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    history of the world. Before this‚ there had been no lasting contact between the New World (the Americas) and the Old World (Europe‚ Africa and Asia). Beginning with the Portuguese in the mid 1400’s‚ European explorers went on voyages of discovery‚ in search of gold and glory. The places and people that they came in contact with‚ as well as the exploring nations themselves‚ were forever changed. Introduction: The Age of Exploration (1400-1700)had a tremendous impact on the history

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    all know that penicillin is one of the top known class of antibiotics prescribed today. Although this drug has been getting numerous applauds since the mid 1900s on its effectiveness; it did not start at that way. The biggest challenge to this discovery was it mass production‚ which later came down the road. This drug was discovered in a very unusual way by Alexander Fleming in 1920. Fleming had returned from a summer vacation and began sorting petri dishes‚ which contained colonies. Which are

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    Rosalind Franklin Crick and Watson‚ together with Maurice Wilkins‚ won the 1962 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their 1953 determination of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) this was one of the most significant scientific discoveries of the 20th century. James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the molecular structure of DNA model of the structure resembled a twisted rope ladder. They proposed that the DNA molecule consisted of two spirally wound‚ helical chains. Rosalind

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    Henry Hudson

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    forced to turn back to England. The second voyage was in 1610-1611 He traveled to Canada. The other ship was the Discovery. I think he was a very good explorer‚ he loved to explore. Some of the things Henry Hudson would use during his voyages were bells‚ ropes‚ maps‚ compasses‚ and telescopes. He used these tools in both his voyages. The Half Moon and the Discovery were both small ships‚ about 80 tons‚ and carried less than twenty crew. The length of these ship were about 80 feet.

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    Discovery – Creative Writing Write an original narrative which deals with the idea that the best discoveries are unintended. You must include a birthday party. The lingering light was immersed by the rapidly falling night. The once salmon‚ purple sky transformed into a vast expanse of jet-black that engulfed the whole town. Yet at the corner of the street‚ the house remained unchanged. Supported only by stilts‚ its shabby character inconsistent to the grace and elegance of its neighbours. Its door

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    prove a discovery videos‚ sightings and footprints aren’t solid evidence because scientist can tamper with their videos‚ sightings and footprints to make believers believe what they want them to see which would result in not being true. With the technology in today’s society scientists don’t have a problem animating or editing videos to make believers believe about a Sasquatch and making it look real. When in realty Sasquatch doesn’t exist at all because there has been no real discovery of it.

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    of travel‚ people were going all around the globe. During the Elizabethan Age‚ many interesting events occurred behind the great leadership of Elizabeth I’s fleets. Throughout the whole period of her rule there were new discoveries and inventions of great importance. The discoveries England made included many other distant lands such as Newfoundland. Exploration was prevalent during this time period and there were many brave explorers who went around the world for different reasons. The only thing

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    TV was nothing more than sit-coms‚ cartoons‚ comedies‚ and soap operas‚ but today you actually have more educational options to view. There are a number of different History channels‚ the science channel‚ the national geographic channel‚ and the discovery channel. If you wish to learn something‚ most likely there will be a television show or program about that subject. News programming offers political debates and commentaries‚ as well as current and world events. PBS has some good children’s programming

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    the continent‚ a notable achievement which was still not possible in other parts of the world.” The American scientific explorers made noteworthy and accepted contributions to the culture of science‚ ranging from Joseph Leidy and Othniel Marsh’s discovery of the evolution of the horse to the employment of photography in the study exposed land forms‚ all of which took place between 1855 and

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    The Discovery of the Fibonacci Sequence A man named Leonardo Pisano‚ who was known by his nickname‚ "Fibonacci"‚ and named the series after himself‚ first discovered the Fibonacci sequence around 1200 A.D. The Fibonacci sequence is a sequence in which each term is the sum of the 2 numbers preceding it. The first 10 Fibonacci numbers are: (1‚ 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 5‚ 8‚ 13‚ 21‚ 34‚ 55‚ 89). These numbers are obviously recursive. Fibonacci was born around 1170 in Italy‚ and he died around 1240 in Italy

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