Laboratory Research Report 1: Procedures in the Physical Sciences Hebert Duran Strayer University SCI 110‚ Kung Craig P. 29 April 2013 Identify three (3) specific challenges to making direct measurements in the fields of astronomy‚ chemistry‚ physics‚ or earth science. Describe how scientists have utilized indirect forms of measure to overcome these challenges Since the ancient times people have always been attracted to the unknown. Humans have always been curious about everything they
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centuries. Historical background: While rarely acknowledged‚ women actively participated in scientific research in chemistry‚ astronomy‚ biology‚ botany‚ physics‚ and medicine. Although most European universities and academies of science excluded women entirely‚ in Italy a few women held professorships in science and mathematics. Women translated scieitific works on physics‚ astronomy‚ entomology‚ and anatomy; they also participated in scientific discussions held in salons. | Document 1
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change in the Earth Thesis: Nicolaus Copernicus‚ a Polish astronomer whose ideas were laughed at by people and churches at his time‚ wrote a book about the solar system that nearly got him killed. Copernicus is considered the founder of modern astronomy for proving the solar system to be heliocentric‚ or centered around the sun. Born on February 19‚ 1473‚ he still came up with the concept after another astronomer was also trying to prove this idea. Aristachus (a Greek astronomer) formulated his
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Arabia‚ Persia and Central Asia were also invited to take charge of education in madrasas. Do you know that the Muslim rulers attempted to reform the curriculum of primary schools. Some important subjects like Arithmetic‚ Mensuration‚ Geometry‚ Astronomy‚ Accountancy‚ Public Administration and Agriculture were included in the courses of studies for primary education. Though special efforts were made by the ruler to carry out reforms in education‚ yet sciences did not make much headway. Efforts
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Born in 1738‚ Fredrick William Herschel‚ as a young adult‚ he was interested in music and moved to England to excel at the oboe. During his lifetime‚ he composed 26 symphonies as well as several other shorter works. An introduction to astronomy and mathematics by his father turned out to be his new passion. A fascination with telescopes peaked his interest and‚ in 1774‚ he constructed his first large telescope. He would spend multiple hours a day polishing and grinding the mirrors used in the
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discoveries of his own along they way‚ including discovering the first quasar and producing the first reasonable estimate for the Hubble Constant (h0). Throughout his career‚ some of Sandage’s notable awards include the Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy (1957)‚ the Eddington Medal (1963)‚ the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1967)‚ the Rittenhouse Medal (1968)‚ the National Medal of Science (1970)‚ the Elliot Cresson Medal (1973)‚ the Bruce Medal (1975)‚ the Crafoord Prize (1991)‚ the
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Anders Celsius was born in Uppsala to Nils Celsius who was a professor in astronomy. His two grandfathers were also professors’‚ one taught mathematics and the other was and astronomer. In 1732 he began his grand tour and visited almost all of the notable European observatories of the day‚ where he worked with many of the leading 18th century astronomers. Celsius went on an expedition with the French astronomer Maupertuis. The expedition was to measure the length of a degree along a meridian
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believed. Born on Feb. 19‚ 1473 in Poland and having a bishop as an uncle he was given a solid education. He moved at the age of 22 to Italy to further his studies at the university of bologna. It was there where Copernicus became more interested in astronomy. Although his models weren’t completely correct it did formed a good strong foundation for future scientist to build and improve. Thanks to him we don’t believe in a Geocentric universe anymore. We know now that the earths rotation is accounted
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objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation (such as visible light). The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century‚ using glass lenses. They found use in terrestrial applications and astronomy. Within a few decades‚ the reflecting telescope was invented‚ which used mirrors. In the 20th century many new types of telescopes were invented‚ including radio telescopes in the 1930s and
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and the most precise images of local stars and planet formation and can also distinguish the birth of neighboring stars and some of the most distant‚ ancient galaxies. ALMA was initially a 50-50 partnership between the United States National Radio Astronomy Observatory and European Southern Observatory (ESO). The array has been extended with the help of the new Japanese‚ Taiwanese‚ and Chilean partners. ALMA is the largest and most expensive ground-based astronomical project costing about 1.5 billion
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