Planetary science

Modern day people have a strange affinity for using aspects of ancient cultures as a basis for their cults, prophecies and as spiritual guides to the future. Perhaps the most memorable occurrence of this affinity was the infamous prophecy concerning the Mayan Apocalypse of 2012, an idea created from belief that the world would end or change in some fashion once that year ended. Of all the actions generated by the aforementioned mentality, this prophecy was perhaps the most ridiculous considering…

More than four hundred years ago, Johannes Kepler declared to the world that Mars travels on an elliptical orbit in his magnum opus the Astronomia Nova. This new elliptical orbital model of Mars not only perfected the heliocentric model of Copernicus in terms of providing it with a sounder mathematical foundation, and rendering it more able to predict the motion of Mars better than any traditional geocentric model like that of described by Ptolemy in the Almagest, but also challenged the ancient…

Sarang Patel Mrs. Kopko Day of the Dead: Issac Newton Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, cosmologist, scholar and physicist (depicted in his own day as a "characteristic savant") who is generally perceived as a standout amongst the most powerful researchers ever and a key figure in the logical upheaval. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ("Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"), first distributed in 1687, established the frameworks of traditional mechanics…

to be so. It is something earned rightfully based on achievements and actions. There are many scientists who exemplify honor through their work. One of these is Isaac Newton. His accomplishments, recognition from the community, and impact on the science world define 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…

Critical analyze of the role of third Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuk in the process of Democratization Bhutan is a small landlocked country which has been remain isolated for decades and left backward, unrecognized and never known to the outside world. However, after Wangchuk dynastic and hereditary monarchy came into existence with Jigme Dorji Wangchuk as third hereditary monarch of Bhutan who was being born to Azhi Phuntsho Choden and second king Jigme Wangchuk at Thruepang Palace (Trongsa)…

people and environments. These events caused many great European minds to question many things that were just accepted facts put forth by the church. Scientists of the time adopted a rigorous new goal set by Francis Bacon, an English philosopher of science: “that human life be endowed with new discoveries and powers.” (Doc. 4). They were influenced by a habitat…

standard curriculum but was fascinated with the more advanced science. (Isaac Newton biography). Later the university close so Newton returned to private study. The university closed because of the great plague and it came to Cambridge. It was during this 18-month hiatus that he conceived the method of infinitesimal calculus, set foundations for his theory of light and color, and gained significant insight into the laws of planetary motion—insights that eventually led to the publication of his…

particular event to take place. A scientific explanation is a theory that reveals the reason why phenomena occur in the natural world. Although historical and scientific explanations are acquired through different means, knowledge in History and Natural Science is discovered and scientists and historians use inductive reasoning, which is using multiple pieces of evidence to reach a certain conclusion. Also, historical and scientific explanations help human beings to better understand themselves…

always held a fascination with extraterrestrial life. Science fiction tales were written in the second and tenth centuries (Joy and “Satire or the First Science”). Crop circles were claimed to be found in medieval times (Radford). Searches for canals built by martians were carried out more than two hundred years ago (Simon). The fascination with alien life integrated itself into human culture and as it changes, the beliefs change as well. Science fiction allows people to expand their…

of an alien who was abandoned in California and had to experience the curiosity, love, compassion, friendship as well as the aggressive, threatening, and horrible aspects of humankind. This 1982 Universal Pictures film is a science fiction movie, but does it have to be science fiction? Could there be a day that we, the human species, find and communicate with an extraterrestrial being? Well, that day may come sooner than later as astronomers, artist, linguistics, anthropologist, mathematicians…