Newton Made His Greatest Contribution to the World by

question 3

Multiple Choice

Newton made his greatest contribution to the world by

• A) insisting that the physical world had rational, lawful principles.
• B) discovering and enunciating the law of gravity.
• C) encouraging young scientists to continue to think and experiment.
• D) convincing many people to give up their superstitious beliefs.
• E) describing the way in which governments of the world could function rationally.

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Definitions:

Proton Spin Decoupled

A technique in NMR spectroscopy where the coupling between protons is removed to simplify the spectrum.

Distinct Quartets

In NMR spectroscopy, a pattern indicating a group of hydrogen atoms coupled to three other hydrogens, resulting in four equally spaced peaks.

Off-Resonance Decoupled

In NMR spectroscopy, a technique used to simplify complex spectra by decoupling specific nuclei from the observed spin-spin interactions.

Proton Spin Decoupled

A technique in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy that removes the interaction between proton spins to simplify the spectrum and aid in structural analysis.