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Scientific Improvements Of The Arabic Empire
1,199 words... 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
1,114 words... 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
921 wordsMarie 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 wordsThe 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
1,168 wordsThe 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
1,344 wordsThe 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
614 wordsBorn 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
539 wordsMarie 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
784 wordsBorn 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
1,279 words... 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
1,823 words"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
1,841 wordsWhite 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
1,431 wordsTuberculosis (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
1,135 wordsEnvironmental 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
1,000 wordsClass 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
1,136 wordsOzone 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 wordsThe 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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Reduce The Amount Ozone Layer
899 wordsSociety 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
2,919 wordsCancer 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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