Free Republic
Browse · Search
Smoky Backroom
Topics · Post Article

To: Boiler Plate
The "Ideal Gas Law" only works with Ideal gases.

A law can be wrong. Physicist likes to cite Ampere's law as another example. He could have used Newton's Second as easily, as F = ma goes seriously wrong at observed velocities near that of light.

A law is not a theory, nor does a theory become a law, nor do lawyers make very good scientists.

795 posted on 03/17/2003 7:45:10 PM PST by VadeRetro (Out for the night.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 791 | View Replies ]


To: VadeRetro
He could have used Newton's Second as easily, as F = ma goes seriously wrong at observed velocities near that of light.

I'm intrigued. Could you derive that?

798 posted on 03/17/2003 7:51:25 PM PST by AndrewC
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 795 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Smoky Backroom
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson