In the 1940s‚ Margaret entered the field of astronomy while working on discovering the chemical composition of stars. In 1947‚ Burbidge was rejected from a Carnegie Fellowship at Mt. Wilson Observatory because she was a woman‚ therefore banned from working there. However‚ she actually accomplished much of her work at Mt. Wilson‚ pretending to be her husband’s assistant and signing his name to use the equipment. For years Margaret worked as a chemist
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Neutrino What is neutrino ? A neutrino is an electrically neutral‚ weakly interacting elementary subatomic particle with a half-integer spin‚ chirality and a disputed but small non-zero mass. It is able to pass through ordinary matter almost unaffected. The neutrino (meaning "small neutral one") is denoted by the Greek letter ν (nu). Neutrinos are similar to the more familiar electron‚ with one crucial difference: neutrinos do not carry electric charge‚ which means that they are not affected by
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If I commit plagiarism unintentionally‚ it’s not my fault and I won’t face sanctions as I didn’t copy someone else’s work on purpose.Answer | Selected Answer: | False | Correct Answer: | False | | Only one of the following statements is accurate – which one is it?Answer | Selected Answer: | I used an article found on the internet for my assignment. I attributed the authors name and year of publication in my essay and added the full bibliographic details‚ including the date accessed
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understand a better view of the stars and galaxies. Kids liked that presentation because instructor was very friendly with them and he was showing stars with comparing shapes of dragon‚ dog and hunter. There was also a telescoping viewing in the observatory area. Some people came late and show was already started but instructor allowed them to enjoy that show with the disturbance of his link to dated topic on the stars. Kids were making little sound during the show but after instructor gave them
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Statement: The pyramids of ancient Egypt had three major uses- as tombs for burial‚ as temples for worshipping the gods‚ and as observatories for studying the stars. Main Points: The pyramids of ancient Egypt were used as tombs for burial. The pyramids of ancient Egypt were used as temples for worshipping the gods. The pyramids of ancient Egypt were used as observatories for studying the stars. G.P.: To inform S.P.: To inform the audience about how personality traits
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underneath the surface. There are 13 known rings around Uranus. From closest to farthest away from Uranus‚ the rings are 1986U2R(Zeta)‚ 6‚ 5‚ 4‚ Alpha‚ Beta‚ Eta‚ Gamma‚ Delta‚ Lambda‚ Epsilon‚ Nu and Mu. the observers in the Kuiper Airborne Observatory and the Pert Observatory discovered Uranus’s rings on accident in 1977. www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/uranus/ Sec 4 Uranus is a gas giant. Gravity on Uranus is only 91% the gravity on earth. A 100 lb person would weigh
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Bridge Street London SE1 9SG Coordinates 51.5045°N 0.0865°W Construction Started March 2009 Completed July 2012 Opening 1 February 2013 Owner State of Qatar (95%) Sellar Property Group (5%) HEIGHT Architectural 309.6 M (1‚016 ft.) Observatory 244.3M (802 ft.) Floor count 95 Floor area 110‚000 Sq. M Lifts/Elevators 44 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION Architect Renzo Piano Developer Sellar Property Group Structural Engineer WSP Global (structural engineers) Robert Bird Group (concrete
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the outline of the country is visible from its lights alone. The major cities are all there‚ in bright clusters: New York‚ Boston‚ Miami‚ Houston‚ Los Angeles‚ Seattle‚ Chicago—and‚ of course‚ Las Vegas. Mark Adams‚ superintendent of the McDonald Observatory in west Texas‚ says that the very fact that city lights are visible from on high is proof of their wastefulness. “When you’re up in an airplane‚ all that light you see on the ground from the city is wasted. It’s going up into the night sky. That’s
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mentions that Aryabhata was the head of an institution (kulapa) at Kusumapura‚ and‚ because the university of Nalanda was in Pataliputra at the time and had an astronomical observatory‚ it is speculated that Aryabhata might have been the head of the Nalanda university as well.[6] Aryabhata is also reputed to have set up an observatory at the Sun temple in Taregana‚ Bihar.[10] Other hypotheses Some archeological evidence suggests that Aryabhata could have originated from the present day Kodungallur
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The Earthquake-Resilient Building The Brilliant Idea: A replaceable‚ building-wide system to help hospitals‚ apartment buildings and office towers survive severe seismic shaking. By Logan Ward and the Editors of Popular Mechanics September 30‚ 2010 6:30 AM Elastic high-strength steel cables run down the center of the system’s frame. The cables control the rocking of the building and‚ when the earthquake is over‚ pull it back into proper alignment. A steel frame situated around a building’s
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