Culturally Rich Inventions The digit zero and the numbering system Chess Algebra‚ Trigonometry‚ and Calculus The decimal system The game of Snakes and Ladders The value of “pi” Noble prizes in Literature‚ Physics‚ Economics‚ Peace and Medicine Ayurveda is the earliest literature of medicine known to mankind. The father of medicine‚ Charaka‚ practiced medicine 2500 years ago. Until 1896‚ India was the only source for diamonds to the world India never invaded any country in her 10‚000 years
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proportions. Juergen Eichholtz‚ states‚ “In Europe alone‚ the annually recurring influenza epidemics or severe virus epidemics could be tackled through improved hygiene. The EHEC epidemic in Germany in 2011‚ or the recently imported Noro virus from China which paralyzed many students in German primary schools‚ clearly demonstrate the need for regular hand washing with soap.” Washing your hands with soap is so quick and simple‚ yet so often neglected. Many epidemics in the early history before
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Have you ever imagined the world without cell phones!? How do you think it has affected the world today? The cell phone allows people to communicate with other people anywhere in the world with anyone they want at anytime. How you use the cell phone is what makes it a positive or negative impact on you‚ society‚ and the environment. A man named Martin Cooper invented it; he invented it because he wanted people to be able to carry their phones where ever they wanted. He invented it on April 3rd‚
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The telegraph was one of the most important inventions of the 19th century; however‚ it has several drawbacks compared to 21st-century devices. For example‚ telegraphs required a knowledge of Morse Code – their primary means of communication. Telegraphs sent a series of electrical signals via a telegraph wire. The signals could be heard by the operator on the opposite end of the wire as a sequence of long and short clicks. Morse Code represented letters of the alphabet with click patterns‚ which
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Ancient Chinese Innovations Jennifer E Strayer University Humanities 111 Ancient Chinese Innovations The ancient Chinese culture has probably contributed more to the advancement of humans than any other. In China’s long history they have shown us many extremely important inventions. In the modern world we take a lot of these innovations for granted even though we use many of them on a daily basis. I have often wondered who invented many items I use and it surprised me to find out that most
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easy to share? ----Review on GAP entry to China Review GAP’s “If you look at China there are 110 cities with a population of one million or more‚ and all of them have room for a GAP store there somewhere‚” ---- Redmond Yeung‚ president of GAP INC China operations INC’s In Nov 2010‚ the American apparel retail giant GAP settled down its first site site--Shanghai flagship on Nanjing Road anghai Road‚ sitting directly in China’s most modern city ’s most famous shopping street. With the desire to
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Inventions That Drastically Changed the World Recorded history affords us the opportunity to trace the evolution of mankind from early ancient civilizations to where we currently stand. Throughout this history‚ there have been many technological advancements that have had a tremendous impact on both the immediate societies that they originated in and future societies as well. This brief essay will discuss the impact of 3 inventions from 3 different eras in history: Ancient Civilization‚ The Middle
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is useful to a certain extent. The movie is useful in the way that if you were starting to learn about terrorism‚ in general‚ it would then be advantageous to watch this film‚ as you would gain an understanding of some of the tactics used by terrorists. Additionally the great fight between governments and terrorists would
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POPPER’S FALSIFICATIONISM- USEFUL BUT NOT DEFINITIVE Karl Popper in his book The Logic of Scientific Discovery developed a theory of falsificationism as a guide to how science should be conducted‚ and as a demarcation principle to differentiate between science and pseudoscience. This principle I hold‚ though useful‚ is not definitive‚ and does not serve as an adequate guide to scientific practice. This essay will present the case to defend this thesis‚ first by clearly explicating falsificationism
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releasing energy in the form of photons. This effect is called electroluminescence and the color of the light (corresponding to the energy of the photon) is determined by the energy band gap of the semiconductor. A LED is often small in area (less than 1 mm2)‚ and integrated optical components may be used to shape its radiation pattern.[8] LEDs present many advantages over incandescent light sources including lower energy consumption‚ longer lifetime‚ improved physical robustness‚ smaller size‚ and faster
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