Vocabulary

Kirchhoff's law; Kirchhoff's laws

Coulomb's law

Kepler's laws

game theory

coffee tree

coca tree

storm in a teacup; tempest in a teapot

after the decimal point; below the decimal

to concede defeat; to surrender; to take one's hat off (to someone)

Stokes' law

to break the tape (at the finishing line); to breast the tape

to fall behind the times; to miss out (on an opportunity); to miss the boat; to miss the bus

Pascal's triangle

breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis); breadfruit tree

from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts

to get a rakeoff; to get a kickback; to take a kickback

Fermat's principle

Hooke's law

to appear on the stage; to be in the limelight

to put on the brakes

to warm the bench; to stay on the bench (as a substitute)

Boyle's law

to be knocked out; to be overwhelmed; to be flabbergasted; to be thrown for a loop

logwood

bad news travels quickly

to come to one's senses

carrot and stick; candy and whip

thorny path

to pull wires; to pull strings

(Fleming's) right-hand rule

corkscrew rule

to be burned to ashes; to come to nothing

law of conservation of momentum

to be related to someone by blood

to have both the looks and the substance; to be a compassionate and just person; to be interesting and instructive

to feel relieved; to feel happy after having been relieved of a responsibility; to be relieved from a duty

you've hit the nail on the head; that's just what I thought; that's exactly like I feel; that's exactly what I think, too

heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity

to cut the Gordian knot

fortunate error; lucky break; fluke