5th Period AP European History 11 November 2011 Unit 4 Essay 3. Isaac Newton once said‚ “I have stood on the shoulders of giants.” Explain this statement and explain how Newton was the product of time and circumstance. When Isaac Newton said‚ “I have stood on the shoulders of giants‚” he demonstrated that he knew his place in the scientific community. In the relay race of astronomic science‚ Newton was the last of the runners to be passed the baton‚ and he‚ adding to the work of many
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digital divide The term ’digital divide’ describes the fact that the world can be divided into people who do and people who don’t have access to - and the capability to use - modern information technology‚ such as the telephone‚ television‚ or the Internet. The digital divide exists between those in cities and those in rural areas. For example‚ a 1999 study showed that 86% of Internet delivery was to the 20 largest cities. The digital divide also exists between the educated and the uneducated‚ between
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A computer is an electronic device that can receive a set of instructions‚ or program‚ and then carry out this program by performing calculations on numerical data or by compiling and correlating other forms of information. The modern world of technology could not have come about without the development of the computer. Different types and sizes of computers find use throughout society in the storage and handling of data‚ from secret government files to private household accounts. Computers have
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In Isaac Asimov’s “The Last Question”‚ the problem of entropy and its effect on humanity is addressed but never has a solution. Time simply starts over again when the universe has died off. The exploitation of one thermal resource after another never turns out to be sustainable in terms of entropy. The question arises of what the point of sustainability of resources is when faced with the ultimate combustion of the universe. Furthermore‚ how would any of the characters in “The Last Question” know
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Digital (in) Museums The project is structured as a subjective analysis over the “state of the art” of digital applications in museums and exhibition. First‚ it will investigate the concept of adding value‚ though digital supports‚ to traditional observations of artworks. In a
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Digital Natives‚ Digital Immigrants Summary In his article‚ Marc Prensky states that the students in our classrooms are much more different than the people who are in front of the classroom teaching in terms of how they learn and the ways in which they are able to take in information. He gave the two different groups of people different titles; digital immigrants‚ and digital natives. Immigrants being those people who were not born in a time when technology was not readily available to use at all
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Teachers and those involved in the writing process concern themselves over the issue that writers abuse adjectives in their writing. For example‚ in the Course Reader week five materials the lecturer gives the following quote‚ “Isaac Asimov warns writers against ‘a having thick layer of fatty‚ adjectival froth’ in their work.” [Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s‚ p.179‚ Doubleday‚ 1974.]. Asimov’s warning puts an eloquent exclamation point to the point concerning adjective
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Born on January 4th‚ 1643‚ in Woolsthorpe‚ England‚ Sir Isaac Newton was an established physicist and mathematician‚ who is credited as one of the greatest minds of the 17th century Scientific Revolution. Through his myriad of discoveries and endless research in the fields of optics‚ motion‚ and mathematics‚ Newton ultimately developed the principles of modern physics. His advances in his field are considered by many as nothing short of extraordinary; in fact‚ one might even credit his success to
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Research Methodology Research Topic: “Digital Marketing” Presented by: Maie Mesbah Introduction Internet‚ technology and mobile has changed our world * To reach an audience of 50m took: Radio 50 years TV 30 years Internet 4 years iPod 3 years Twitter 2 years * We’re now always on‚ better connected‚ informed! * We’re now used to FREE and OPEN * Users assist in both rise and fall of mass reach in short * Timeframe‚ Power to the people. We’ve become
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