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    prehistoric and well preserved mummy in the world‚ not since Tutankhamen had anything stunned the world this much. After the discovery of Otzi‚ many questions started arising‚ the main focus question was- Why else was the Iceman such a significant discovery? Many issues also came up; some issues to be discussed include the ethical issues‚ scientific issues‚ and heritage issues. The discovery was overwhelming to the scientific world and the people in the world‚ there were many theories and speculations to what

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    Scientific Discovery of Plasma. Plasma‚ the "Fourth State of Matter‚" was first identified in a Crookes tube‚ an experimental electrical discharge tube in which air is ionized by the application of a high voltage through a voltage coil‚ and it was described by Sir William Crookes‚ an English physicist‚ in 1879. It was first called "radiant matter”. However‚ Dr. Irving Langmuir‚ an American chemist and physicist‚ applied the word "Plasma" to ionized gas‚ in 1929. Plasma just happens to be the most

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    The History of the Discovery of Radiation and Radioactivity Introduction: Radiation can be defined as the propagation of energy through matter or space. It can be in the form of electromagnetic waves or energetic particles. Ionizing radiation has the ability to knock an electron from an atom‚ i.e. to ionize. Examples of ionizing radiation include: • alpha particles • beta particles • neutrons • gamma rays • x-rays Non-ionizing radiation does not have enough energy to ionize atoms in the material

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    The Discovery of the Structure of DNA Determining the structure for DNA was one of the outstanding science achievements of the 20th century. It started in the late 1940’s‚ when scientists were aware that DNA was most likely the molecule of life‚ even though many were sceptical since it was so "simple." They also knew that DNA included different amounts of the four bases: adenine‚ thymine‚ guanine and cytosine (usually abbreviated A‚ T‚ G and C)‚ but nobody knew what the molecule might look like

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    Accidental Discoveries in Medicine Over the years‚ there have been many new advances in technology‚ food‚ and medicine. While things like the computer‚ the internet‚ and television were found to an extent on purpose; there have been a number of accidental discoveries in these areas as well. When thinking of accidental discoveries in the modern world‚ one may struggle to come up with anything. This could be that people are not educated with the origin of every-day items that are taken for granted

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    Discovery Equals Recovery Discovery can be defined as “the act or instance of discovering something new” (Discovery). While recovery can be defined as “the regaining of or possibility of regaining something lost or taken away” (Recovery). Many people believe that to discover something is to find something completely new. This is not always the case. The discovery might only be new to the person doing the discovering. The idea that discovery equals recovery can easily be seen in the Renaissance

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    NEHRU’S ‘THE DISCOVERY OF INDIA’   A Brief Study   JAGDISH V. DAVE M. N. College‚ Visnagar (NG)‚ Gujarat   The Discovery of India was written by India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during his imprisonment in 1942-1946 at Ahmednagar in the Ahmednagar Fort. Nehru was jailed for his participation in the Quit India movement along with other Indian leaders‚ and he used this time to write down his thoughts and knowledge about India’s history. The book is widely regarded as a classic

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    THE GREAT GATSBY THE STRUCTURE OF THE DREAM by M M Green‚ Rand Afrikaans University The final belief is to believe in a fiction‚ which you know to be a fiction‚ there being nothing else. The exquisite truth is to know that it is a fiction and believe in it willingly. - Wallace Stevens The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas -in the mind at the same time and still retain the abi1ity to function. – F Scott Fitzgerald‚ The Crack Up Miles Donald

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    The Great Gatsby It takes two to make an accident it’s not only one at fought. The entitlement and power that accompanies money throughout the novel gives off how old money they behave in a snob way and think less of those that are new money. Old money believes that there will not be any consequences for their action no matter what they do. Old money and new money stand on different grounds because old money they don’t like to show off their money‚ as for new money they like to

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    There were many political and technological changes that prompted the world explorations and discovery of the new world. The Portuguese were the main contributors to the technological changes that lead to the discovery of the new world. However‚ the change of the political structure of Spain ultimately lead to the discovery. There were many technological changes that the Portuguese contributed. First of all they observed the way the Arab vessels were designed and then improved on them to make

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