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    The Secret Result Of Discovery: Joy Discovery is a lot more than revealing the existent. It is the need to be persistent while uncovering the unknown .The feeling of the urgency and excitement of discovering while observing either learning ‚perusing oneself or even such thing as discovering a penny. Dillard discusses the experience of discovery in the following article about the joy of a penny: “Seeing” (From Pilgrim at Tinker Creek‚ Harper Perennial‚ 1974). She mentions about her impulsive

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    Inventions In The 1930's

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    Ever heard of waist high pants‚ or maybe you heard of the infamous trench coats‚ probably not‚ these designs might be called ancient or retro‚ but most of them just blend into the fashion of the current generation or they have faded away. Most likely‚ these terms haven’t even been heard since the late 1960’s‚ or maybe even the 70s‚ the point is both of those terms were popular fashions in the 30s‚ these terms were known all over America and most likely owned by most of the male population. Boys

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    The Olympic Games have entertained people all around the world for hundreds of years. The world’s top athletes compete against each other in sporting events ranging from swimming to sprints. The Olympics also consist of many running events. The distance runners who compete in the events must train for years to be able to compete in the Olympic Games. Throughout history‚ many changes have been made to the way distance runners train and compete. Olympic distance runners were affected throughout

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    Inquiry: What was so significant about these 3 inventions? —How were they discovered? —What were they commonly used for? —What substantial impacts have they each had? 3 Significant Inventions Gunpowder‚ printing‚ and the magnetic compass: 3 significant inventions‚ all either invented‚ or first used‚ in ancient China. 17th century English philosopher‚ Sir Francis Bacon‚ described these innovations as 3 inventions which “changed the world”. The practical use of gunpowder‚ magnetic compasses

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    Assignment 1: Short Essay – The Invention of Hugo Cabret The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Brian Selznick‚ 2007) tells the story of a mysterious young boy named Hugo‚ living in the walls of a Paris train station in 1931. It follows Hugo’s adventures‚ dreams‚ thoughts‚ and most of all‚ his quest to answer the many questions he has about his past. The Invention of Hugo Cabret “is a graphic novel that successfully alternates slabs of written texts with pages of black and white illustrations” (Lawn

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    Necessity is the mother of invention The meaning of the proverb is self-evident. We invent what we need; unless we feel the pressure of needs‚ we are not likely to invent anything. The fable of the thirsty crow which collected pebbles and threw them into the jar to raise the level of water to the bird’s reach of lips is well-known. Mere necessity would not help us much if we are not moved by thought. Animals have their needs but because they lack the power of thinking and ingenuity‚ they cannot

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    earliest urban societies to emerge in the world‚ in Southern Mesopotamia more than 5000 years ago. They developed a writing system whose wedge-shaped strokes would influence the style of scripts in the same geographical area for the next 3000 years. Eventually‚ all of these diverse writing systems‚ which encompass both logophonetic‚ consonantal alphabetic‚ and syllabic systems‚ became known as cuneiform. It is actually possible to trace the long road of the invention of the Sumerian writing system. For

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    complimentary nucleotide‚ one half of the molecule can serve as a template for the construction of the other half. The four nucleotides in DNA contain the bases adenine (A)‚ guanine (G)‚ cytosine (C) and thymine (T). The people responsible for the discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA were Francis Crick‚ Rosalind Franklin‚ Linus Pauling‚ James Watson and Maurice Wilkins. To solve the structure of DNA four ideas had to come together:The first was that the phosphate backbone was on the outside

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    The French Revolution changed the world. France indeed would not have been the way it is now if its revolutionary actions were not taken. To understand the revolution and why it came to be‚ we must examine the events leading to it‚ and the conditions of its people. Prerevolutionary France was under the leadership of Louis XVI (reigned 1643 to 1715) in a form of government known as an absolute monarchy. All power is given to the king. They exhibit the right to make laws and to enforce them‚ the

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    Discovery Equal Recovery

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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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