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Tycho's Observations
810 wordsTycho Brahe Type (Latinized as Tycho) Brahe was born on 14 December 1546 in S kane, then in Denmark, now in Sweden. He was the eldest son of Otto Brahe and Bette Bill, both from families in the high nobility of Denmark. He was brought up by his paternal uncle J rgen Brahe and became his heir. He attended the universities of Copenhagen and Leipzig, and then traveled through the German region, studying further at the universities of Wittenberg, Rostock, and Basel. During this period his interest i...
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
502 wordsCarl Friedrich Gauss Kevin Jean-Charles August 10, 1996 Seq. Math Course 2 Period 1&2 This report is on Carl Friedrich Gauss. Gauss was a German scientist and mathematician. People call him the founder of modern mathematics. He also worked in astronomy and physics. His work in astronomy and physics is nearly as significant as that in mathematics. Gauss also worked in crystallography, optics, bio statistics, and Making mechanics. Gauss was born on April 30, 1777 in Brunswick. Brunswick is what is...
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Galileo And Pasteur
892 wordsAristotle, Galileo, and Pasteur can be said to have contributed significantly, each in his own way, to the development of The Scientific Method. Discuss. What is the scientific method In general, this method has three parts, which we might call (1) gathering evidence, (2) making a hypothesis, and (3) testing the hypothesis. As scientific methodology is practiced, all three parts are used together at all stages, and therefore no theory, however rigorously tested, is ever final, but remains at all...
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One Method Observation
1,030 wordsCompare two different methods that have been used by evolutionary psychologists. Evolutionary psychology in seeking to increase understanding of contemporary behaviour and abilities looks not to the causal explanations of the immediate cause, but to the far reaching functional explanation of assumed evolutionary cause - then asks how and why we are as we are. These ideas are informed by many disciplines from anthropology to ethology and archaeology, what follows is a comparison of 2 methods illu...
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Seven Rules For Observational Research
3,212 wordsSeven rules for observational research: how to watch people do stuff Observational research, ethnography, or, in plain English, watching people do stuff, seems to be hot these days. Newsweek touts it ('Enough Talk,' August 18, 1997), which means it's getting to be mainstream, but I find that a lot of clients aren't very comfortable with it. Certainly, compared to traditional focus groups, mini-groups, or one-on-one interviews, observational research accounts for a pitiably small portion of most ...
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Form Of Learning
1,401 wordsThe Ways I Learn Have Learned, Think & Reason and DemonstrateIntelligenceAs I reread this topic several times and tried to bring it to life to write an intelligent paper on it, I had to search my memory for the actions that made me think, learn, act and react. So, I took a trip down memory lane and thought back to my childhood and started thinking of my elementary school days, high school days, military days, right on through to raising my children and now attempting college myself. What a trip!...
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Observation Numbers Three And Five The Subject
1,083 wordsPHYSICAL COMPARISON This section of the report is a comparison of the physical development in young adults, ages 20 to 40, with the observations and the interview we conducted in our group of a young adult in her twenties. Physical development is when changes in the brain, sensory capacities, and motor skills take place. The changes that take place in young adults may be more gradual and less dramatic than in childhood. Most people during this time are on their own and, getting through school or...
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Subjects Ignorance To His Observation
488 wordsI know my subject by his first name only, Maynard, by listening to his frequent conversations with his close friend Rolando I have discovered they enjoy talking about alcoholic beverages, movies, and video games among other things. He is of average height and a slim build with frizzy short black hair and wears glasses. My first impression after observing Maynard for a short period of time was he might be shy and / or nervous in social situations even when interacting with a close friend. I came ...
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Subject Of Many Rumors
950 wordsTo Kill A Mockingbird 'Classic,' a term one uses to describe many things, such as a defining moment or an object such as a book. When used in this context, such as describing a book, it persuades the reader to examine the novel further to discover what makes this piece of literature so memorable to people who have read it. One such novel is Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird. One may describe this novel as a classic because the messages described in the novel can be perceived on so many differen...
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Karligh's Drumming Skills
1,625 wordsObservation of the Early Childhood An observation was held in the children's wing of Tarrant County Junior College. A variety of children between the ages of two to six were observed in activities ranging from physical and motor to social and cognitive development. Specifically I mean that whether it was leadership skills or lack of, running, climbing and jumping, drawing and writing, or anything that could fall between, it has been seen, done and accounted for in the following observation. Firs...
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Bentham's Idea As Foucault
974 wordsIn Discipline and Punish, Michel Foucault continually discusses ideas of control and power. In a section devoted to what he calls Panopticism, Foucault describes power in terms of Jeremy Bentham's penitentiary, the Panopticon. Physically, Foucault illustrates the Panopticon as a cylindrical building whose center is dominated by a massive tower comprised of many windows. Along the periphery, many cells divide the space. Each cell is identical with a window to the outside and a corresponding windo...
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Induction From The Observations Of Singular Events
5,442 wordsIntroduction After presenting an outline of Carnap's article, I want to proceed to critique his position. Firstly, I will offer a critique of Carnap's proposition that "science begins with direct observations of single facts". Secondly, I will try to point out the peculiarities and contradictions, that Carnap will necessarily have to fall into by taking on a logical positivistic and empiricist position. Thirdly, I will try to point out the weaknesses of induction and the impossibility of arrivin...
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William Dunbar
327 wordsObscure Achiever In our nations great history there has always been those who have achieved greatness but are not recognized. One such person is the scientist and planter William Dunbar. Not much is known about William, what is known is as follows. During the year of 1749 William Dunbar was born in and lived near Elgin, Scotland. William Dunbar was the youngest son of Sir Archibald Dunbar of Morayshire, Scotland. He was educated at Glasgow, and later studied mathematics and astronomy at London. ...
