Essay 1 The Discovery of Antarctica According to Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ discovery means: “the act of finding or learning something for the first time‚ the act of discovering something.”1 With this definition in hand‚ the discovery of Antarctica is something that may not officially be determined. As it sits now‚ 1820 is the official discovery year with three reported sightings of the continent within months of each other. The speculation over the true discovery date and discoverer of Antarctica
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“There are some scholars who would argue that “the Age of Discovery” should be called “the Age of Destruction.”. I agree and disagree with the statement because it was in fact the “Age of Discovery” because transculturation along with the spread of Christianity began and there was an increase of agriculture and economy. Nevertheless‚ it too‚ is appropriate to be called the “Age of Destruction” because the birth of diseases affected the entire population‚ enslavement with the African Americans caused
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The Invention of Paper Try to imagine a life without paper. Even in this era of emails and digital books‚ paper is all around us. Shopping bags‚ paper money‚ store receipts‚ cereal boxes‚ toilet paper‚ etc.‚ prove we use paper in many ways every day. Islamic people helped spread paper to the west‚ where paper started to be produced more and more and finally‚ printed as we know it today. But‚ Before Muslims spread paper into the west; recently‚ archeologist’s extravagated letters written in Sogdian
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THE GREATEST INVENTION SOARS What invention soars like a bird but is much bigger? An airplane! I bet most of you got that. But this here isn’t a regular invention. It’s the greatest invention. It’s just so amazing. I mean we get a chance to fly. And I bet there’s tons of other ways the airplane is awesome. I’ll share some things about the airplane. First‚ you must know who invented such a fabulous invention. The genius or should I say geniuses who made the airplane were the wright brothers
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creation of many of these inventions (Sayre‚ 2012‚ pg 215). These inventions and ideas gradually reached the rest of the world through trade and exploration. Though Chinese engaged in trade with other nations‚ they were largely isolated from the West due to their ethnocentric ideology of
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Discovery of dns Discovery of DNA By: Leslie A. Pray‚ Ph.D. © 2008 Nature Education Citation: Pray‚ L. (2008) Discovery of DNA structure and function: Watson and Crick. Nature Education 1(1) In the attached article‚ Leslie Pray discusses how the discovery of DNA came about and what it took to develop and finally formulate the different forms of what we now call DNA. DNA wasn’t just discovered by 1 or 2 scientists but rather a group of scientist over many different years. She starts off by
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Inventions of the Renaissance Clocks The first mechanical clock was invented in the early 1300’s. With this invention time began to be measured in hours (24 hours equaling a day). Galileo‚ an Italian scientist‚ discovered the pendulum in 1581. The pendulum greatly improved the constant movement of the hands or bell of a clock. The average error with the pendulum varied only by seconds each day. Before this the error was from 10 to 15 minutes a day. During the 1600’s the metallic gear‚ or toothed
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Was the discovery of penicillin an accident? Who really discovered penicillin? Many believe that penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming‚ although he sparked the research for penicillin‚ he wasn’t the first. Penicillin had and still does have an effect on the medical world. Penicillin has a very rich history behind it‚ and it is still used world round. One significant story that led to the discovery of penicillin was the one of Alexander Fleming. Although Alexander Fleming is credited for
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Discovery Creative He sat lazily on the cold ceramic tiles of his bedroom‚ resting his back against the rigid wooden framework of his single bed. With legs outstretched‚ chest gently dipping up and down and his forehead submissively being supported by his fingertips‚ Jonas Schmidt reminisced upon the caring and affectionate figure of his father. He reflected upon their journey; a collage of memories flashed through his mind- from the struggle in fleeing Germany and the rise of Nazi power‚ to the
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to magnify an object up to one thousand time it original size (14). He was recognized for discovering that the moon was not smooth as people believed it was‚ but had mountains and deep valleys with a rocky surface (McMullin 215). The next big discovery was the four moons of Jupiter
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