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What was the motivation that led to the discovery? William Herschel was an accomplished musician in 18th century England. After achieving musical success his interests turned to the stars. He and his sister Caroline began cataloguing stars, keeping track of their positions, movements and taking many notes. Caroline is credited with keeping the notes organized and up to date. William began building telescopes to see more stars. (1) While surveying stars through his 7ft reflector telescope on…

The Ptolemaic view of astronomy placed the earth as the center of the universe of which other planets rotated around. This view was held by many for centuries. However, this Ptolemaic view was replaced by Copernican heliocentrism. This view held that the sun, and not the earth, was the center of the universe. The earth, as well as the other planets, rotated around the sun in circular paths, which was later proved to be elliptical paths. This theory change would be described as a scientific…

Many cultures incorporated the motif of natural disasters. They may have incorporated this motif because there is always some kind of controversy between gods. The cultures know that gods and others do not get along all the time. The Yoruban myth includes the angry god motif. Olokun, the master of the sea, did not consult for human creation. In return for another god creating humans, Olokun sent a massive flood down on the humans to get rid of them. This flood wiped all of the creations. The…

One of the most understood scientific proofs or in this case real universal truths in our modern world is that the earth is round. Through scientific discovery, imagery, and the development of true, irrefutable proof, agreed upon by many brilliant scientists, we have established that the Earth is in fact round or at least appears that way physically. For centuries the truth was that the Earth was flat. As recent as the last few days, B.O.B., a relatively famous musician (Not my Truth), has made…

Nature, It's everywhere. It comes in many shapes and forms and can tremendously affect humanity in both a positive way or a negative way. Some people like nature so much that they either buy a cabin in the woods,rent a beach house, or even go camping. Although there are also those who go overboard with this. On July of 1990 a 23 year old Chris McCandless (a person who liked nature) did the unthinkable. He decided to give away all the money in his bank account, pack up everything in his apartment…

In this chapter you have an introduction to Astronomy. Astronomy is the study of the universe investigating the position, movement, composition, properties, physical states, and evolution of celestial objects. Astrology is not a science that determines your future based on the alignment of the planets at the moment of birth. The difference between these two is that Astronomy is a science and can be scientifically proven. Astrology is not a science and can’t be scientifically proven. The way…

Most major changes occur throughout a long expanse of time, generally accompanied by a slow conditioning of the populace to allow these changes slowly, but assuredly. This holds true in the conditioning of cultural norms, societal standards, government and ultimately life as the individuals experience it. At times, a populace in dire need or abject suffering may, in their efforts to restore their lives to their former glory, relinquish their once-prized values and begin to cling on to ideals…

Significant discoveries can be provocative and challenging that enables individuals to embark on a confronting journey to rediscover meaning, or a new aspect for the first time. A sense of curiosity and necessity is needed for a discovery to be transformative. An individual must first develop the ideology of being open-minded thus, strengthening the individual to overcome challenges, perceiving society, self and others differently. Michael Gow’s play Away explores the necessity of physically…

Be Considerate In the article This is Water by David Foster Wallace he talks about our daily lives, as he says, “day in and day out”. He also explains how we as humans think selfishly without actually taking the time out to rethink situations we come in contact with everyday. Not that we do this on purpose, it’s that we are programmed this way. Learning how to think around the annoying, irritating, and foolish circumstances in life is one way to control what we think and how we feel. I did not…

Kirstine Downum World Mythology THESIS STATEMENT: The Native American culture has derived itself throughout time, from creation until the present time, to connect humans, animals and the earth together and shows everyone their individual responsibility in maintaining a harmonious existence. Rockwell, D. (1991). Bears are Half Human. In Giving voice to bear: North American Indian rituals, myths, and images of the bear (pp. 1-7). Niwot, Colorado: Roberts Rinehart. • In this book, the author…