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artist - a painter, engraver and publisher. She is considered as one of the first entomologists, studying the metamorphosis of insects. She described a cycles of 186 species of insects and was a pioneer [...] were created from dirt and mud. Her observations started in 1660 in Frankfurt. At 13, she started to study the metamorphosis of insects, for example, the development of silkworms fed with the leaves of mulberry [...] and lettuce. In the preface to Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium she writes: From my youth, study of insects occupied me constantly. At first they were silkworms in my hometown, Frankfurt am Main
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gender up to the 19th century. Not by chance most of the abovementioned scholars were physicians. The study of medi- cine was the only academic discipline, provid- ing an understanding of nature and natural [...] from the Americas. Therefore it was possible for her to go to Surinam the Dutsch colony in America. Studying the butterflies and their metamor- phosis was the main reason for this journey, on which she was
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years until today. 4. Underline in the text the innovative contribution of the Sibylla’s book for the study of the insects in correlation with other similar books of this time. 5. Underline in the texts the [...] science in the Baroque Era. 7. Write the reasons which contributed to the progress of the biological studies in the Baroque Era. 8. Describe the characteristics of Nature of Science, based on the narration
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his request was denied outright. What a letdown for Augustin! The government, having commissioned a study on the economic viability of solar energy, had concluded that there was no justification for further
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Additionally, French govern- ment assessed that solar energy was not enough economical. Mouchot studies become less im- portant as before. He hasn’t got more financial support. His activity concerned with
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ses applica- tions industrielles. Paris. Olson RG (1970) Count Rumford, Sir John Leslie, and the Study of the Nature and Propagation of Heat at the Begin- ning of the Nineteenth Century. In: Annals of [...] Mechanical Value of Heat: Instruments of Precision and Gestures of Accuracy in Early Victorian England. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science 26, 73 - 106. Sichau C (2000): Die Joule-Thomson-Experimente: [...] eines Experiments. In: NTM 8:223-243. Smith C & Wise MN (1989): Energy and Empire: ¬A bio- graphical study of Lord Kelvin (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge - New York - Port Chester - Melbourne – Sydney
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young, he was educated by Egyp- tian priests and Babylonian magicians. In subse- quent years, he studied philosophy in Leucippus' school (school of Atomists, 400 BC), where he de- veloped an interest in
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young, he was educated by Egyp- tian priests and Babylonian magicians. In subse- quent years, he studied philosophy in Leucippus' school (school of Atomists, 400 BC), where he de- veloped an interest in [...] philosophische Weltauffassung. Frankfurt am Main: Klostermann. Heilbron, J. L. (1981). Historical studies in the theory of atomic structure. New York: Arno Press. Holton, G. J. (1978). The scientific imagination
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At the beginning, he studied in Paris under the supervision of Professor Henri Victor Regnault. Later, he travelled to Heidelberg, where he continued his research, this time study- ing the solutions under [...] periodic table of elements, which is still used today. Mendeleev devoted a great part of his life to the study of solutions, catalysis, and petroleum. He also wrote many works, including Principles of Chemistry [...] and Dmitri entered the Main Pedagog- ical Institute, where gymnasium teachers were ed- ucated. He studied mathematics, physics, and chemistry and was awarded the medal of excel- lence for being first in
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element until well into the 18th century when several chemists started almost simultaneously their study of pneumat- ics and were able to show that air was a combi- nation of several gases. Until the end