Note: This assignment is not like the essays done for the 1st, 2nd, and 4th assignment. Please do some research relevant to the following questions to provide the answers.
Catastrophism : . ... During the late 18th and early 19th century, a German mineralogist, Abraham Gottlob Werner, proposed that all of the Earth's rocks were formed by rapid chemical precipitation from a "world ocean," which he then summarily disposed of in catastrophic fashion. Though not directed toward the genesis of landforms in any coherent fashion, his catastrophic philosophy of changes of the Earth had two major consequences of geomorphic significance. ... Thermal Plate Tectonics : . ...
Two New Sciences . ... I greatly doubt that Aristotle ever tested by experiment whether it be true that two stones, one weighing ten times as much as the other, if allowed to fall, at the same instant, from a height of, say, 100 cubits, would so differ in speed that when the heavier had reached the ground, the other would not have fallen more than 10 cubits. ... Galileo Experiements: . ... Class Discussion: How can Galileo "slow down gravity" so he can accurately time it? ...
Projectile Motion: In Aristotle's view, objects moved parallel to the Earth's surface until it was time (i.e. it was their destiny) to fall back to the earth . Aristotle believed that the "natural" state of massive objects was to seek the center of the Earth. When a stone is launched, an impetus is given to it to disturb it from its natural condition. ... Archimedes' catapults lobbed quarter-ton stones at the attacking Roman ships, quickly destroying the clumsy Roman siege engine. ...
... The most important aspect of Copernicus' work is that it forever changed the place of man in the cosmos; no longer could man legitimately think his significance greater than his fellow creatures; with Copernicus' work, man could now take his place among that which exists all about him, and not of necessity take that premier position which had been assigned immodestly to him by the theologians. ...
If you want to prepare a web page in response to this assignment that would be great. ... As the century turned, Africa began to emerge from a Dark Age stretching as far back as life on earth, into all the years that lay ahead - years of Renaissance, Enlightenment, Industry, and, if you will, Anxiety. ... From the End of the Game by Peter Beard . ... Web Archeology: The human race has vanished from planet earth and the only signature of its former existence are the student web pages on Gladstone. ...
What is some of the evidence for the existence of substantial amounts of Dark Matter in the Universe? ... Find a Web picture that shows an image of a gravitational lens and report the address of the web page. ... You will use a computational engine to model two interacting galaxies to see if you can reproduce the observed morphology of two real systems. ... There are two systems to model: (note: to get the simulation to fire up the first time hit start,stop,reset, start. ... System Number 1 . ...