Contributions of the Six Giants Thales of Miletus * He founded the geometry of lines‚ so is given credit for introducing abstract geometry. * Developed the first general theorems in geometry. * He was the first to demonstrate the truth of geometric relationship by showing that it flowed in a logical and orderly fashion from a set of universally accepted axioms called postulates Pythagoras
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Earth day was a huge protest. That people all over the country participated in‚ during the spring of 1970. Roughly 20 million people participated in the protest addressing concerns of the air and water pollutions‚ the pesticides that were harming all wildlife‚ the population boom‚ and much more. After this event happened in 1970. The government needed to take action to satisfy the people needs. They created the Clean Air Act (1970)‚ the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)‚ the Clean Water Act (1972)
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Contributions of Nurses in Times of War War Paper 26 March‚ 2012 Millikin University Christin Birmingham Contribution of Nurses in Times of War Page Two Contribution of Nurses in Time of War Without the influence of Nurses and their extraordinary contribution
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The Contribution of Stephen hawking 18 October 2011 Stephen Hawking is a genius. He became a leading figure in cosmology and quantum mechanics in a short period of time. He did this while battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He is mostly known for his work in developing the understanding of the way black holes behave‚ as well as the origins of the universe. He was popularized when A Brief History of Time was released‚ which described his life and what he had accomplished. Hawking
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Melanie Gruber English 0950 Mr. Bolles The Happiest Place on Earth It was the summer of 2011‚ my first time in California‚ first time at a beach‚ and my first time at Disneyland! When arriving at the train station in Los Angeles‚ it was foggy‚ humid‚ and cloudy! The sights were gloomy‚ dreary‚ and kind of depressing! It wasn’t quite how I imagined. In fact‚ what I imagined was a sunny‚ beautiful and bright place
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Ancient Chinese Contributions Rich Laird Strayer University Humanities: Culture‚ Continuity and Change 111 Dr. Ronald Gavin May 28‚ 2012 Ancient Chinese Contributions The world owes a lot to the Chinese for all the major contributions and innovations they introduced. For example‚ during the Era of Disunity (approx. 220-581 AD) the ancient Chinese invented kites‚ matches‚ umbrellas and much more ("Inventions‚" “n.d.”). The Yuan dynasty brought us paper money‚ blue and white porcelain
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Sumerian Culture and Contributions The Sumerians were a people who lived in the southern portion of Mesopotamia from around 3500 B.C. to 1800 B.C.. The Sumerian people lived in twelve city states‚ famous among which ar Sumer and Ur. They shared a common language‚ Sumerian. Sumerian has no modern day descendants‚ it seems to have disappeared from human history as a spoken language‚ but lived on in written language. The Sumerians were an agricultural people‚ and they raised crops in three areas
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As the reader is reading‚ they know that the Earth is round. In recent times‚ the rumor of a flat Earth has come up. These rumors are supposedly supported by science and the Bible. They think that there is no question that the Earth is flat. In fact‚ there is even a Flat Earth Convention every year to talk about the flat Earth. Although many people think the world is flat‚ science shows that the Earth is round. Some people may have thought that people in the Middle Ages thought the world was flat
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Darwin’s Contribution to Science Eric Nash Bio-Literature Dr. Slovak 04/15/2013 When one ponders the current understanding of evolution and natural selection and where it came from‚ many names may come to mind. However‚ the man who gave us the idea of natural selection in the first place was none other than Charles Darwin. While Darwin was not the only one conducting research of this kind‚ his name stands out as a driving force behind our current understanding of evolution. Charles Darwin
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on “Brief History of Earth” Course: ENV 107 1 Brief History of Earth The history of the Earth concerns the development of the planet Earth from its formation to the present day. Nearly all branches of natural science have contributed to the understanding of the main events of the Earth ’s past. The age of Earth is approximately one-third of the age of the universe. An immense amount of biological and geological change has occurred in that time span. Earth formed around 4.54 billion
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