... the savannas of Africa In its natural habitat, it is a magnificent animal, almost a work of art, unsurpassed in speed or grace by any o t h e r animal Now," he continues, think of a c h e e t a ... sion generated by the Big Bang a n d pull the stars a n d galaxies back, o n c e again, into a primordial mass As the stars contract, temperatures will rise dramatically until all matter a n d energy ... today, if you ask any mathematician to rank the three most famous mathematicians in history, the n a m e s of Archimedes, Isaac Newton, a n d Carl Gauss will invariably appear Life for Riemann,...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:14
2001 a metaphorical odyssey
... Bowman as a hero that faces dilemmas to reach the target moment, Stanley Kubrick uses 20 01: A Space Odyssey as a new myth to replace the old myths about space This redefined what people thought about ... stargate As he descends into the stargate, the many colors and patterns show that he is proceeding into a realm that is a paradox of powers When Bowman sees that he is being protected from forces that ... when an archaic belief is suddenly replaced with a new one, it is often a reaction to wonder why the old one was wrong This often leads to further exploration and discovery in that area As discovery...
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a metaphorical odyssey
... exemplifies how important myths are to a culture or race of beings Without myths, there would be no efficient way of communicating the beliefs and philosophies of the time ...
Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 21:54
... Beta Kappa key dangled from a small gold chain that ran from one vest pocket to another He stood tall and erect and exuded confidence His hair was graying There was a trace of a Canadian accent as ... never made the original diagnosis It took many years for me to see that myasthenia gravis is a rare disease and that there would be only a few diseases as clearly defined or as dramatically treatable, ... hospital had at least one more year of training than the battalion physicians had That fine difference of one year gave us rank and position at the hospital rather than assignment to the aid stations...
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COSMOS A SKETCH OR A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE ppt
... vegetation, and classification of the genera of animals Isolated and social living plants and animals The character of flora and fauna is not determined so much by the predominance of separate families, ... Apennine gravel p 26 9 -27 8 The faunas and floras of an earlier world, and their relations to existing organisms Colossal bones of antediluvian mammalia in the upper alluvium Vegetation of an earlier ... to hope that an attempt to delineate nature in all its vivid animation and exalted grandeur, and to trace the 'stable' amid the vacillating, ever-recurring alternation of physical metamorphoses,...
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Financial Accounting: A comprehensive and practical online guide for the basics of financial accounting docx
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Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 14:20
scientific american - 2001 01 - brave new cosmos - a special report
... Symposium 20 1: New Cosmological Data and the Values of the Fundamental Parameters, edited by A N Lasenby, A W Jones and A Wilkinson; August 20 00 Preprint available at xxx lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/001 125 2 ... that the characteristic that had appeared to separate us so Do Apes Ape? Recent studies show that chimpanzees and other apes can learn by imitation T SARAH MARSHALL AND ANDREW WHITEN Ngamba, ... North America (515) 24 7-7631 GENERAL MANAGER: Michael Florek Marie Maher BUSINESS MANAGER: MANAGER, ADVERTISING ACCOUNTING AND COORDINATION: Constance Holmes Martin O K Paul Luanne Cavanaugh ASSISTANT...
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Nano-Physics & Bio-Electronics: A New Odyssey pot
... We have prua = na-2nb = m and prrih = 2na — nt = 2m, which give ma = l and mi, = 2, and // = and T = \/ 3a When a zigzag nanotube is metallic, two conduction and valence bands having a linear dispersion ... the equation is rewritten as eY,9{r-RA )a{ RA )a{ RA)'^FA{r) = -'yoY2l9{r-RA )a{ RA)b{RA-Ti)+[FB{r) - {rr—)FB{r) + ] (11) I R -A Noting that j:9{r-RA )a{ RA)aiRAy^(^l J), ( 12) we immediately obtain the ... ) , T2 = a( —1 /2, l /2\ /3), and r3 = a ( l / , - l / V ^ ) Note that a^ b = -a^ /2 The primitive reciprocal lattice vectors a* and 6* are given bya* = (27 r /a) (l,l/x/3) and 6* = (27 r /a) (0 ,2/ v^)...
Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 10:20
Smog - A REPORT TO THE PEOPLE Episode 2 pot
... propane supply is increasing rapidly in the 1970's, Canadian propane supplies are available, and the figure of 8% is regarded by the Pace Company as a reasonable initial target that would not place ... ANALYSIS 32 PART II: SECTION 11/1 These days one hears much of WhatAlvinToffler has called "future shock." Change comes at an accelerating rate-faster than many can assimilate it Such cannot be said ... instead of 140 days of violating the state oxidant air quality standards, and by 1977, 25 days instead of 85 This is 24 days more than the Environmental Protection Agency says that its own air quality...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 07:22
Smog - A REPORT TO THE PEOPLE Episode 4 pot
... generating plants The plants are already required to burn natural gas when it is available (Rules 62 and 62. 1) and low sulfur oil at all other times (Rule 62. 2) However, the supply of natural gas ... 35 21 5 28 5 "Source: Los Angeles APeD data 60 Average 25 0 TABLE Particulate Emissions in L .A County 25 (tons/day) (tons/day) Commercial Industrial Chemical 10 Metallurgical 10 Gasoline Power Plants ... one-third and propane about two-thirds the price of gasoline purchased at bulk rates Maintenance: Because natural gas and propane burn cleanly, savings are realized on engine maintenance Oil and spark...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 07:22
Smog - A REPORT TO THE PEOPLE Episode 5 potx
... gasoline 21 ,28 0 gallons 28 .8¢ (avg.) x gallon = 6130/year year propane 25 ,500 gallons 18.5¢ - $4 720 year x gallon /year natural gas 6.5¢ _$ 2, 128 ,000 cu ft x year 100 cu ft - 13 82 please note that 100 ... 33 million dollars Additional yearly "tune-ups" at a cost of about 22 million dollars per year for the 1966-1970 cars would probably be required anyway as part of a mandatory annual vehicle emissions ... injury rate for LPG fueling stations than for gasoline stations The basic property damage rate is the same No rate has been established for natural gas fueling stations, but analogous rates for natural...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 07:22
Smog - A REPORT TO THE PEOPLE Episode 6 docx
... "final." Research on this aspect of air pollution control is continuing at the EQL The main purpose here is to introduce some ideas, analyze their advantages and disadvantages, and stimulate badly ... a substantial increase in the incidence of respiratory diseases) And whether policy makers act now or wait to impose air qualit~ manaBement standards unta more is known about the risk, they are, ... greater than the fee Unfortunately, the emissions fee approach shares a fundamental defect of all schemes based on standards applying to individual automobiles It is infeasible to state the standards...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 07:22
Smog - A REPORT TO THE PEOPLE Episode 7 pot
... rights 20 We call this scheme a gasoline market approach Such an approach appears to make any additional coupon or rationing system unnecessary, because the existing gasoline market would take care ... run, and between 1.5% and 2. 25% in the long run National rather than Southern California data were used in obtaining these estimates, and the estimating technique used by Houthakker and Taylor has ... high-emissions cars out of the Basin and to facilitate the importation of newer, cleaner cars at reasonable prices Any individual owning a 1970 or earlier model year automobile would be paid a sum of...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 07:22
Smog - A REPORT TO THE PEOPLE Episode 9 pot
... 1969 Actual Use Low Projection -Firm- -Firm- 1975 1 42 High Projection Average Supply Level - Figure 13 SUMMARY OF PROPANE SUPPLY AND DEMAND ANNUAL AVERAGES FOR CALIFORNIA a: Present Demand + ... a: w Q (I,) .J W a: a:
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 07:22
Smog - A REPORT TO THE PEOPLE Episode 10 pps
... California, Los Angeles, Law School where he served as senior editor of the UCLA Alaska Law Review He served as research assistant at the Environmental Ouall!y Laboralory DR KENNETH HEITNER trained as ... undergraduate participant in the cross-country Clean Air Car Race jointly sponsored by MIT and Caltech Drawing on a backgrol.lnd that includes both formal engineering training at Caltech and practical ... TYPICAL VACUUM SPARK ADVANCE DISCONNECT INSTALLATION Coolant Return Line Carburetor I-' (j) w Engine Vacuum Advance Actuator @lm Distributor Figure 34 TYPICAL CAPACITOR DISCHARGE IGNITION OPTIMIZATION...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 07:22