Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) is a pivotal figure in the development of Western science. Albert Einstein called him “the father of modern physics—indeed, of modern science altogether” [5]. More recently, Stephen Hawking wrote: “Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science” [13]. Galileo’s trial and condemnation by the Inquisition in 1633 have...

testing as a general trait of social life has received a great deal of attention by many language teachers and scholars. throughout history, people have been tested to prove their abilities and experiences or to confirm their capacities. many authorities have said that assessment and instruction should be integrated as a single and inseparable activity which seeks to understand development by a...

Limiting dome height (LDH) tests were used to evaluate the formability of laser butt welded blanks of the dual phase 980 steel in comparison with the base metal. Two different lasers were used: diode and Nd:YAG, giving a wide range of welding thermal cycles. A sharp decrease in LDH was observed in the welded specimens due to the formation of a softened zone in the outer heat affected zone. Soft...

To study the performance of nozzle air supply in a large space building, this paper builds a simplified computational model of a large exhibition hall applied with vertical nozzle air supply system using the method of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The Fluent software is used to realize the three-dimensional simulation and obtain the temperature field and velocity field in the occupied zon...

Cyanobacteria were sampled along two vertical and two horizontal transects in the littoral of Devoke Water, English Lake District. Profiles of cyanobacterium diversity and abundance showed that both attained a maximum close to the water line, but declined rapidly 20-40 cm above it. The distribution of individual species with height together with species and site ordinations showed that several ...

As altimeter satellites approach coastal areas, the number of valid sea surface height measurements decrease dramatically because of land contamination. In recent years, different methodologies have been developed to recover data within 10–20 km from the coast. These include computation of geophysical corrections adapted to the coastal zone and retracking of raw radar echoes. In this paper, we ...