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    Women have always played significant roles in science for all of history and contributed to advancing the world to how we know it today. Women have various roles in science and have participated in making groundbreaking discoveries. However, throughout history many women have been seen as only assistants to their male colleagues and have not been given full credit for their achievements. This situation is one that is seen in the film “Contact”, where the main character, Dr. Ellie Arroway, is an…

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    The Zeeman Effect Essay

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    The zeeman effect lead to the discovery of magnetic fields coming from sunspots , these are areas of the sun which are darker than other areas of the sun and a bit cooler[9]. The Zeeman effect is now used today to make something called magnetograms which are used to find the different strengths of magnetic flux density in the…

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    Liam Naughton ESS 102 Research Paper Synopsis Jebadiah Kerbal is the first person given a mission to go to and return from Mars. However, due to complications and mishaps he will find himself stranded on a foreign planet with no hopes of coming home. His trip to Mars starts off relatively smooth but, during the landing sequence one of the fuel tanks bursts open. Now, with his spacecraft’s main engine dead, and no hope of returning to home Jeb decides to do what every great scientist would in…

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    . Galileo is one of the greatest scientists the world has ever seen. He made major contributions to the fields of physics, astronomy, cosmology, mathematics, and philosophy. He overcame many struggles and changed the way people look at the heavens. Galileo was one of the first to use the scientific method and many historians credit him for being the “founder of modern experimental science”. Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy. He was the eldest of seven children born to…

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    Oedipus Movie Analysis

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    knowledge of the past, present and future. They reveal a prophesy (after a lot of flattery) to Hades regarding his evil plan and how Hercules must be defeated if it is to succeed, which is when Hades sends his minions to take care of the "little sunspot(Hercules, 1997)". This is a very interesting depiction because Disney has combined two different myths into one character. The Three Fates, or Moerae, did in fact cut the threads of life but Disney combined them with the sisters of the Gorgons,…

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    Fundamentals of Orbital Mechanics This chapter applies the principles of physics for describing motion of artificial satellites and planets which are moving under the influence of gravitation force. It also presents an accurate gravity model for flight dynamic applications (for use in subsequent chapters). 2.1 Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion In 1609 Kepler has presented his three laws for describing motion of planets around the Sun. These laws are empirical because Kepler has found them…

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    During the late Middle Ages, a great spirit of questioning traditional beliefs of the world began. This movement, essentially a rebellion against old views and ways, became known as the scientific revolution. Many great thinkers, scientists, and philosophers emerged during this period, sharing their ideas with the world. Many of these people’s theories, philosophies, and inventions still have a lasting effect on our world today, making it clear that the scientific revolution was a monumentally…

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    His improvements of the spyglass lead him to build the telescope, which let him observe “the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, the phases of Venus, sunspots and lunar surface” (History.com Staff). His discovery of the phases of Venus supported that planets orbit around the sun and his observation of the moons of Jupiter supported the heliocentric model of the solar system. The pope read to the people…

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    Patchouli Soap Essay

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    HELPFUL TIPS: Vi-Tae “Get Lathered Up –Patchouli Soap“ Sensitive skin needs to be handled with utmost care. If you have sensitive skin, sunspots, rashes, itching and pimples are very common. Vi-Tae’s Patchouli Soap is a one of a kind soap that not only helps to soothe sensitive skin; it also helps to get rid of body odor. Packed with antiseptic, antibacterial, astringent, antiphlogistic and antifungal properties, Patchouli helps to heal injured skin just as easily. Since Patchouli is also a…

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    The Aurora Borealis

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    'storms ' and an unsettled magnetosphere (Odenwald). Scientists discovered that the Auroras are made from the flow of the charged particles that were entering the atmosphere. They as well came to the discover that the auroras came and went with the sunspot cycle. By the 20th century, scientists made Aurora’s in their private labs in order to get an understanding of how the auroras work and how they come about. Once television and the fluorescent lamps were created, they found it easier to…

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