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    Latinization Alhazen or Alhacen. Ibn al-Haytham began to receive science, during that period he spent in Basra, where he read many of the books of the Islamic faith and scientific books. That era was booming in various sciences of mathematics and astronomy, medicine, etc., there are embarked on the study of engineering and optics and read books of his predecessors from Greece scholars and scientist Andalusian Zahrawi and others in this area, he wrote several letters about science and contributed…

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    For example, the Maya established farming villages and were the first people to build roads through the jungle; roads which stretched hundreds of miles and were used by the Mayans as trade routes. Additionally, the Maya, using their knowledge of astronomy and building on the Olmec solar calendar, created the most accurate calendar in the ancient…

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    always been based on observation and does not require an academic background; therefore women were capable of pursuing it since they were not provided with advanced education. As a result, a growing number of women actively participated in chemistry, astronomy, biology, botany, medicine, and physics.…

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    of the learning would be used to enhance political training to prepare philosopher kings for ruling a city (Coumoundouros). Plato’s teachings were followed by Roman educator Quintilian, who in fact recommended a broad literacy education: music, astronomy, geometry, and philosophy. These new teachings were later seen in the Renaissance period (1300-1700) in Europe in which Roman Catholic education containing theology and liberal arts was developed. During and after this era, there were a few…

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    unsolicitedly emailed me a year later to advise me against sunbathing topless when I did my REU in Arizona. There was the senior scientist and advisor in the program I was a part of, who after giving me a tour of his lab and speaking to me about astronomy for a couple hours tried to kiss me as I left saying, "[He] thought we had a connection." Lastly, there was the graduate student I worked under, who aggressively harassed me about an ex-boyfriend, before confessing his own feelings for me,…

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    feats. I successfully tried out for Troy’s Science Olympiad team, where we compete in events that tests specific subsets within the general broad area of science. With this team, I participated in events relating to alternative energy, mechanics, astronomy, and geology. And as a team, we placed within the top two at every competition though we were…

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    Even the colors of dreams and paintings are real because they cannot be made up or original. Things such as Astronomy, Physics and Medicine are based off of composite objects and are of doubtful character, while things such as Arithmetic and Geometry are based on simple, general objects. He gives the example that you always know that 2+3=5 and there are 4 sides…

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    They also are the reason for algebra and trigonometry. Thank you the Islamic faith, for the many hours spent studying and learning about algebra. Anyways, they also designed new cannons, big and small, for warfare. Try also made medicine, studied astronomy, and engineering, such as crossbows and more long range…

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    Psa/111 Week 1 Analysis

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    and the why of creation. According to Tarbuck, Lutgens, and Tasa (2012) “Earth Science is the name for all the sciences that collectively seek to understand Earth and its neighbors in space. It includes geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy. In this book, Units 1-4 focus on the science of geology . . . The study of physical geology logically precedes the study of Earth history because we must fir understand how Earth works before we attempt to unravel…

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    The greatests impacts can come from thousands of miles away. NASA (abbreviation for National Aeronautics and Space Administration) crash landed in 1948, and was founded as a combatant against the growing communist USSR in the Cold War. Success immediately ensued after the formation of the program and they began to become a more influential in everyday life. NASA started off with space missions, and soon later developed into a multipurpose program. They quickly became a symbol for the…

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