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How were the Navier-Stokes equations found in the first place if we can't solve them?

Did Newton estimate the gravitational constant $G$?

How could the precession of Mercury be known so accurately in the 19th century?

Which oil was used by Robert A. Millikan in his oil drop experiment?

Was the understanding of QM fundamental to the creation of transistors and silicon semiconductors?

Is $\pi^2 \approx g$ a coincidence?

What on Earth is this drawing of Venus?

How did physicists know that only negative charges move?

How did physicists know that there are two kind of charges?

Were the Michelson-Morley results a surprise?