Question
Sometimes new discoveries allow us to shed light onto our previous misconceptions about… light. For 10 points each:
[10m] Attempts to “save” this substance included the Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction hypothesis. Its existence was disproved by the Michelson-Morley experiment.
ANSWER: luminiferous aether
[10h] The Michelson-Morley experiment seemed to confirm this scientist’s theory of aether dragging, but it was eventually disproved. This Scotsman names a set of parameters describing the polarization of light.
ANSWER: George Gabriel Stokes
[10e] This scientist analyzed light reflection and other light phenomena in his book Opticks. His other publications include Principia Mathematica.
ANSWER: Isaac Newton
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 21.25 | 100% | 100% | 13% |
Data
| Cornell Wind | Rochester C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell Earth | Cornell Fire | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia Ly-α | Cornell Wind | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| RIT | Rochester B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Rochester A | Rochester C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |