George Bernard Shaw once famously quipped‚ “We learn from history that we learn nothing from history”. This quote is fitting to this piece of evidence that suggests the UFO phenomenon has been around as long as human civilization has existed and yet it is consistently dismissed. Today many UFO sightings are often explained away as being the US military testing some new technological weapon or plane‚ but this explanation cannot be used in a time when human flight was impossible. The painting titled
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In the sixteenth and seventeenth centaury in Europe there were was a scientific triumph that led to insight and new information of astronomy. Scientist such as Copernicus‚ Kepler‚ Galileo‚ and newton questioned the scientific methods of Ptolemy and Aristotle. These scientists changed the beliefs of their followers to create a more modern way of life. In the sixteenth century‚ the beliefs of Aristotelian-Ptolemaic were accepted by society. The geocentric theory was one of many that was created
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bar that has since vanished. The above photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in July 2001 revealed unprecedented details of Hoag’s Object. More recent observations
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Amrita VISHWA VIDYAPEETHAM (University established u/s 3 of UGC Act 1956) Amrita Entrance Examination – Engineering PHYSICS‚ CHEMISTRY & MATHEMATICS Question booklet Version Code Question booklet no. Number of pages Number of questions Time 120 : 3 hrs Max. Marks : 360 Registration number Name of the candidate Signature of the candidate INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES GENERAL 1. Any malpractice or attempt to commit malpractice in the examination hall will lead
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environment. However‚ while Voyager has revealed much about the gas giant‚ many questions remain to be answered. The history of the discovery of the planet is the first we have of its kind; Uranus was the first planet to be discovered with a telescope. The circumstances surrounding the discovery of the object are befitting of the odd planet. The earliest recorded sighting of Uranus was in 1690 by John Flamsteed‚ but the object was catalogued as another star. On March 13‚ 1781 Uranus was sighted
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has leukemia. At first Landon is absolutely shocked and leaves her‚ although he returns soon after and comforts her. While Jamie is in the hospital and bedridden‚ Landon takes up her wishlist and begins constructing a telescope for Jamie. When he is finished‚ he shows her the telescope and proposes. They spend the summer together‚ and Jamie then passes away. Jamie withstands all the peer pressure and abuse because‚ in her words‚ “Without suffering there would be no compassion.” She is very kind and
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1607 Settlement of Jamestown‚ Virginia. This was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the US. 1st Jan‚ 1610 Galileo discovers rings of Saturn. This was an important discovery in the world of astronomy. Using the newly invented telescope‚ Galileo paved the way for others to search the skies and discover more about the universe around us. 1st Jan‚ 1611 King James Version of the Bible is published. This was the first published English translation of the Bible. It is still very widely
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behaviour 5 Organizations Equipment A pelican flying moves steadily enough for it to be followed with a pair of binoculars It is useful to have a good pair of binoculars to help to see birds that are far away more clearly. Scopes or telescopes can also be used. These give much greater magnification than binoculars (making the birds look much bigger)‚ but they need to put on a tripod because they cannot be held steady by hand. They are useful for looking at birds that stay in one place
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Galileo and how others perceived his explorations. After his creation of the telescope and the discovery of the rough side of the moon‚ the Copernican Revolution began. This is when the argument of the world spinning on an axis and not standing still came into play. “Galileo answered the observational astronomical objections by showing that the empirical consequences implied by Copernicanism were indeed visible with the telescope‚ although still invisible with the naked eye” (1). The author suggests
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is compounding! False Total 5.00 / 5.00 Question Explanation All about compounding! Question 3 (5 points) Shawn wants to buy a new telescope. He estimates that it will take him one year to save the money and that the telescope will cost $200. At an interest rate of 6%‚ how much does Shawn need to set aside today to purchase the telescope in one year? (Enter just the number without the $ sign or a comma) Answer for Question 3 You entered: Your Answer Score Explanation 189 ✔
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