#physics history

• Antiperistasis — A figure of speech or ancient philosophical and physical principle whereby a quality or force is intensified and amplified through the direct action of a contrary force surrounding or repelling it. In a rhetorical sense, it represents an argumentative device through which an objection raised by an opponent is transformed into a powerful argument in favor of one's own thesis, enhancing its structural impact.
• Appleton — A proper noun of English origin designating several important urban localities, the most well-known being the city of Appleton located in the state of Wisconsin, United States. It also represents a famous surname, borne by the British physicist Edward Victor Appleton, Nobel laureate in Physics for discovering the reflective ionospheric layer that bears his name.
• Arsonval — A proper surname of French origin, made famous by the physicist and physician Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval. In scientific terminology, the name is used as an eponym to designate the d'Arsonval galvanometer (a moving-coil device used to measure electric current) or the d'Arsonval current (high-frequency current historically used in electrotherapy).