Introduction Galileo Galilei is considered to be the most predominant scientists during the 17th century for the astronomical discoveries that he made using a telescope. He utilized the telescope in the year of 1616. Galileo faced numerous challenges and remarkable discoveries which impacted science forever. The telescope was first invented by a Dutch eyeglass maker named Hans Lippershey in 1608‚ but it was Galileo who first commenced the astronomical discoveries by pointing the telescope towards
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attraction of youths to illicit activities manifesting in social instabilities we observe nowadays. In this essay I also discussed the social and economic consequences of youth unemployment in Nigeria whilst providing solutions through the ‘Young and Useful’ club. The club is a youth-led project that aims to resolve youth joblessness through skills acquisition and entrepreneurship while also seeking to turn youth advocates of social change by their active participation in community service. The club
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Interesting and Useful Application of Computer for Addicted People Prepared by: Charles Jonh Kelly Introduction In our country of community today lots of students are addicted to computer because of many causes like family‚ loneliness‚ frustration etc. Some students said this kind of addiction is easy to solve or lost‚ but do they know that it can affect their lives? Some of the students are addicted to computer and make their life destroyed little by little‚ also affect their
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Samuel F.B. Morse was an inventor and an artist. He is best known however for his invention of the single wire telegraph and the co invention of mores code. With the help of other inventers‚ Mores was able to make models of the wire telegraphs‚ get a Patton on it‚ have wires installed up and down the Atlantic‚ changed the way the world and how ships communicate‚ and became a wealthy man. The telegraph is not used today because of the other ways we communicate but mores code is still used. Mores was
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in mathematics‚ and that’s the biggest reason why he was reading Faraday’s books. Because Faraday’s didn’t used any mathematics in his work. Edison created his first ever patent in Boston. “In Boston‚ Edison created his first patented invention…….Edison’s invention was a vote counter for legislature offices.” He designed a vote counter that could record votes on a chemical paper tape‚ plus so the people of the town can vote electrically. But unfortunately‚ he couldn’t earn money of that. Because
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What is meant by ‘Civil Society’ and is it a useful concept? Introduction Although the term “civil society” can be traced to ancient Greece‚ as Martin Shaw has explained‚ the modern concept of civil society originated from the philosophical and political thinking of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. At that time the thinking “began to distinguish systematically between the spheres of state and society” (Shaw‚ 1996: 296-278). The essence of the concept of civil society was its
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Although the 21st century has just begun‚ there have been many scientific inventions during the first decade of it‚ among which iPod is no doubt one of the greatest. iPod is a portable media player designed and marketed by Apple and launched on October 23‚ 2001. From then on‚ iPod has been the best digital music player in the world. iPod is one of the greatest inventions in the 21st century for many reason. First and foremost‚ the birth of iPod marked the beginning of the MP3 era. iPod‚ together
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Is war a biological necessity‚ a sociological inevitability or just a bad invention? Is one of the most important questions raised by the famous cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead in her essay titled ‘Warfare is Only an Invention -- Not a Biological Necessity.’ Throughout the world it is a common belief that war is inevitable‚ it’s bound to take place either due to the man’s innate aggression or the ever existing competition over resources. But Mead points out another perspective‚ one that’s
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With this in mind‚ Roger Bacon improved the ideas of rockets by developing a more powerful gunpowder which consisted of 75% saltpetre‚ 15% carbon‚ and 10% sulfur (“The History of Rocket Science”). In Addition‚ Jean Froissant added a launch pad for most efficient and accurate results when launching results and aiming them (“The History of Rocket Science”). Also‚ in Poland there was many experimentations with rockets and staging: multi stage rockets have different parts which have their own engine
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the time period between 1900 and 1930 saw many technological innovations‚ from the air conditioner to the disposable razor blade. From the tank to the cruise missile. Many of these inventions made our lives easier while others made them more deadly. the first of these inventions is the air conditioner. While many inventers beforehand had made crude means of cooling the air‚ but all proved to be ineffective. the earliest method of cooling the air was putting bowls of ice in front of a fan and the
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