Essays Tagged: "discoveries"

Mars

riers.' Together with this development in space technology came a large quantity of information and discoveries of the compounds of the universe, and scientific questions seemed to jump out in equal n ...

(3 pages) 144 0 4.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

Sir Isaac Newton

of the greatestscientist in history, who made important contributions to manyfields of science. His discoveries and theories laid thefoundation for much of the progress in science since his time.Newto ...

(3 pages) 165 0 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays

Galileo Galilei

he Life and Achievements of Galileo GalileiThe paper which I will be writing will discuss the life, discoveries, and the modern impact of the scientific accomplishmentsof Galileo Galilei. Born in Pisa ... ated by the church, however,Galileo made many contributions to the world of physics. His scientific discoveries and endeavors were only a portion of hiscontributions to the scientific community. Galil ...

(8 pages) 298 0 4.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

What are the main contrasts to be found in Portugal?

consequently the Americas, Portugal was itself busy exploring Africa and making its own invaluable discoveries, although these are for the most part overlooked.Being situated on the westernmost edge ...

(8 pages) 63 0 5.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

"The Pearl" by Steinbeck

e, but as you dig deeper into the meaning of the book one finds much more than just a simple story. Discoveries such as how man relates with nature, the different social statuses, and the wholeness of ...

(6 pages) 82 1 4.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

The Advancement Of Science In "Brave New World" by Huxley

n thinking of progress, most people think of advances in the scientific fields, believing that most discoveries and technologies are beneficial to society. Are these advances as beneficial as most peo ...

(6 pages) 135 0 3.3 May/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

How Man evolved

oolsmade of stone, bone, and wood have also have been discovered and excavated. As a resultof these discoveries, a idea of human evolution during the past 4 to 5 million years hasshown.Most of the abi ... 4civilize.Every thing we know we got from fossils, but we still don't know enough. The futurefossil discoveries will allow scientists to know what we don't about human evolution.making advanced and ne ...

(5 pages) 150 0 3.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

This essay is about pellagra, a disease that was common in the southeastern states ranging from around the early 1900s until the end of WWII and the many scientists who worked to find the cure.

was given credit for finding the cure for Pellagra. Contributing to the Goldberger's cure were the discoveries of doctors and scientists prior to and during the time that Dr. Goldberger was working o ...

(14 pages) 83 2 4.7 May/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

This is a essay/oral presentation on Gallileo Gallile

he becasme a proffesor, tecahing and interested in Astronomy, Mathamatics and a Physist.- Made many discoveries, eg. Pendulum and Mechanical Devices- Later on he took up a position at the court of the ... lanets revolve around the sun and not the other way round.However he also made some other important discoveries. eg.The theory of the pendulum, and later his creation of the pendulum clock.Also on mot ...

(2 pages) 50 1 2.4 Sep/2002

Subjects: Science Essays

Introns and Exons

ogy essayIntrons and Exons.The finding of the Introns and the exons was one of the most significant discoveries in genetics in the past fifteen years. split genes were discovered when lack of relation ...

(3 pages) 33 0 4.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Overpopulation

ite source. How much do we have left? No one knows. The current known supply will last us 20 years. Discoveries of new reserves are always happening though. So what happens to the natural environment? ...

(3 pages) 149 0 3.0 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM)

horse, building colonies in the brain and along the spine. Since it is a relatively 'new' disease, discoveries are occurring constantly in the research of the disease.HistoryThe first cases of EPM in ...

(5 pages) 41 0 4.4 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Essay on Population. - The principal argument against the perfectibility of man and of society has never been fairly answered - Nature of the difficulty arising from population -

THE great and unlooked for discoveries that have taken place of late years in natural philosophy, the increasing diffusion of g ...

(8 pages) 133 0 4.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Under Jolly Roger This is about early American piracy.

acy. In my opinion pirates played an imporatant role in the early American settlers life. They made discoveries of distant lands, were freedom fighters and sometimes even poets or gentlemen.For most p ...

(7 pages) 56 0 4.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Cancer and how it begins.

azing progress in identifying the deepest bases of the process, those at the molecular level. These discoveries are forceful. They will survive the scrutiny of the future generations of researchers an ...

(11 pages) 163 1 3.3 Jan/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The History and theories of the evolutionist.

ury scientists and thinkers such as Bacon, Descartes, Copernicus and Newton began to, through their discoveries; challenge the Christian perspective of the world. The earth was displaced as center of ... erse and the natural laws governing it like gravity were proven to be mathematical not moral. These discoveries challenged the traditional Christian explanation of creation as well as the moral, socia ...

(5 pages) 227 2 3.5 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

The History of Globalization

ding across highseas people of different cultures meet each other and this made the world smaller.3)Discoveries:This gived people new horizons and different ways of thinking .But discoviers made chang ...

(2 pages) 120 0 4.3 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > International Organizations & Conflicts

Late-Modern English (1800-Present)

dustrial and scientific revolutions created a need for neologisms to describe the new creations and discoveries. For this, English relied heavily on Latin and Greek. Words like oxygen, protein, nuclea ...

(2 pages) 89 2 4.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Linguistics

Write a literary insight essay about Guy De Maupassant's short story "The Necklace".

Maupassant's short story "The Necklace", the main character, Mathilde Loisel, makes several ironic discoveries. These discoveries form the story's climax and produce a surprising ending. However, the ...

(2 pages) 94 0 3.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Description of meteorology and different fields meterologists can work in

ca being the first major study of the atmosphere. As many other scientists of the time, Aristotle's discoveries, for the most part, we found to be incorrect, although some are still believed to be tru ...

(7 pages) 77 0 2.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Meteorology