References: * Livesey‚ C Lawson‚ T (2005). As sociology for AQA. London: Hodder Education. p1 * Michael Marmot‚ Fair Society‚ Healthy Lives - Marmot Review‚ 2010. * National obesity observatory. (2010). About obesity. Available: http://www.noo.org.uk/NOO_about_obesity/. Last accessed 11th Jan 2013 * Ritzer‚ G (2004). Sociological theory. 6th ed. New york: McGraw-Hill. p334
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Telescopes in Astronomy SCI/151 Telescopes in Astronomy Telescopes are one of the greatest inventions and have led scientists on a fantastic journey of getting closer to understanding the universe. There is no way to research and evaluate outer space without telescopes gathering all of the information that they do. This paper is going to discuss the science of telescopes and explain all of the elements relative to them. How telescopes changed our view of the universe Without telescopes
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km apart). Zero degrees longitude is located at Greenwich‚ England (0°). The degrees continue 180° east and 180° west where they meet and form the International Date Line in the Pacific Ocean. Greenwich‚ the site of the British Royal Greenwich Observatory‚ was established as the site of the prime meridian by an international conference in 1884. How Latitude and Longitude Work Together To precisely locate points on the earth’s surface‚ degrees longitude and latitude have been divided into minutes
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If you are not a microbe‚ a human‚ or an animal‚ then you are most likely plant. Plants and trees cover about thirty percent of the planet’s surface‚ as stated in NASA’s Earth Observatory division. They use a process called photosynthesis‚ which allows plants to take energy from the Sun and later using it as food‚ as well as producing oxygen through the process of respiration. So how does it happen? The process of photosynthesis occurs as follows. First‚ the plant uses the sunlight and the green
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The Ancient Maya The Maya refer to both modern day people who are found all over the world today‚ as well as their ancient ancestors who built an ancient civilizations that stretched throughout much of Central America. The Ancient Mayans are renowned among historians and archaeologists as being an incredibly advanced culture that excelled at mathematics‚ astronomy and arts. With their star-based calendar predicting the end of the world in 2012. Much of Mayan history is under mystery and yet
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HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY Astronomy is the oldest of the natural sciences‚ dating back to antiquity‚ with its origins in the religious‚ mythological‚ and astrological practices of pre-history: vestiges of these are still found in astrology‚ a discipline long interwoven with public and governmental astronomy‚ and not completely disentangled from it until a few centuries ago in the Western World . In some cultures astronomical data was used for astrological prognostication. Ancient astronomers were able
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for girls‚ there she taught science and math. Maria discovered what they call “Miss Mitchell’s Comet” at the age of twenty-nine. This was the first known comet in America. She was able to observe the night sky thanks to her father who had his own observatory. What was fascinating
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The reason for Stonehenge being built has been a topic widely disputed all around the globe. For centuries these twenty-foot stones built over a millennium ago by Neolithic people have boggled the minds of archaeologists and historians. Many people see it as Britain’s most popular tourist attraction and greatest national icon‚ symbolizing strength‚ power‚ and mystery‚ but different groups of people have theories. While the world can’t say why it was constructed‚ we can certainly say it wasn’t
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erupted dramatically in 1980‚ causing the collapse of its entire northern face‚ taking 57 lives and destroying the landscape. Those brave enough to travel to its reborn dome area will see beautiful natural growth‚ and can view exhibits in the Observatory. Mt. Lassen‚ in Northern California‚ last erupted in 1915‚ and remains a favorite hiking area for those who are interested in a full landscape of mini-volcanoes bubbling beneath the surface. Mt. Rainier‚ rises 14‚410 feet above Puget Sound in
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The Juliana calendar was 365 1/4 days long. It was also a calendar based on religion like the council of Trent was a Catholic Church . In 1579 a pope ordered that the construction first as tronical observatory at the vacation on Thursday October 4 ‚ 1582 would be Friday October 15 if in the calendars you would be dropping ten days and bringing the calendar line with the solar system. The oldest known Mayan calendar debunks December 2012 myth
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