December 29, 2009
Like John Lennon said.
(1) coined a famous term and method that has immensely helped modern science and technology. The rest are examples. Who is (1) and what term did he coin? Identify the rest for bonus points.
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Answer:
Gedankenexperiment, or thought experiment, by Hans Christian Oersted (1).






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December 30th, 2009 at 12:45 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262133950 )
1. Hans Christian Ørsted
Term – Gedankenexperiment or thought experiment
a- Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment
b- cat in the box
c- buttered cat paradox
d- dining philosophers
December 30th, 2009 at 12:47 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262134031 )
Hans Christian Ørsted,Thought Experiment.
Galileo\’s gravity experiment,Schrodinger\’s Cat,Cat with buttered bread tied to its back,Dining Philosophers\’ Problem etc
December 30th, 2009 at 12:54 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262134470 )
Hans Christian Ørsted- Thought Experiment
1)Galileos expt at the Leaning tower of pisa
2)Schrodinger’s cat
3)Buttered cat paradox
4)Dining Philosophers problem
December 30th, 2009 at 1:05 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262135122 )
Hans Christian Oersted – Explicitly described and named the “thought experiment”
Examples are Schrodingers Cat, Dining philosophers, Galileo’s experiment to prove universal “g” and Cat and buttered toast experiment
December 30th, 2009 at 1:26 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262136411 )
Hans Christian Ørsted and the Thought Experiment or the gedankenexperiment.
Galileo’s Leaning Tower of Pisa Experiment,
Schrödinger’s cat,
Buttered cat
and the Dining Philosophers
December 30th, 2009 at 1:43 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262137413 )
1. hans christian orstead termed thought experiment or gedankenexperiment
Galileo\’s Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment
Schrödinger\’s cat (quantum mechanics)
Buttered cat paradox
Dining Philosophers (computer science)
December 30th, 2009 at 2:13 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262139191 )
1 = Hans Christian Ørsted
Thought experiments:
Galileo’s Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment
Schrödinger’s cat
Buttered cat paradox
Dining Philosophers
December 30th, 2009 at 2:27 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262140056 )
Hans Christian Ørsted and the term is “thought experiment”.
Some examples that I could identify:
Galileo’s Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment
Shroedinger’s Cat
December 30th, 2009 at 2:48 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262141326 )
Hans Christian Ørsted, who termed \
December 30th, 2009 at 2:50 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262141439 )
Hans Christian Ørsted, who termed “Thought Experiment”. Examples include Galileo’s Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment, Schrödinger’s cat, the Buttered cat paradox and the Dining Philosophers.
December 30th, 2009 at 4:40 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262148058 )
Hans Christian Ørsted coined Gedankenexperiment or ‘thought experiment’.
1. Galileo’s experiment of falling objects
2. Schrodinger’s cat
3. Buttered side down or cat’s feet down?
4. Dining Philosopher’s Problem.
December 30th, 2009 at 4:46 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262148382 )
Thought experiment by Hans Christian Ørsted
Famous examples of thought experiments include Schrödinger\’s cat, illustrating quantum indeterminacy through the manipulation of a perfectly sealed environment and a tiny bit of radioactive substance, and Maxwell\’s demon, in which a supernatural being is instructed to attempt to violate the second law of thermodynamics.
December 30th, 2009 at 4:58 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262149110 )
Hans Christian Ørsted and Gedankenexperiment.
Schrodinger’s Cat, Buttered Cat Paradox, Philosopher’s Dining problem et al.
December 30th, 2009 at 8:57 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262163448 )
Hans Christian Ørsted, thought experiment.
* Galileo’s Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment
* Schrodinger’s Cat
* Buttered Cat Experiment
* Dining Philosophers
December 30th, 2009 at 8:58 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262163513 )
Hans Christian Oersted and the Gedanken (thought) experiment.
- Shroedinger’s cat
- Buttered toast-Cat paradox
- Dining philosopher’s problem.
December 30th, 2009 at 11:15 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262171735 )
Hans Christian Ørsted and the Thought experiment
2. Galileo and the Pisa Cannonball story
3. Schrödinger\’s cat
4. Buttered (toast) cat paradox
5. Dining philosophers problem
December 31st, 2009 at 12:02 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262217743 )
Hans Christian Ørsted, Thought Experiment
December 31st, 2009 at 12:40 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262220043 )
thought experiment or the gedanken experiment- Hans Christian Orsted
galileo throwing his two balls off the leaning tower of pisa
schrodinger running foul of peta
the buttered cat
the philosophers with their brains on plates in front of them to be eaten with spoons
December 31st, 2009 at 12:44 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262220292 )
orsted; thought experiment.
December 31st, 2009 at 2:40 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262227223 )
Hans Christian Ørsted, Thought Experiment
1.Galileo’s experiment proving that falling objects must fall at the same rate regardless of their masses.
2.Schrodinger’s cat
3.Buttered cat paradox
4.Dining philosophers problem
December 31st, 2009 at 4:11 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262232701 )
Deadlock. Murphy\’s law about cat\’s landing on It\’s feet down, and butter on the floor. Philosopher\’s dining problem. Schrodinger\’s cat. Galileo\’s cannonball experiment.
December 31st, 2009 at 7:20 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262244046 )
Hans Christian Oersted — thought experiments
Galileo’s Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment
Schrödinger’s cat
Buttered cat paradox
Dining Philosophers problem
December 31st, 2009 at 7:22 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262244176 )
Hans Christian Orsted, Gedanken
Galileo at the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Schroedinger’s Cat
Buttered Cat
Dining Philosophers
December 31st, 2009 at 9:06 am, GMT +0000 ( 1262250361 )
gedankenexperment or thought experiment.
1>rate of a falling object is independent of the mass.
Galileo droping balls of different mass from Leaning Tower of Pisa
2>Schrodinger’s cat
3>Buttered cat paradox
4>Dining philosophers problem,dealing with shared resources and the idea for semaphores…