RINWIS Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Belief that all matter consists of tiny, indivisible units
  2. 8. Rovelli’s theory where space is made of finite loops
  3. 11. European lab home to the Large Hadron Collider
  4. 17. Ionian city where Western science and philosophy began
  5. 18. Spacetime distortion created by mass and energy
  6. 20. Aristotle’s idea that objects seek their proper place
  7. 21. Framework for the known elementary particles and forces
  8. 22. Introduced energy quanta; father of quantum theory
  9. 28. Random jiggling of particles in a fluid
  10. 29. Describes gravity as the curvature of spacetime
  11. 31. Observatory that detected gravitational waves in 2015
  12. 32. Unified space, time, and gravity
  13. 34. Ancient claim by Democritus that matter is made of tiny indivisible units
  14. 35. The boundless, undefined origin of all things
  15. 36. Theory governing particles, waves, and probabilities at the quantum scale
  16. 37. Exerts force on charged particles
  17. 38. A fluctuating entity whose vibrations become particles
  18. 39. Landmark geometry text built on logical axioms
  19. 40. Hypothetical early-universe hum of spacetime waves
Down
  1. 1. Rovelli’s idea that time emerges from entropy
  2. 2. In quantum theory, these determine the likelihood of particle behavior when squared
  3. 4. Often called the first natural philosopher; believed all is water
  4. 5. Known for paradoxes of motion and division
  5. 6. Visualized electric and magnetic “lines of force”
  6. 7. Ripples in spacetime caused by massive accelerations
  7. 9. Discrete energy packets exchanged by particles
  8. 10. Pre-Socratic who proposed the boundless “apeiron”
  9. 12. Predicted antimatter using a beautiful, relativistic equation
  10. 13. The four-dimensional fabric that fuses space and time
  11. 14. Discrete web of loops defining quantum geometry
  12. 15. Fundamental constant linking energy to frequency in quantum physics
  13. 16. Produced by electric currents and moving charges
  14. 19. Principle that energy or momentum doesn’t disappear
  15. 23. Ancient atomist who described reality as particles and void
  16. 24. Danish physicist who developed the atomic model with quantized electron orbits
  17. 25. Renaissance hub where ancient texts were revived
  18. 26. Found moons around Jupiter and revolutionized physics
  19. 27. Points where gravity becomes infinite and spacetime breaks down
  20. 30. Introduced quantum uncertainty and matrix mechanics
  21. 33. When light ejects electrons from a metal surface