Isaac Newton was a brilliant man who discovered things about our world that no other scientist before him thought of. He had a rough childhood‚ and struggled through school until his mother pulled him out to help her work. It wasn’t until he decided to go back when he discovered that he truly had a gift. He pursued his education‚ and became one of the reason we live the way we do today. His knowledge of mathematics and science is unbelievable to some people to this day. Perhaps‚ he is one of the
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Dark Energy VS Dark Matter Dark Matter Dark Matter is the name given to mass that emits no detectable radiation. ‘’Dark Matter accounts for the galaxies rotating about "local groups" in tighter orbits than we expect from our observations. Gravity is stronger than we can account for unless there is some matter we cannot see. We are much more certain what dark matter is not than we are of what it is” (Feild‚ Ann‚ 2013). Scientists think dark matter is made of particles called WIMPS‚ "weakly
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INTRODUCTION ▪ Two Peg Test is a surveying operation carried out to determine whether the levelling bubble and telescope line of sight are parallel. OBJECTIVE ▪ Peg Test is a surveying operation carried out to determine if the leveling bubble (bubble axis) and telescope line-of-sight (line of collimation) are parallel. THEORY ▪ By using the leveling method‚ work for establishing Temporary Bench Mark (TBM) was done ▪ Bench Mark (BM) must be known first. BM
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STUDYING THE UNIVERSE * Before 1610‚ people viewed celestial bodies with their naked eyes. * In 1610 Galileo Galilei first used a telescope to observe celestial bodies. * In the following centuries‚ astronomers developed more powerful telescopes. * However‚ details gathered by means of scientific instruments were not enough to satisfy scientists. TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS * Scientists have developed advance equipment in order to explore Earth and other celestial bodies closely
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Galileo was a very smart man. He created and discovered many amazing things‚ not all of which were accepted by the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church. He created a telescope that magnified up to 20 times and began studying space in 1609‚ (“Galileo”). The telescope allowed him to see many things not visible to the human eye‚ such as the texture of the moon and Jupiter’s four moons. Through the study of his findings Galileo discovered that Venus and Mercury revolve
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- Contents About the Author Bertolt Brecht is a German poet‚ play writer‚ theatre director and Marxist. Born in Augsburg‚ Germany in 1898 and was a medical orderly during WWI. This has reinforced hatred about war and eventually became more interested in literature than medicine. He is highly influenced by English writers and Chinese philosophers of the time. His famous works are ‘Drums in the Night’ about a soldier returning from war‚ ‘The Beggar’s Opera’ about his growing belief in Marxism
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Test. Digital image. Worldnasa.net. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. . Gaddis‚ John Lewis. The Cold War: A New History. New York: Penguin‚ 2005. Print. Green Flight Challenge. Dir. SpaceReports. YouTube. YouTube‚ 06 Oct. 2011. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. . "Hubble Space Telescope." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation‚ 05 Nov. 2012. Web. 30 Mar. 2012. . "International Space Station." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation‚ 05 Dec. 2012. Web. 27 Mar. 2012. . ISS. Digital image. Bernews.com. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. . Kerrod‚ Robin. NASA‚ Visions
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Women in the Workplace Contemporary Social Problems & the Workplace‚ SOC 402 Women in the Workplace Women in the workplace have become a commonality since the economy has taken a downturn that requires both parents to work outside the home to provide financially for their families. In 1961‚ labor force participation among women was below 30%‚ compared to more than 75% in 1996 (Gazso‚ 2004). Although women have garnered jobs‚ they experience inequality in the workplace. Such inequality
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known boundaries of the Solar System for the first time in modern history. Uranus was also the first planet discovered with a telescope. Uranus had been observed many times before it was discovered as a planet‚ but it was generally mistaken for a star. On March 13‚ 1781‚ Sir William Herschel observed the planet from his home in Somerset‚ England using a reflecting telescope that he designed and built himself (Uranus (2)‚ 2009). He initially reported it as a comet‚ but also compared it to a planet
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The narrator recounts the events in a story. Section B: Write about the significance of narrators in the work of three writers you have studied. A01/A02/A03 Robert Browning Narrators are particularly significant in Robert Browning’s poems‚ such as in ‘My Last Duchess’ where the Duke’s voice reveals his cold and egotistical nature - creating sympathy for his late wife. An illustration of this is when he chillingly concludes “I gave commands / Then all smiles stopped together”. Superior
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