observation‚ explanation‚ and prediction of real world phenomena by experiment. Given the dual status of science as objective knowledge and as a human construct‚ good historiography of science draws on the historical methods of both intellectual history and social history. Tracing the exact origins of modern science is possible through the many important texts which have survived from the classical world. However‚ the word scientist is relatively recent—first coined by William Whewell in the 19th century
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The History of Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was known as a president‚ general‚ and a politician. However people have not heard of some of the things he had to go through with his past life. His family was from Ireland and then moved to America on a farm in south Carolina where Andrew was born. Andrew got his name from his father when he died [go.galegroup.com.] As he started to grow up the revolutionary war broke out. So Andrew his two brothers Hugh and Robert joined the battle. Sadly they both
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Nicolaus Copernicus Prior to Copernicus’ heliocentric model‚ the Ptolemaic system was‚ with the assistance of the Roman Catholic Church‚ the prevailing astronomical model of the universe in Europe leading up to the 16th Century. A geocentric model‚ it stated that Earth was the stationary centre of the universe‚ and used a system of epicycles and deferents (when a planet revolved in a small circle‚ and this small circle revolved in a bigger circle) were used to describe anomalies such as the retrograde
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and Indian works were translated and expanded by medieval Islamic mathematicians. By the 10th century‚ Islamic mathematicians were using all six trigonometric functions‚ had tabulated their values‚ and were applying them to problems in spherical geometry.[citation needed] At about the same time‚ Chinese mathematicians developed trigonometry independently‚ although it was not a major field of study for them. Knowledge of trigonometric functions and methods reached Europe via Latin translations of
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lyre throughout his lifetime‚ knew poetry and recited Homer. He was interested in mathematics‚ philosophy‚ astronomy and music‚ and was greatly influenced by Pherekydes (philosophy)‚ Thales (mathematics and astronomy) and Anaximander (philosophy‚ geometry). In about 535 BC Pythagoras went to Egypt. This happened a few years after the tyrant Polycrates seized control of the city of Samos. Pythagoras went to Egypt with a letter of introduction written by Polycrates. In fact Polycrates had an alliance
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the era of revolutionary developments in science. Born in 1596 to a French lawyer‚ Descartes could understand more than most. When he was in his late 20’s‚ he resembled more of a scientist than a philosopher since he had studied physics‚ optics‚ geometry as well as physiology. The first to discover that lenses in one’s eyes are inverted by removing an ox’s eye‚ Descartes also believed in truth and was an active rationalist‚ meaning he believed the truth would emerge by careful use of reason and it
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introduction Cake is a form of food‚ typically a sweet‚ baked dessert. Cakes normally contain a combination of flour‚ sugar‚ eggs‚ and butter or oil‚ with some varieties also requiring liquid (typically milk or water) and leavening agents (such as yeast or baking powder). Flavorful ingredients like fruit purées‚ nuts or extracts are often added‚ and numerous substitutions for the primary ingredients are possible. Cakes are often filled with fruit preserves or dessert sauces (like pastry cream)
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Brief History of Computers (A Look Back at Computing) Computers have become one of the most important parts of modern society. Nearly everything that is modern required or uses computer related technology in some way. But how did computers as we know them come to exist? Did someone sitting in his lab just one day say‚ "Aha! I’ve got it! The computer?! Well‚ no‚ that is not how this happened. Rather‚ many years of brilliant ideas and research from many different individuals contributed
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Various derivations of the word "algebra‚" which is of Arabian origin‚ have been given by different writers. The first mention of the word is to be found in the title of a work by Mahommed ben Musa al-Khwarizmi (Hovarezmi)‚ who flourished about the beginning of the 9th century. The full title is ilm al-jebr wa’l-muqabala‚ which contains the ideas of restitution and comparison‚ or opposition and comparison‚ or resolution and equation‚ jebr being derived from the verb jabara‚ to reunite‚ and muqabala
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History of IBM From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search It has been suggested that Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation be merged into this article or section. (Discuss) Proposed since May 2011. This article appears to be written like an advertisement. Please help improve it by rewriting promotional content from a neutral point of view and removing any inappropriate external links. (January 2012) International Business Machines‚ abbreviated IBM and
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