In Science
The meaning "10" is part of the following terms:
- decapoda, an order of crustaceans with ten feet
- decane, a hydrocarbon with 10 carbon atoms
Also, the number 10 plays a role in the following:
- The atomic number of neon.
- The number of hydrogen atoms in butane, a hydrocarbon.
- The number of spacetime dimensions in some superstring theories.
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Famous quotes containing the word science:
““You are bothered, I suppose, by the idea that you can’t possibly believe in miracles and mysteries, and therefore can’t make a good wife for Hazard. You might just as well make yourself unhappy by doubting whether you would make a good wife to me because you can’t believe the first axiom in Euclid. There is no science which does not begin by requiring you to believe the incredible.””
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)
“The puritanical potentialities of science have never been forecast. If it evolves a body of organized rites, and is established as a religion, hierarchically organized, things more than anything else will be done in the name of “decency.” The coarse fumes of tobacco and liquors, the consequent tainting of the breath and staining of white fingers and teeth, which is so offensive to many women, will be the first things attended to.”
—Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)