For the Week ending 06/24/11
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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unpredictability and randomness on all scales of physical structures; the disorder of formless matter and infinite space, supposed to have existed before the ordered universe
One of the early investigators of _______ was the Polish-born mathematician and inventor of fractals see fractal geometry Benoit Mandelbrot. |
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doctrine that every occurrence in universe is the result of a sequence of causes and effects
In philosophical _______, man's actions are uniformly determined by motives; he cannot choose to act in one way if he prefers to act in another way. |
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point in space-time at which space-time curvature becomes infinite and at which measurable quantities become exactly zero or infinitely large
In astrophysical terms, a _______ is a point in space with no height, width, or depth – often with a whole star shoved inside (a black hole.) |
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hypothetical force by which one body would repel another; opposite of gravity, never detected experimentally
The cost of a space launch always makes me see why _______ is such a seductive idea. |
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study of possible origin and evolution of universe
Just as the _______ is the archetype of all creation, cosmic time is the paradigmatic model for time belonging to existing things. |