MEN BEHIND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION & DISCOVERIES I- Introduction “He had in fact most of the qualities that make a great scientist: an innate curiosity and perceptiveness regarding natural phenomena‚ insight into the heart of a problem‚ technical ingenuity‚ persistence in seeing a job through and that physical and mental toughness that is essential to the top-class investigator.” - Leonard Colebrook (1883 - 1967) Scientists are known by their discoveries‚ inventories‚ theories discovered
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October 2011 What Should We Be Doing? Natural disasters occur on Earth every day. They range from earthquake that can’t be felt to Tsunamis that kill and destroy millions of dollars of property. No matter big or small they happen and the best geologist can predict them to a certain degree yet no natural occurring disaster can be entirely predicted or stopped. People seem to look to blame something or someone for these things but we are only able to do so much to lessen the consequences of these
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theory of uniformitarianism and the work of many geologists such as Charles Lyell and James Hutton. To begin‚ one needs to understand that no serious scientific discussion of any topic should include supernatural explanations‚ since the basic assumption of science is that the world can be explained entirely in physical terms. Uniformitarianism was formulated by Scottish naturalists in the late 18th century‚ beginning with the work of the geologist James Hutton‚ which was refined by John Playfair
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and how geologists are critical for resolving the most complex matters of the planet. My interest in the subject developed further when it came to choosing my A-levels‚ where I was
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Earthquakes and Seismic Waves Earthquake-is violent shaking of Earth’s crust Focus-exact point within the crust where the fist movement occurs Epicenter-point on Earth’s crust directly above the focus Types of Seismic Waves P Wave Primary-1st Fastest Accordion-in and out S Wave Secondary Snake-like Can’t travel through liquid Surface Wave-roll through the top of the crust creating the most damage Measuring Earthquakes Mercalli scale -measures damage The Richter
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Exchange. After reading the prospectus‚ Ah Beng was convinced that he was going to make a lot of money investing in the company which had stated that it had discovered a huge gold deposit in Western Australia. The prospectus contained a report by a geologist which stated that the gold was near the surface and therefore‚ easily mined. The prospectus also contained estimations of the amount of profits which it could make based on the current high price of gold.(False and/or Misleading Statements) Criminal
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Supervolcano 1. "Docudramas" like Supervolcano are valuable in the sense that they provide certain elements to the viewer that cannot be found in dramas or documentaries. For the drama enthusiast‚ it sparks an interest by presenting characters and a climactic plot to speed the informational aspect of the movie along. For the documentary enthusiast‚ it includes a plot "based" on factual information‚ and provides something to be learned. Supervolcano was a true "docudrama‚" and appealed to a
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20 to 400 million years old. Lord Kelvin’s theory startled and distressed geologists whose own research suggested earth’s age to be vastly older. Geologists believed that successive strata of rock and soil in a given area represented the order in which they had formed‚ and that if two layers from different sites contained the fossil materials that they could be considered to be of the equivalent geological age. Geologists then began to chronicle the strata‚ using these finds to make crude guesses
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In the opening scene a young woman is driving on a winding hillside road‚ when she gets taken out by a rockslide. This is portrayed accurately‚ yet the size and force would have done much more damage to the vehicle. As the film progresses‚ the geologist states that the earthquakes were triggered by other earthquakes in Nevada‚ this is accurate
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Joint Board of Practice of the The Alberta Association of Architects and The Association of Professional Engineers‚ Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta Feb 2005 1 of 16 ALTERNATE FORMS OF PROJECT DELIVERY 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND .1 In the building industry today‚ conventional methods of project delivery are being challenged by Clients‚ Consultants and Contractors alike‚ in an attempt to save time‚ reduce costs‚ avoid litigation‚ minimize conflict or to improve the overall building
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