1. Silver question from the week 12 reading. Describe the role of silver in global commerce between 1450 and 1750. According to Strayer’s text‚ silver in the global commerce between the years 1450-1750 “went around the world and made the world go round”. My interpretation of this would be that the world and global commerce during this time depended on silver to thrive. Silver became the top reason for trade during this frame of time. The first link to be developed between America and Asia was brought
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STUDYING THE UNIVERSE * Before 1610‚ people viewed celestial bodies with their naked eyes. * In 1610 Galileo Galilei first used a telescope to observe celestial bodies. * In the following centuries‚ astronomers developed more powerful telescopes. * However‚ details gathered by means of scientific instruments were not enough to satisfy scientists. TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS * Scientists have developed advance equipment in order to explore Earth and other celestial bodies closely
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Argumentative Essay 1 “Every individual in a society has a responsibility to obey just laws and to disobey and resist unjust laws.” While some aspects of certain laws may not be convenient for certain people or certain groups‚ my opinion is that if a person truly sees that a law is morally unjust‚ then disobeying it would be the just thing to do. Laws and regulations are the super-glue that holds society from being complete anarchy‚ but sometimes bringing the flaw of a law to the light can be a
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of his condition. Now I have to ask myself‚ what motivates Professor Hawking to accomplish such greatness? To provide a brief background of Stephen Hawking‚ he was born January 8‚ 1942 in Oxford England‚ exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo Galilei according to his personal web site (Hawking). Some of the key elements that I believe helped form and shape Professor Hawking ’s personality start with his childhood. He was considered a talent in mathematics and physics even at an early age
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Part IV: Essay (20 pts) To some extent I would consider today’s day and age a period of renaissance‚ reformation‚ and scientific revolution. Each of these three topics can be compared in some way. However‚ they all also differ in some way. There are specific examples of each of these things during the renaissance period and today. The word renaissance means rebirth. In the 1300s to the 1500s‚ the renaissance was known as a time of creativity and change in many areas. For example‚ involving
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Mathematics and religion are two very different concepts. Scientist and Theologians have had conflicts involving the two that are usually based off of an argument that encompasses logic versus faith. However‚ using reason‚ we can come to the conclusion that it is possible for both mathematics and reason to have many different similarities. Mathematics relies on reason and logic. Although Mathematics is based off of axioms that are rarely questioned‚ we still need to justify our methods and answers
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Part 1 Why does confusion exist about the definition of a scientific theory? When we talk about science‚ many people hear the term “theory”. The definition of a scientific theory can become confusing since many people interpret the meaning differently. When a person uses the term “theory” in a sentence it is usually used in a non-scientific way. They assume that a theory is something assumed‚ but not proven. When the term “theory” is used in science‚ it means an explanation based on observation
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Safety devices used in cars i) Obtain a photograph of a car that illustrates three safety technologies and label the technologies on the photograph ii) Investigate three different technologies that have been implemented in cars or along roads to avoid or reduce the effect of collisions. In your investigation explain how the technology works in terms of physics laws and theories. 1. Crumple zone The purpose of a crumple zone is to increase the amount of time it takes for a car to
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modern thermometer‚ a mercury thermometer with a standardized scale‚ was invented in 1714 by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit‚ a German physicist who also invented the alcohol thermometer in 1709 and the mercury thermometer in 1714. Before Fahrenheit‚ Galileo Galilei and Santorio Santorio both created their own type of thermometers but both of their instruments could not measure the exact temperature. It only indicated temperature differences which classified their instruments a thermoscope. In 1612‚ Santario
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I. The fragmentation of western Christendom A. The Protestant Reformation 1. Martin Luther (1483-1546) attacked the sale of indulgences‚ 1517 a. Attacked corruption in the Roman Catholic Church; called for reform b. Argument reproduced with printing presses and widely read c. Enthusiastic popular response from lay Christians‚ princes‚ and many cities d. By mid-sixteenth century‚ half the German people adopted Lutheran Christianity 2. Reform spread outside Germany a. Protestant movements
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