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today perceived as masterpieces, are collectible and admired around the world. Her most important work, Insectorum Surinamensium Metamorphosis (1705) is considered as one of the finest natural history [...] than she painter, Johann Andreas Graff, another stepfather's student, who later specialized in the works of painting and engraving of architectural objects. Until 1670, the couple lived in Frankfurt, where [...] colorized by the author was a new phenomenon at that time. Nuremberg luminary Arnold Chistopher named her work as "a magnificent" … In 1681, her stepfather Marrel died, and Maria Sybilla moved from Nuremberg to
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Thomas Penny. Gesner and Wotton died al- ready in the middle of the 16th century. This means that the work of 1634 contained infor- mation that was gained some generations ear- lier. This can be taken as [...] holometabolic insects. By the middle of the 17th century one can find an increasing number of published works on in- sects. To give an example, Jan Swammerdam, a Dutch scholar, wrote in 1669 his ‘Historia Insectorum [...] showed, that insects only appeared where insects before laid their eggs. Figure 2: Titlepage of Moffets work. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Theater_of_Insec ts.jpg , accessed: 06-03-2013 http://en
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t of the atomic theory because the original works of Leucippus and Democritus were lost and are known only through Aristotle’s criticism. Aristotle’s works were kept and expanded in the Is- lamic culture [...] cide in September of 1906. The atom gets a substructure Even before Einstein’s and Smoluchowski’s work helped to establish a consensus about the accuracy of the atomic description of matter, some researchers [...] actually contradicted the initial understanding of the atom as being indivisi- ble. In fact, Faraday’s work on electrolysis from the 1830s could have raised questions about the fundamen- tal and indivisible
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child of twelve born to James and Martha Rutherford. His father worked making wheels for carts, and as an engineer. Later, his father worked as a flax-miller. In contrast, his mother was an English teacher [...] was very important to his par- ents. James Rutherford’s work was also very im- portant to the development of his son’s personality. His father’s work required the family to move quite often. In 1876, James [...] had a reputation as being an outstanding researcher and innovator working at the forefront of electrical technology. He chose to work with Professor Jo- seph John Thomson at Cambridge University’s Cavendish
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a great part of his life to the study of solutions, catalysis, and petroleum. He also wrote many works, including Principles of Chemistry. Dmitri Mendeleev was born on February 8, 1834 in Tobolsk, a town [...] gymnasium. Unluckily, his career was interrupted by the Crimean War, and the gymna- sium where he worked was converted into a hospi- tal. Mendeleev moved back to Saint Petersburg, where he became employed [...] Unfortunately, because of person- ality differences, their marriage ended in divorce. Mendeleev's work at the university ended un- expectedly. Having sided with his students over a dispute, he handed the
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any reference to Meyer’s work. Yet, it turned out that this was not Mendeleev’s first publication of his under- standing, he had already published a descrip- tion of his work in March 1869 in a Russian [...] not be considered as a classification. Yet, there is another aspect which is crucial in Lavoisier’s work with re- spect to the development of the Periodic Table: he analyzed chemical reactions quantitatively; [...] growing number of chemi- cal elements was the British John Alexander Reina Newlands who published his work also in the 1860ies. Newlands observed that “ ‘If the elements are arranged in order of their equiva-
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System) Expected results After the lesson, the students are expected to: 1. Describe the Mendeleev’s work about the classification of the chemical elements, based on the narration as well as the suggested
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without any reference to Meyer’s work. Yet, it turned out that this was not Mendeleev’s first publication of his understanding, he had already published a description of his work in March 1869 in a Russian journal [...] will watch a video with narration or listen to a story from your teacher for the Mendeleev and his work about the classification of the chemical elements. Please write down the main points of the story
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any reference to Meyer’s work. Yet, it turned out that this was not Mendeleev’s first publication of his under- standing, he had already published a descrip- tion of his work in March 1869 in a Russian [...] without any reference to Meyer’s work. Yet, it turned out that this was not Mendeleev’s first publication of his understanding, he had already published a description of his work in March 1869 in a Russian journal [...] not be considered as a classification. Yet, there is another aspect which is crucial in Lavoisier’s work with re- spect to the development of the Periodic Table: he analyzed chemical reactions quantitatively;
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in order to work with Rutherford. 2 Ernest’s Nuclear Atom Storytelling Teaching Model: http://science-story-telling.eu “I think that is a good idea, provided that Ernest is willing to work at the arduous [...] received his first science book at the age of ten, he was hooked; nevertheless, he still had to keep working at the farm chores. He was very studious and managed to obtain university scholarships. Throughout [...] his university days in New Zealand, he studied and invented high-frequency electrical circuits and worked with radio waves. After he graduated with his Master’s degree, he looked for a job as a school teacher