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How to think like Successful Inventors and Scientists

Let me tell you a story about Dr. Finsen and the cat. Dr. Niels Ryberg Finsen is the famous "light cure" specialist who started to treat lupus (tuberculosis of the skin) with electric light in 1895. In 1903, he received the Nobel prize in medicine and phy... Read >
Author: Chris Leung

How Often Have You Thought, "That Doesn't Make Sense"?

Copyright 2006 Cole's Poetic License As you think about that, imagine what Galileo said when he dropped a hammer and a peach from the Leaning Tower of Pisa and they both landed at the same time. (I know. It wasn't a peach.) Well, it doesn't make ... Read >
Author: Evelyn Cole

Types Of Telescopes For Astronomy

Basic Telescope Designs The job of a telescope is to collect light, not to magnify an image (the eyepiece does that job). The larger the objective (the part that collects the light) whether it be a lens, in refractors, or a mirror, in reflectors, the m... Read >
Author: Carl Gilbertson

ITS NOT JUST ABOUT ID VS EVOLUTION

ITS NOT JUST ABOUT ID VS EVOLUTION The debate over whether children should be taught "intelligent design" in the public schools has attracted many views from all over the world. Though the topic is much older but the recent controversy arose when ... Read >
Author: Ankit Kumar

Was Galileo the first person to use a telescope

Many historians explain that Galileo was the first person to use a telescope. In 1610 Galileo discovered Saturn's rings. He also observed Jupiter's four moons and viewed the different phases of Venus. This lead to the study of sunspots and various celesti... Read >
Author: Jeremy Hier

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