PHIL 367 Lecture : PHIL 367 - Lecture (Mar. 26th)

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1 Apr 2012

School

McGill University

Department

Philosophy

Course

PHIL 367

Professor

Susan Judith Hoffmann

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Nietzsche argues that the impulse to art the impulse to create must be approached scientifically. It has to be understood as a physiological and psychological force, and could and should be studied scientifically. These artistic drives (apolline and dionysiac drives, and the socratic tendency) are present in human beings, and present in nature itself. These drives are objectifications of the schopenhauerean will. It is the interaction of these life forces and drives that produce culture. Dionysian drive is associated with great music and theatre, while the apolline drive is associated with architecture and homeric, epic poetry. Nietzsche"s entire project is an investigation between knowledge, truth and culture. He is one of the first to probe the fact that science is a culture, that the scientist is not the one that discovers, but the one that creates. There is no value-free objective position, some neutral position, and the notion that that is possible is the.

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This is the introduction of my scientific poster presentationplease proofread it grammatically and scientifically and give meany suggestions you have! Thanks.

Here it is:

Have you ever thought about why would thrillingrides get you excited, make your heart racing oreven make you start screaming from the depths of your core, forminga bead of sweat on your forehead?

Well, the answer lies in physics. These rides demonstrateparticularly good examples of the physics laws and conceptsinvolved in nature and their effect on us in real-lifeapplications.

Height, weightlessness, high velocity, huge acceleration,centripetal force, impulse and the momentary change in momentum,the work being done and the change in energy, are all factorsthat contribute in making a thrilling ride an exciting one. Thosefactors cause adrenalin rush which leads to a higher bloodpressure thus stimulating the heart. They also put the riderin a lot of uncertainty and unexpected visual cues.

An example of a thrilling ride is the Giant Drop which isa free-fall ride involving the drawing of an eight seat carriage bya cable to the top of the tower. After one minute full of anxiety,the riders are plummeted down a height of 39 stories (almost 115m)then brought to rest within meters from the ground by asophisticated magnetic braking system.

A proton with mass 1.23*10^-27 kg is propelled ataninitial speed of 3.95*10⁵ m/s directly toward auraniumnucleus 5.42 m away. The proton is repelled by the uraniumnucleuswith a force of magnitude F = a/x² where xis theseparation between the two objects and a = 2.55*10^-26Nm². Assume that the uraniumnucleus remains at rest.What is the speed of the proton when it is8.66 *10^-10 mfrom the nucleus?

Give your answer in m/s in scientific notation tothreesignificant digits (i.e. 1.15*10^2)

Note: The numbers given in this problem do not representactualfigures, instead this is to be thought of as atheoreticalcalculation.

The computer system says that the correct answer = 3.29 x10^5 (Ineed to know the steps needed to obtain this answer, I willgivefast and great ratings for clear step by step operations.Thanks.)

Could you please proofread and correct scientifically andgrammatically my work, thanks ^_^

Here itis:

The percentage error was found to be 0.186% and 6.66%respectively.

This implies that the predicted value of the freefall accelerationis fairly accurate while the predicated value of deceleration isnot as much. The encountered errors were due to severalexperimental and human limitation was that the experiment involved.The experimental limitation was due to the uncertainty of theclinometer which was Â± 0.5o.

I.e. In our calculation, a difference of 0.5o can lead to adifference of 40 - 80 cm in height as shown below:

The human limitations was due to the human eye being unable todetect the exact point on the track at which the gondoladecelerates. This is because the braking happened very quickly.This adds an uncertainty to the location of deceleration when theangels are being measured.

In addition, the human ability cannot decide on the exact period oftime at which the gondola freefalls or decelerates. This is due tothe human reaction speed being unable to exactly determine thestart time of the momentary freefall and deceleration. The timetaken for humans to react cannot be measured thus it cannot besubtracted from the findings to get an accurate timing.

All of these limitations that have affected the accuracy of theresults could be avoided to some extent by marking the exact zonesrequired on the track of the giant drop as well as using anelectronic angle measurer to measure the angles . Additionally, theusage of an electronic timer to measure periods of the freefall anddeceleration is also suggested.

During the analysis, finding an average to the deceleration in theaccelerometer reading (using Logger Pro) was only estimated usingthe human naked eye. This is because an average could not be takenelectronically. Thus, there is also some uncertainty involved inthe theoretical value.

NOTE:

The value for freefall acceleration obtained from thevideo-analysis technique was 9.754 Â± 0.3237 m/s2. 9.754 m/s2 has apercentage error of :
0.469%

This value indicates it is fairly accurate and can be used as aconforming result to the theoretical value. The error involved isdue to the fact that the video was shaking, thus plotting thevelocity/ time graph of the gondola at different times wasnegatively affected; although the axes was roughly re-set at everyframe.

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