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    Aryabhatta

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    5/15/13 Aryabhata - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Aryabhata From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Aryabhata (Sanskrit: आयभट listen; IAST: Āryabhaṭa) or Aryabhata I[1][2] (476–550 CE)[3][4] was the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His works include the Āryabhaṭīya (499 CE‚ when he was 23 years old)[5] and the Arya-siddhanta. The works of Aryabhata dealt with mainly mathematics and astronomy. He also

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    CONSTELLATIONS AND STARS There are about 48 old constellations. Today astronomers recognize 88 (44 in each hemisphere) dividing all of the entire sky. THE GREAT BEAR AND THE SEVEN STARS Probably the most famous group of stars is the Big Dipper. It is a part of the constellation called Ursa Major. It resembles a bear in many civilizations. The handle of the Dipper is the tail of the bear curving away from the bowl. THE LITTLE BEAR AND POLARIS: Five major constellations are always visible above the

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    kotturi

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    The Earth as a Planet It is important to look at the Earth in its context as only one of the nine planets which make up the solar system. This is an introduction to the Solar System‚ its formation‚ and composition‚ with special emphasis on the "terrestrial" or "inner" planets. I take a kind of historical approach‚ noting the patterns and regularities observed‚ for example‚ by Tycho Brahe‚ described by Johannes Kepler‚ and explained by Sir Isaac Newton. Laplace and even the philosopher Immanuel

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    Babilonian Civilization

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    Contribution of Babylonians in Science and Technology Babylonia was an ancient cultural region in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq)‚ withBabylon as its capital. Babylonia emerged when Hammurabi (fl. ca. 1696 – 1654 BC‚ short chronology) created an empire out of the territories of the former Akkadian Empire. Babylonia adopted the written Semitic Akkadian language for official use‚ and retained the Sumerian languagefor religious use‚ which by that time was no longer a spoken language

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    Astronomy Question Bank

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    Review for Astronomy 2 Midterm and Final Midterm covers first 70 questions‚ Final covers all 105. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. Chapter 1 is covered by Q1-3; Ch. 2 Q4-18; Ch. 3 Q19-27; Ch. 4 Q28-34; Ch. 5 Q35-45; Ch. 6 Q46-51; Ch. 7 Q52-63; Ch. 8 Q64-70; Ch. 9 Q71-77; Ch. 10 Q78-82; Ch. 11 Q83-91; Ch. 12 Q92-96; Ch. 13 Q97-100; Ch. 14 Q101-105 1) Which of the following has your "address" in the correct order? A) you‚ Earth

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    Introduction: “You can learn more from solving one problem in many different ways than you can from solving many different problems‚ each in only one way.” Islamic civilization in the middle ages‚ like all of Europe‚ had a dichotomy between theoretical and practical mathematics. Practical mathematics was the common subject‚ “whereas theoretical and argumentative mathematics were reserved for specialists” (Abedljaouad‚ 2006‚ p. 629). Between the eighth and the fifteenth centuries‚ Islamic civilization

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    The Japanese New Year

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    JAPANESE NEW YEAR NEW YEAR IN JAPAN Oseibo In Japan people give some gift in a lot of occasion. Oseibo is the most common issue as a year-end gift. They give it to their superiors‚ customers and teachers to express appreciation for the special services they have extended to them. Picture Asakusa Temple (c) Tomoyuki.U. Bonenkai Bonenkai is a party usually held among office colleagues and bosses. Bonenkai litarelly means a "Forget-the-year party" to forget the unpleasant memories of the passing year

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    Physical Geography

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    The Earth as a Rotating Planet. What is Geography- writing about the earth. 1. Much more than place names and locations. 2. The study of spatial variation. 3. How and Why things differ from place to place. On the surface of the earth. 4. How observable spatial patterns evolved through time. 5. Focus on the interaction of people and social groups with their environment 6. Geography is about space and the content of space. Geographers try to answer three questions

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    The Cosmic Perspective‚ 7e (Bennett et al.) Supplement 1: Celestial Timekeeping and Navigation S1.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) The amount of time between successive passes of any given star across the meridian is A) 23 hours 56 minutes. B) 24 hours. C) 365.25 days. D) 12 years. E) 26‚000 years. Answer: A 2) Which of the following statements about sidereal and solar days is not true? A) A solar day is 4 minutes longer than a sidereal day. B) A solar day represents more than 360° of

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    Ancient Indian Astronomy and the Aryan Invasion Theory T.R.S. Prasanna Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science Indian Institute of Technology‚ Bombay Mumbai - 400076 June 16‚ 2011 Revised November 4‚ 2011 Astronomical references in ancient Vedic (Brahmana and Samhita) texts do not support the Aryan Invasion Theory as proposed by western Sanskrit scholars more than 150 years ago. We have examined this issue and present a comprehensive analysis relating to the key

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