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John Dewey: Physics advanced when ideas worked out in connection with the solar system were used to describe happenings on the…

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Physics advanced when ideas worked out in connection with the solar system were used to describe happenings on the earth.
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John Dewey

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Dewey illustrates how physics benefited from astronomical ideas to explain earthly phenomena.

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