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Scientific Improvements Of The Arabic Empire
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... cts such as the Triquetum. Also the Greeks,
Ptolomy, came close to trigonometry but it was
actually Al Battani who adopted the sine and
cosine ratios which made the creation of the
astronomical tables much easier. (Ronan 224) Even
though the 9 th through the mid 10 th centuries
were times of revolutionary improvements, the late
10 th through the early 12 th centuries were just
as important. During this time improvements were
made on previous discoveries of the Arabs as well
as of course the ...
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Blood Sugar Levels Kill Cancer Cells
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... x-rays are taken. These pictures aid the
surgeon by helping he or she plan the operation.
The final test is a laparoscopy. A surgeon guides
a small camera through a half-inch incision in the
abdomen. The organs in the abdomen can then be
examined directly. This is done to find out if the
pancreatic tumor has spread to other organs or
structures. But what happens if your tumor cannot
be surgically removed? There are three other forms
of treatment other than surgery for pancreatic
cancer. One ...
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Marie And Pierre Nobel Prize
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Marie Curie Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on
November 7, 1867. She was actually born to the
name Marja Sklodowska. When she was 24, she went
to Paris where she changed her name to Marie and
started school in Sorbonne. In 1893, she received
her degree in physics. When she needed a lab to
experiment in, a Professor Kovalski said that
there might be space in the School of Physics and
Chemistry. He also said that Pierre Curie, a
scientist there might be able to help her. She had
heard of Pierre and...
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Deep Breath Red Light
804 words
The supermarket was going to be a doomsday dungeon
this Sunday afternoon for James Faruggulo, but he
knew he had to go. He had given the housekeeper a
week off to lie around in the warm tropical waters
off of Jamaica. She did the laundry, cooking,
cleaning and of course, she always fetched the
groceries. Even the perfect layer of atmosphere
which lay upon the earth that day could not keep
his mind from wandering. Bright blues could be
seen through the sky, bright yellows bouncing from
If only pe...
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000 A Year Colleges And Universities
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The Issues of Minorities and Science There are
many issues in todays scientific world. Some of
these issues involve dealing with saving the world
from global disaster, or even finding a cure for
cancer. However, not many people have taken time
to look at the scientists making these
discoveries. White male scientists consistently
have higher paying, more prestigious jobs than
most minorities in their field. Science is a field
that is ruled primarily by white males, and it
requires careful attenti...
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Ozone Depletion Ozone Layer
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The Earths ozone layer shields all life on the
planet from the suns harmful radiation and is
extremely important to all life on the planet, but
we as a human race are now faced with a very
important question. This question is, Is the
Earths ozone layer really depleting, and if it is,
is it really a threat? There is evidence that less
protection from ultraviolet rays will, over time,
lead to increased amounts skin cancer, cataract,
and even crop damage. With cooperation with over
140 oth countrie...
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Jimi Hendrix Experience Rising Sun
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Born James Marshall Hendrix, on November 27, 1942,
in Seattle, Washington. Often called the greatest
guitarist of all time, Hendrix pioneered the
explosive popularity of the electric guitar.
Hendrix's unique style of combining fuzz, feedback
and controlled distortion created a new musical
form Hendrix's legacy grew far beyond the wide
popularity he achieved during his short career. He
taught himself to play guitar as an adolescent,
learning from the albums of bluesman like Muddy
Waters and B. B....
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University Of Paris Marie Curie
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Marie Curie was born youngest of five children in
Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867. She was
well-taught by both her mother, Bronsilawa, a
teacher, and her father, Wladyslaw, a professor of
mathematics and physics. Marie continued her study
of mathematical sciences at the University of
Paris in 1891. While working in distinguished
laboratory of Gabriel Lippman, she met her husband
Pierre Curie. Their marriage (July 25, 1895)
marked the start of a partnership that was soon to
achieve results of ...
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Double Helix X Ray
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Born on July 25, 1920 in London, England, Rosalind
Elise Franklin was a catalyst to many other
scientists in the field of genetics. Using coal
and carbon as subjects, Franklin discovered the
double helix of DNA, the shape that two linear
strands of DNA assume when bonded together. In
1945, Franklin received her Ph. D in physical
chemistry from Cambridge University. The next year
she went to Paris and worked in the Laboratoire
Central des Services Chimiques de Left until 1950
where she concentrat...
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Second Hand Smoke Family And Friends
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... spend more time with my family to spread and
receive the love, compassion and joy as well as
all the things that come in Intellectual Wellness
that they have to offer. Once I am done with
college and on my own again I also plan on
becoming an active member in a church in my area
and attending. Although Im very happy in my life
right now, I think with the church it just can
make everything more meaningful and really help
you realize your purpose in life. Interpersonal
and Social wellness is t...
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100 000 People Genetic Diseases
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"We [the human race]|do not have much time to
prove that we are not the product of a lethal
mutation" Science 263: 181, 1994 "I almost think
it is the ultimate destiny of science to
exterminate the human race. " Thomas Love Peacock
The genetic catastrophe consists of four major
genetic "epidemics" - those of cancer, vascular
disease, musculoskeletal disease, and behavioral
disease. There are identified approximately 250
common genetic diseases, and approximately 7, 000
"rare" genetic diseases. T...
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White Noise Post Modernistic Novel
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White Noise post modernistic novel. White Noise is
probably the best selling novel by Don Delillo,
mostly because readers think of it as the most
human and the warmest of his books. The ideas in
the book seem to captivate Delillo and are
embodied in a real life examples in such a way
that no other of his books has. White Noise has
won the National Book Award in 1985 and it of
course brought Delillo more fans and a larger
reading audience. "The sky above the port was the
color of television, tune...
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Health Care Professionals Skin Test
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Tuberculosis (TB) is Tuberculosis Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused
by a germ (bacterium) called Mycobacterium
tuberculosis. This germ primarily affects the
lungs and may infect anyone at any age. In the
United States, the number of TB cases steadily
decreased until 1986 when an increase was noted;
TB has continued to rise since. Today, ten million
individuals are infected in the U. S. , as
evidenced by positive skin tests, with
approximately 26, 000 new cases of act...
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Ozone Layer Ultraviolet Radiation
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Environmental Concerns: The Depletion Of The
OzoneEnviormental Concerns: The Depletion Of The
Ozone Layer Environmental Concerns: The Ozone
Layer By David Wood Everyday millions of people
are exposed to an invisible danger. An unseen
danger that can cause horrible and drastic
effects. Something so horrible that without
prevention could lead to a horrible future. This
danger is the depleting of the Ozone Layer. As it
gets thinner and thinner more and more harmful UV
rays will pass into our atmosp...
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Kill Cancer Cells Lymph Nodes
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Class Prostate Cancer More Bhinderwala Class A,
Mr. Haight What is cancer of the prostate? Cancer
of the prostate, a common form of cancer, is a
disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are
found in the prostate. The prostate is one of the
male sex glands and is located just below the
bladder and in front of the rectum. The prostate
is about the size of a walnut. It surrounds part
of the urethra, the tube that carries urine from
the bladder to the outside of the body. The
prostate makes fluid t...
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Reduce The Amount Ozone Layer
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Ozone derives from the greek word open which means
to smell. It was first discovered in 1839 by
Christian Friedrich Schonbein who noticed it
because of its distinctive acrid smell. He
discovered this at the University of Basel in
Switzerland. Ozone is merely oxygen, but not the
type we breath. Ozone, O 3 has three compounds
while oxygen has only two. Ozone is reac- tive,
meaning it does not stay still, and wants to go
back to its original state, with two compounds, O
2. This is why ozone is harm...
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Hard Faced Warm Waters
348 words
The warm rays of the setting sun break through the
dark midnight clouds. Its rays scatter like
children playing with the waters gleam casting
amusing sparkles onto the sleeping eyes of the
sea. The glistening blue waves huddle the warm
wooden hull of the majestic ships. The white
specks of foam appear from the depths of the ocean
blue drift along sides the wake created by these
behemoths of the waters. The white silk sails pull
the majestic ark homebound. The gentle breeze of
the warm easterly w...
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Ozone Depletion Ozone Layer
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The Earth? s ozone layer shields all life on the
planet from the sun? s harmful radiation and is
extremely important to all life on the planet, but
we as a human race are now faced with a very
important question. This question is, ? Is the
Earth? s ozone layer really depleting, and if it
is, is it really a threat? ? There is evidence
that less protection from ultraviolet rays will,
over time, lead to increased amounts skin cancer,
cataract, and even crop damage. With cooperation
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Reduce The Amount Ozone Layer
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Society has been widely addressed with the many
problems that we are having in our environment
today. A major problem is that of CFCs. CFC stands
for Chlorofluorocarbons which are found in many of
the aerosol spray cans. In December of 1973,
Rowland and Molina discovered that CFCs can
destroy the ozone in the stratosphere. In June
1975, the Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC)
sued the Consumers Product Safety Commission for a
band of CFCs used in aerosol spray cans. United
States fifth larg...
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American Cancer Society Types Of Cancer
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Cancer is a major killer of people all around the
globe. We do not have a definite cure, but the
amount of research done on this one disease costs
on the average of $ 1. 2 billion dollars annually,
and $ 20 billion annually in care of cancer
patients. What is Cancer? Cancer is a broad
ranging term that is used by many people,
including medical professionals such as doctors.
Cancer, in its most fatal and aggressive form, is
of a larger class of diseases known as neoplasms.
There are two forms of ...
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