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Cirque du So-What

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Mon Aug 21, 2017, 12:58 PM Aug 2017

The eclipse exemplifies the workings of the Newtonian "clockwork universe"

Sure, Planck & Einstein & others turned physics on its head, but the movement of celestial bodies can still be predicted to astonishing accuracy using laws of physics that haven't changed since the mid-to-late 1600s.

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The eclipse exemplifies the workings of the Newtonian "clockwork universe" (Original Post) Cirque du So-What Aug 2017 OP
Perhaps I should ask... Cirque du So-What Aug 2017 #1
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