"The greatest invention of the last 50 years" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 8 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    Is a discovery an invention or is an invention a discovery? This is one question that can probably never be answered. A discovery can be defined as something which already existed‚ and is excavated after one notice’s it or proves its existence . Invention is the creation of something which didn’t exist before it was created by a genius mind . For instance‚ Newton discovered the existence of gravity when an apple fell on his head. It did exist before Newton realizes its existence‚ but

    Premium Invention Art Human

    • 1276 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Changing nature of family over the last 50 years.- In many industrialized countries‚ people are increasingly turning away from traditional family patterns. They are adopting new roles for family members and various kinds of family structures. Many of these changes reflect scientific‚ economic‚ and social developments and changing attitudes. For example‚ modern birth control methods enable couples to limit the size of their family and to space their children. Many young people are postponing marriageand

    Premium Family United States Management

    • 777 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Technology we may see in the next 50 years... Technology | Positive effect of individual and society | Negative effect of individual and society | Self-driving cars | The positive effect of self-driving cars on an individual would be that the driver is less stressed and tired by driving and an individual could multi-task whilst the car drives. The impact of society would be fewer accidents as the system would control itself therefore drivers would not cause accidents on the roads. | The negative

    Premium Automobile Carbon dioxide Greenhouse gas

    • 365 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Comparing families today and families 50 years ago Families are cells of a society which make it and empower it. Family is the place which gives children love‚ attention‚ and prepares them for living in a big society .family is the place which let a man and a woman share their love‚ respect and receive their solace .it is the base of each society and it shapes characteristics of a society. by changing generations‚ families had changed too. In this paper I tried to contrast today and past

    Premium Family

    • 846 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Invention Essay

    • 909 Words
    • 4 Pages

    It has been called the pill that transformed America‚ the single most important invention of the 20th century. The invention being referred to is the birth control pill. Before the actual pill‚ there had been various forms of birth control‚ but none of them seemed to be very effective or simple to perform. One of the oldest references to birth control was the “withdrawal” method referenced in the Bible. In the 1870’s‚ a wide assortment of birth control devices were available in America -- such as

    Premium Combined oral contraceptive pill Birth control

    • 909 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Chinese Inventions

    • 1149 Words
    • 5 Pages

    creation of many of these inventions (Sayre‚ 2012‚ pg 215). These inventions and ideas gradually reached the rest of the world through trade and exploration. Though Chinese engaged in trade with other nations‚ they were largely isolated from the West due to their ethnocentric ideology of

    Free China Han Dynasty Movable type

    • 1149 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Invention of the computer

    • 233 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Invention Of the Computer By Kenneth H. Russell The invention of the personal computer took place about 50 years ago. Steve Jobs and others had developed the Apple+. Since then the whole world has affected by it in the following ways: 1. Computers balance financial transactions such as our personal bank account. 2. On a larger scale the IRS keeps track of every American in a variety ways by computer. 3. Our intelligence services keep track of people by computer who would do us harm. 4. Computers

    Premium Computer Identity theft Personal computer

    • 233 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Greatest Discovery

    • 303 Words
    • 2 Pages

    the most remarkable in human history for its previously unparalleled rate of scientific discoveries. In fact‚ there were so many new gadgets invented and discoveries made in the last century that it’s difficult to write the list down. However‚ I think I can say ten innovations or technologies that have had the greatest influence on humanity—both positively and the negatively. First of all‚ I want to remember penicillin: this drug (eventually group of drugs) was discovered in 1928‚ it opened

    Premium Television Invention Antibiotic resistance

    • 303 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Conclusion: ¬¬The goal of the first part of this experiment was to achieve a 50-50 conversion of fluorene to Fluorenone. In order to achieve the goal of the experiment fluorene was oxidized to Fluorenone. The hydroxide ions from the sodium hydroxide in the presence of Stark’s catalyst would be able to de-protonate the acidic fluorene protons. This would result in the formation of a carbanion which attacks the oxygen from the air resulting in the formation of a hydroperoxide and eventually a ketone

    Premium Chemistry Hydrogen Chemical reaction

    • 1464 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Best invention

    • 675 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The mobile phone—world’s best invention On 10th of March‚ 1876 Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first speech using electricity. From that day forward‚ the telephone system changed every aspect of life. Although it did not immediately change the world‚ it set communication on a path that would change the future of communication. Mobile phones appeared in the early 1980’s and today there are millions in use. Today‚ mobile phones do much more than just allow for voice conversation‚ mobile phones

    Premium Telephone Mobile phone Alexander Graham Bell

    • 675 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 50