Thematic units of Earth science simulations
Giants of science
“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants”
Isaac Newton
Vilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes
1862
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1951
Vilhelm Bjerknes established principles of modern weather forecasting and applied physics and mathematics to the climate
“To understand the climate is to understand our world”
Léon Foucault
1819
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1868
Léon Foucault demonstrated Earth’s rotation with his famous pendulum and measured the speed of light with great precision, revolutionizing experimental optics
“The pendulum does not lie: the Earth moves beneath our feet”
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