The Greatest Chinese Inventions Gene R. Kelsey Strayer University The ancient Chinese culture produced major inventions that some of which still are relevant and useful to our modern culture all over world even today. When an Italian merchant named Marco Polo traveled to China in during the Song Dynasty in 1271 he discovered a place so technologically advanced far greater than any Western European nation of its time. The following is a listing of 9 important inventions instrumental to our
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THE BAD EFFECTS TO HEALTH OF EXCESSIVE COMPUTER USE A Research Paper Submitted In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement In English 102A – Writing in Discipline By: Go‚ Alyssa Y. Vergara‚ Bellie Anne S. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE OCTOBER 8‚ 2010 CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Today‚ computers play a very large part in our daily lives. We use computer for a lot of things like business‚ education‚ communication and entertainment. We can find computers almost
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The Invention Of The Airplane Energy Management Essay _ Airplane The invention of the airplane had a great impact on society and the world. It change the way people travel. Transportation became easier and faster. Before the airplane was invented people had to use steamboats‚ hot air balloons‚ trains‚ and road vehcile in order to travel either across the country or around the world. What is an airplane exactly? An airplane is an aircraft but the only difference is
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The Best and Worst inventions Creative humankind invent abundance of objects that was thought to be of benefits of people. Some inventions are beneficial‚ some of them are also destructive. In my point of view‚ the greatest invention is the airplane. Airplanes make it possible for people to “fly” across the ocean and discover the other land on the earth. At the same time‚ we can have friends of different nationality. This transport reduces the time of travelling which makes our vacations more interesting
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GRAVITATION Kepler’s Laws Towards the end of the sixteenth century‚ Tycho Brahe collected a huge amount of data giving precise measurements of the position of planets. Johannes Kepler‚ after a detailed analysis of the measurements announced three laws in 1619. 1. The orbit of each planet is an ellipse which has the Sun at one of its foci. 2. Each planet moves in such a way that the (imaginary) line joining it to the Sun sweeps out equal areas in equal times. 3. The squares of the periods
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The type of physics that I will be presenting is a branch of Fluid Mechanics. Fluid mechanics studies the physics of gases and liquids. Hydraulics is defined as: "a branch of science that deals with practical applications of liquid in motion." Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary‚ via www.dictionary.com The science started over thousands of years ago with Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) and Archimedes (287-212 B.C.). Many European scientists also contributed to hydraulics‚ including
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The Ancient Egyptians were an advanced civilization with many inventions. Each invention ignited an idea to create one after another. Three inventions that were erected was the pyramids‚ the hieroglyphics‚ and the process of mummification. One of the advanced inventions in Ancient Egypt were the pyramids. Stone and limestone were used to construct the the pyramids. The blocks had to be cut perfectly‚ and each block was two and a half tons. In total‚ a pyramid was built to house the pharaohs‚ as well
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10.1 & 10.2 Outline AP Edition College Physics p. 290-297 I. 10.1 The Basic Energy Model 1. The Basic Energy Model (Intro) a. The fundamental forms of energy are kinetic‚ potential‚ and thermal energy. b. Most of the time will be spent understanding the transforming of energy. c. Energy can be transformed by applying a mechanical force. d. The law of conservation of energy‚ energy is neither created nor destroyed‚ is consider by scientists to be the most important law of
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ATOMIC PHYSICS The nuclear atom All matter is made up of atoms which consist of a central nucleus‚ surrounded by electrons. Inside the nucleus are protons and neutrons. Particle Relative mass Charge Location Proton 1840 + Nucleus Neutron 1840 0 Nucleus Electron 1 - Outside nucleus Proton or atomic number (Z) This is the total number of protons in the nucleus of an atom. Nucleon or mass number (A) This is the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom. Note: a nucleon
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Ancient Chinese Inventions It is well known that China has an ancient and glorious history‚ from the feudal periods ending in 222 BC through the three Imperial and Intermediate Eras‚ up to the Modern era – over 4000 years of dynastic reigns. It may also be well known that China is the source of many wonderful and useful inventions from spaghetti to gunpowder. This list‚ however‚ will take a slightly different slant of the topic: Chinese inventions and developments that were not known to or adopted
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