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    my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child. – Marie Curie (1867-1934), the Polish-French physicist chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry. All that is beautiful, delightful and affable in this world, the silence of the night, the loveliness of the morning, the beauty of the day, the melody of the breeze, the fragrances of the flower, the precious lives on earth is…

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    In the following, I will argue that Einstein’s discovery of the theory of special relativity was ultimately positive in terms of its benefits. First, Einstein’s discovery changed our understanding of space and time. Second, Einstein’s discovery has a positive effect on people’s daily lives, for example, the global positioning system (GPS). Third, Einstein’s theory of special relativity is a scientific theory, which according to dictionary.com is “a coherent group of propositions formulated to…

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    his influence. Beyond literature, Lomonosov had a great impact on science through his discoveries. He was a polymath and worked on many different areas including chemistry, physics, astronomy, meteorology, mineralogy, and metallurgy (Vernadsky 38). Most of his earlier career was focused physics and chemistry. His work in physics focused for a period on electricity where he did many experiments with Georg Wilhelm Richmann, a German at the Academy of Sciences. Their work lead Lomonosov to come to…

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    him as honorable. Isaac Newton accomplished many things over his lifetime as a scientist. He is best known for his work on motion and gravity. He discovered and wrote Newton’s three laws of motion which are used around the world today as a base of physics. He also developed the law of gravitation that contains certain aspects still used to explain the gravitational…

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    As time will only tell…. As the world of science continues to evolve, areas of the unknown are exposed to human life. Albert Einstein was the mastermind behind producing formulae in regards to disproving some of Isaac Newton’s theories on how gravity affected large and distant objects, especially that in relation to mass and energy. Although receiving a Nobel Prize for his work in the photoelectric effect, arguably his greatest development was the area of relativity. The basis of the theory of…

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    Isaac Newton is known worldwide for many famous discoveries. He was an extremely intelligent man. Some of the most famous of his discoveries included discovering lots of information in optics, motion, mathematics, and a ton of laws and rules for physics that we use almost everyday today. Isaac Newton lived a very intelligent and successful life. He never had any children and never was married either. He spent most of his time in science. As he grew older, and was around 80, he began to start…

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    The Medici family, sometimes referred to as the House of Medici, rose to power by starting the Medici bank in Florence, 13th. Through that bank, they became one of the wealthiest families of the Renaissance era. The Medici family is well known for their support in architecture and arts. They would pay artists commissions in return for major works of art. The Medici family had a major influence on the arts of the Renaissance era as they used their wealth to help artists focus on their work…

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    Firstly, math is a language of the universe because the number appears everywhere. The number is the prime of mathematics, and it is not difficult to see the number all around the people. Based on “Math Is the Language of the Universe” of Marcus Du Sautoy, the author states that by starting with the simple number, such as 0 to 9, the people can build more complicating number by putting the primes together. In this case, the number are like the oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen elements that…

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    physics.Isaac Newton was one of the greatest scientist and mathematician that ever lived. Isaac Newton was raised by his grandmother. He attended Free Grammar School and then went on to Trinity College while he was there he became interested in math,physics, and astronomy. Newton…

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    “My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.” -Stephen Hawkings. This is exactly what Stephen Hawking is working to do by piecing together parts of the universe. Stephen Hawking was born on January 8, 1942, in Oxford, England. When Hawking was young, he showed a strong passion for science and the sky. When he was 21, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS. ALS is a very progressive disease…

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