Was Columbus’s discovery epochal? Many of us have grown up believing from our earliest school years that Christopher Columbus was the voyager who found America. In between the centuries several European explorers navigated around the world searching for treasures and new lands. Of all the explorers‚ Columbus is the most celebrated and acknowledged - for supposedly founding America in 1492. Columbus was born in Italy in 1452‚ of humble origins; he grew up surrounded by
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How influential was gunpowder in ancient china ? Gunpowder is the first explosive the world had ever seen and also one of the four great inventions of ancient China. When this was in the hands of strategists‚ the gunpowder was turned into black powder used in war. The military uses of gunpowder began at the end of the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty‚ the government set up gunpowder workshops‚ where flammable or explosive weapons like a fire cannon‚ rocket and missiles etc. were produced in different
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Personal Discovery Essay Overview This essay is intended to guide the student from identifying a problem or situation‚ taking some action in regard to the situation‚ and writing about the experience while supporting/developing their evaluation/analysis with two primary sources. A General Overview: First‚ you will be given a professionally-generated article that addresses a particular topic. This semester‚ the topic will involve health risks. Second‚ you must decide upon an activity after reading
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CHE003 Chemistry Individual Assignment J.J. Thomson – Discovery of the electron Table of Contents Introduction 2 Biographical information 3 Background information 4 Experimental information 5 Impact 6 Conclusion 7 J.J. Thomson – Discovery of the electron Introduction The discovery of the electron is affirmative and justly credited to the English physicist Sir Joseph John Thomson (Weinberg‚ 2003). He had found and identified the electron in Cavendish Laboratory‚ Cambridge
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A discovery I have made in my life is that making mistakes only makes you a better person. Normally when someone makes a mistake‚ it is because that person is inexperienced in whatever they are attempting to do‚ and they are doing it improperly. When we make mistakes we are hopefully learning a very important piece of information‚ what not to do! Life is trial and error‚ we do things wrong and hope we do it better next time. There are many examples of myself making a mistake and in turn never
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Topic: Surfboards Purpose: To inform the class about the invention of surfboards and how they have progressed. Central idea: To give the audience information on how the surfboard was invented‚ history‚ how its improved‚ and a little information about the sport of surfing. Introduction: Surfing is something I’ve always been interested in. My dad surfs‚ my uncle surfs‚ I just grew up around surfing and the ocean. I’ve been surfing for three years. I wanted to tell you guys how the surfboard
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Significance of Discoveries in Genetics and DNA Robert Pride South University (Richmond) DNA- (deoxyribonucleic acid) the molecule that genes are made of. In 1953‚ James Watson and Francis Crick made the announcement that they had discovered the secret of life. They made this announcement in a pub in Cambridge. He was referring to the double helix of DNA. The discovery was the result of work put in by a large group of scientist but pieced together by both men who ultimately received most
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a beautiful piece of writing in the realistic fiction genre by a remarkable author‚ Brian Selznick. Hugo‚ an orphan‚ struggles trying to live his life unaccompanied in the walls of a train station. Hugo‚ after the fire that killed his father‚ adventured out to the rubble that was left of the building his father died in and ended up finding a writing machine that his father was engaged on. The protagonists problem was that he had to survive on his own‚ keep the clocks
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Learning objectives: Students will be able to identify the inventions made during the Industrial Revolution. Students will be able to analyze the impact of the new technology and inventions introduced during the Industrial Revolution. Students will be displaying research skills in order to further their understanding of the Industrial Revolution. The Task: Prior to the introduction of this assignment‚ the class would have studied the Industrial Revolution and its impact of the world. A Powerpoint
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creation of the telephone we were able to communicate with other human beings all across the world thus allowing us to communicate valuable information to family‚ and friends. This invention also created various job opportunities to many people in the form of telemarketing. You can quite clearly see how amazing the invention of the telephone is and it has gone through many innovations‚ the most important one being the cell phone. It has all the capabilities of a telephone‚ but includes internet‚ games
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