which a static image appears to be moving due to the cognitive effects of interacting color… …
4History of perpetual motion machines — The history of perpetual motion machines dates back to the Middle Ages. For millennia, it was not clear whether perpetual motion devices were possible or not, but the development of modern thermodynamics has indicated that they are impossible.… …
5Aberration of light — Light from location 1 will appear to be coming from location 2 for a moving telescope due to the finite speed of light, a phenomenon known as the aberration of light. The aberration of light (also referred to as astronomical aberration or stellar …
6Optical illusion — This article is about visual perception. For the Time Requiem album, see Optical Illusion (album). An optical illusion. The square A is exactly the same shade of gray as square B. See checker shadow illusion. An optical illusion (also called a… …
7Akiyoshi Kitaoka — (born August 19, 1961 in Kochi, Japan) is a Professor of Psychology at the College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University , Kyoto, Japan. In 1984 he received a BSc from the Department of Biology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, where he… …
8Le Verrier , Urbain Jean Joseph — (1811–1877) French astronomer Born the son of a local government official in St. Lô, northern France, Le Verrier was educated at the Ecole Polytechnique and worked afterward on chemical problems with Joseph Gay Lussac. He became a lecturer in… …
9Urbain Le Verrier — Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (March 11, 1811 ndash; September 23, 1877) was a French mathematician who specialized in celestial mechanics and is best known for his part in the discovery of Neptune. Life and work Le Verrier was born in Saint Lô,… …
10Hugo von Seeliger — (1849 1924), also known as Hugo Hans Ritter von Seeliger, was a German astronomer, often considered the most important astronomer of his day. He was born in Austria, completed high school in Teschen in 1867, andstudied at the Universities of… …
