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    Astronomy: The discovery of Uranus What was the motivation that led to the discovery? The motivation that led to this discovery was simply that the Universe was so big. Herschel knew that there had to be more out there than what has already been discovered. He made the effort to study the universe and came across what he thought was a comet‚ but ended up being planet Uranus. What questions were asked? There weren’t as many questions asked as a normal scientific discovery since it is claimed that

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    Discoveries and discovering can offer new understandings and renewed perception of ourselves and others. By broadening and deepening our perspectives on the wider world‚ discovery can lead us to new worlds‚ values and future possibilities. However the process of discovery can be conflicting with our personal beliefs. Whilst Allan Bailie’s The China Coin examines the impact of discovery such as new worlds and values‚ Robert Frost’s poems ’The Road not Taken’‚ ’Mending Wall’‚ ’Tuft of Flowers’‚ and

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    I chose to research the discovery of Uranus by William Herschel in 1781. When William first started getting into astronomy he‚ “…systematically searched for nebulae…” (Mark Bratton‚ "William Herschel’s Extraordinary Night Of Discovery." William enjoyed looking at the stars and enjoyed creating telescopes to do so. But‚ Alan MacRobert in his article titled‚ “Ice-Giant Spotting” explained that‚ “William Herschel in England swept up Uranus by accident in 1781 while using a homemade reflector in his

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    Discovery: the Nucleus of Gender Bending in Film The most memorable scene in a good gender bender is the revelation scene‚ where the other characters learn that the protagonist is not who they appear to be. The three films Some Like it Hot‚ Tootsie‚ and Mrs. Doubtfire feature the best discovery scenes of the genre. Tootsie and Mrs. Doubtfire rely heavily on anticipation and suspense to make the revelation scenes entertaining while Some Like it Hot utilizes verbal humor to make a classic discovery

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    2. What are the discoveries of Dr. Maria Montessori? Dr. Maria Montessori‚ internationally renowned child educator‚ was originally a medical doctor who brought the scientific methods of observation‚ experimentation‚ and research to the study of children‚ their development and education. As a doctor‚ Montessori came to believe that many of the problems of the children she was working with were educational rather than medical. In examining education she felt that children were not achieving their

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    Unit 3 Assignment 3 Chapter 7 Questions 1. What does the shell do while a command is executing? What should you do if you do not want to wait for a command to finish before running another command? A. The shell tries to find an executable program with the same name as the command. When it does‚ the shell executes the program. When finishing the command put an & ampersand symbol at the end of the command and the command will run in the background. Then a cursor will be displayed immediately

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    The man once an English diplomat‚ England’s main tobacco producer‚ and husband of Matoaka (also known as Pocahontas)‚ was none other than John Rolfe. In the time where the New World has been recently discovered‚ in the year of 1609‚ his journey set sailed from England to Jamestown‚ Virginia on the Sea Venture as part of a new charter from the organization of the Virginia Company. The ship‚ however‚ wrecked onto the Caribbean on one of the Bermuda islands from a hurricane. While stranded between

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    Drug discovery is a process in medicine and pharmacology where a drug is discovered and designed. In the past drug discovery was very different to the current form‚ previously active ingredients were used to tackle illnesses. Nowadays more detailed research on diseases has been pursued‚ details such as what the genes are coding or what protein is involved‚ therefore are allowing the designing of drugs to target specific sites to act on the disease. Once detailed information of the disease has been

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    Discoveries involve experiences of expectation and uncertainty. How have similar experiences been explored in 2 texts you have studies Discoveries often encompass changes that can turn discoveries into unexpected changes and bring uncertainty to the discovery. This occurs as‚ the audience wishes to understand experience a normal discovery due to it being more easily relatable‚ however due to the nature of discoveries being unpredictable it causes uncertainty to occur in both expected and unexpected

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    dramatically altered the entire world. Their arrival brought both positive and negative effects between the New World and the Old World. The natives in the Americas and the Europeans were affected by the discovery‚ bringing trade and trade to the both places. The impact of the European discovery of the Americas is depicted through documents 2‚3‚5‚6 in which the positive impact is shown‚ and through documents 1‚4‚7‚8 in which the negative impact is shown. The positive impact is shown through several

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