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To: JeepersFreepers
Actually, Avogadro’s Number is not a theory at all but a fundamental physical constant.

That "fundamental physical constant", is a constant used in a physical theory, specifically the atomic theory of matter, which has received widespread acceptance these days. When Henri Poincaré entered the École Polytechnique in 1873, the chemistry faculty was scrupulously neutral: For every atomicist hired they hired one anti-atomicist to keep the faculty balanced. There may be a lesson there for American higher education in the 21st Century.

49 posted on 07/30/2020 11:34:32 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Women's intuition" gave us the Salem witch trials and Kavanaugh hearings. Change my mind.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

There is, but they won’t larn it...............


60 posted on 07/30/2020 12:32:28 PM PDT by Red Badger (To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
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