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almost died. Almost miraculously, he recovered and remained relatively healthy for the rest of his life. While it was traditional at that time to enter university at age 16 – 17, William enrolled at the [...] very high expectations for himself and for what opportunities a good education could provide him in life. Being highly motivated, William pushed himself to excel above his classmates, winning a medal for [...] very proud. His father died of cholera two years after he was elected. In turn, Thomson devoted his life to working at Glasgow, continuing to work there for 53 years. Another great scientific interest of
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Christoph Lichtenberg was one of the most interesting thinkers of the European Enlightenment. During his life, he was known mainly as an outstanding naturalist, art critic, a longtime professor in physics in [...] which was for him the cause of the complexes. What is more, Georg had an asthma, and later in his life he suffered also from heart insufficiency, states of anxiety, depression. Despite all above- mentioned [...] in sciencce subjects and he instilled this interest in his two youngest sons. Throughout all his life, he was gathering the physical equipment and talking willingly about the astronomical discoveries
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as a teacher in a local school. He earned his living and provided himself with a quiet, untroubled life. Me- teorology was his passion. He constructed barom- eters and other scientific instruments used [...] used in this field. He began to keep a diary where he entered his weather observations. During his life he made more than 200,000 observations and published them as a book in 1793. Young Dalton was busy teaching [...] pension which enabled him to retire from delivering lectures at the Academy. One event in Dalton’s life is especially worth mentioning: One day Dalton decided to visit his mother and gave her a colorful
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to his changing surroundings, he grew up to be exceptionally open-minded and innovative. Later in life, he stepped up to every challenge, was never scared away, and became one of history’s most prominent [...] through a fortunate turn of events, received it. As a result, the next stage in Ernest Rutherford’s life took place in Cambridge. In 1895, he left New Zealand. He was only 23 years old, but had a reputa- [...] element is taken into con- sideration. A problem with respect to this decreasing activity was the half-life not being a value that could be used for an individual atom. The law of radioactive de- cay worked
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element is taken into con- sideration. A problem with respect to this decreasing activity was the half-life not being a value that could be used for an individual atom. The law of radioactive de- cay worked [...] Atommodelle (3. Auflage). München: Deutsches Museum. Blackmore, J. (1995). Ludwig Boltzmann: His Later Life and Philosophy, 1900-1906. The Philosopher. Dordrecht: Klu- wer. 9 Before these experiments were carried [...] Shapin, S., & Schaffer, S. (1989). Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life (1st Paperback Edition). Princeton: University Press. Sichau, C. (2005). Atomphysik : historische
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equate to compa- rable rations (Hanson 1999, pp. 165 ff.). The accounts originating in the civilian life of Egyp- tian workers in Mesopotamia show a monthly ration of three bar of grain, resulting in an [...] energy conservation for human or ani- mal subjects. He defined heat as a measure for the in- tensity of life processes. To support his idea, Rubner designed an experi- mental setup to control the products of
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nutrition, for which he received the Nobel Prize, together with Sir Frederick Hopkins, late in his life. Christiaan Eijkman was born on August 11, 1858 in the small town of Nijkerk, in The Netherlands. [...] bacteria grow. On the other hand, perhaps, the bran of the rice contains substances indispensible to life and health that do 4 Christiaan Eijkman: Simplex non veri sigillum Storytelling Teaching Model: h [...] equate to compa- rable rations (Hanson 1999, pp. 165 ff.). The accounts originating in the civilian life of Egyp- tian workers in Mesopotamia show a monthly ration of three bar of grain, resulting in an
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university and building a successful and prosperous life for himself. He was partly motivated by the hard times his family had suffered all his life, beginning with his father’s blindness and death and [...] he Aspek- te des Periodensystems der chemischen Elemente. Karlsruhe: HYLE. Childs, P. (1994). The life and legacy of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier. Chemistry in action 43, 8-17, http://www3.ul.ie/~childsp [...] of the 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
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. He also ex- perimented with electrical discharges, and com- pared various barometers. The daily life of Lavoisier was focused entirely on science. In 1771, he married a 13-year-old young lady named [...] equate to compa- rable rations (Hanson 1999, pp. 165 ff.). The accounts originating in the civilian life of Egyp- tian workers in Mesopotamia show a monthly ration of three bar of grain, resulting in an [...] energy conservation for human or ani- mal subjects. He defined heat as a measure for the in- tensity of life processes. To support his idea, Rubner designed an experi- mental setup to control the products of
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Further Study: M. Clough (2010).The Story Behind the Science: Bringing Science and Scientists to Life in Post-Secondary Science Education, Science & Education (2011) 20:701–717 http://www.publicengagement