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When Leonardo da Vinci wasn't painting masterpieces or dreaming up flying machines,he was
exploring the secrets of gravity.Considering himself a scientist and artist,this Renaissance thinker
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spent untold hours studying how the"attraction of one object to another"affected phcnomcna like the
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flight of birds and the fall of water.
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Recent research published in the journal Leonardo reveals that da Vinci conducted detailed
gravity experiments over a century before Galileo and two centuries prior to Newton."His thinking
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was far ahead of his time,"said co-author Dr.Morteza Gharib.The study highlights Leonardo's
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determination to find the law goveming the dynamics of falling objects.
offers degrees in the humanities,natural sciences,performing arts,social sciences,and interdisciplinary
Dr.Gharib said he discovered the experiments while examining an online version of The Codex
fields.A liberal arts and sciences degree provides a versatile(灵话多向的)pathway to a wide range of
Arundel,a collection of Leonardo's notes from 1478 to 1518.Among its mirror-written texts,a drawing
careers,and the College takes full advantage of UP's ideal location in creating hands-on career-building
on Page 143 caught his eye:a triangle()formed by cycles pouring from a pot.He used a
cxpcricnces out in the ficld,whichever onc you choose!
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computer program to flip (the triangle and the nearby backward writing.Suddenly,the image
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came to life."I could see motion,"Dr.Gharib recalled."I could see him pouring stuff'out"It was a
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eureka moment that revealed Leonardo's forward-looking experiment.
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Gazing at Leonardo's drawing,Dr.Gharib realized that the artist had separated gravity's effects
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into two components,revealing a normally hidden aspect of nature.Inspired by hail falling from fast-
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moving clouds,Lconardo demonstrated through his drawing how gravity's constant force causes a
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steady speed gain-shown by the increasing gaps between falling objects as the pot moves.
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Despite his basic experimental setup 500 years ago,da Vinci calculated the gravitational constant
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to an accuracy within 10 percent of the modern value."It's mind-boggling ,"Dr.Gharib said."That's
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the beauty of what Leonardo does."
arts and culture venues,and more,UP gives students a great variety of opportunities to connect with the
However,Dr.Gharib hesitated to examine the Codex further."I'm like a kid in a toy store,afraid
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to even look at it,"he said.He noted that while art historians had studicd it,scicntists had not."It's an
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24.What is the main purpose of the text
disciplines as varied as theology,biology,ethnic studies,and mathematics.
A.To report da Vinci's unknown research.
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B.To compare da Vinci with other scientists.
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C.To prove da Vinci's artist and scientist role.
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D.To show a way of analyzing da Vinci's notes
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25.What does the underlined phrase a eureka moment in paragraph 3 refer to
21.What can we learn about College of Arts and Sciences
A.Finding da Vinci's sccret drawings.
A.It is located in the countryside.
B.Detecting the need of mirror-writing.
B.It is the most popular school at UP.
C.Discovering the power oftechnology.
C.It seeks employment for its students
D.Realizing the triangle's scientific meaning.
D.It prepares its students for various careers.
26.What is special about da Vinci's experiments
22.What advantage does UP have over RI universities
A.They were the first to explore the law of gravity
A.Its disciplines are more varied.
B.They achieved high-level accuracy with simple tools
B.Its professors are more admirable
C.They focused on the beauty of falling objects'motion.
C.It offers more tailored leaming experiences.
D.It provides more chances for hands-on research
D.They integrated artistic strategy with scicntific mcthod.
23.Where is this text probably taken from
27.What can we know about The Codex from Dr Gharib's words
A.A course plan.
A.It contains unexplored scientific insights.
B.A program proposal.
B.Historians misunderstood its real purpose.
C.An admission brochure.
C.Its artwork hasn't been properly analyzed.
D.An educational report.
D.New tools are required to reveal its secrets.
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