The Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Historians sometimes develop theories to explain observed patterns in the history of different countries. Are these theories testable in the same sense as a theory in physics? Explain.
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