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Volume 3, Issue 8, February 2013

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Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) 449th birth day
Galileo Galilei was one of the world's greatest scientific pioneers. He was an inventor, astronomer, physicist, mathematician and philosopher. He was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa Italy. At the age of 17, Galileo began experimenting with pendulums and became a math professor. In 1609, Galileo constructed an improved model of the telescope and began his astronomical observations. He published "history and demonstrations concerning sunspots and their phenomena." Galileo proved that earth revolved around the sun. Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of science", and "the father of modern science. His contributions to observational astronomy include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of Venus, the discovery of the four largest satellites of Jupiter (named the Galilean moons in his honor), and the observation and analysis of sunspots. Galileo also worked in applied science and technology, inventing an improved military compass and other instruments. With a telescope he had made himself, he watched the skies and proved that it is not the sun that revolves around the earth, but the earth that circles the sun. The church did not want to accept this discovery, however, and, at a trial, it forced Galileo to recant his theory.

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DISCOVERY OF THE MONTH

A View on Rat Bite Fever

Balasubramanian J, Narayanan N

Rat bite fever is casued by spirillum minus and streptobacillus moniliformis bacteria. It is transmitter to humans through contact with secretions or blood of an infected rodent. Rats are the most common carrier of the bacteria. Squirrels, gerbils, and other carnivores that prey on rodents can also carry the disease. The bacterium is transferred in approximately 10% of bites to humans.

Discovery, 2013, 3(8), 21-23

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REVIEWS

The utilization of ICT in education for sustainable development

Jackson M Nyangechi, Ifeoma R Eze, Emmanuel O Adu

Education is supposed to play a vital role for the development of a nation. Many countries madeprogression through education. Nevertheless, some of them also failed to retain the developmentachieved since these countries failed to utilize the ICT resources. This paper focuses on the utilization of ICT in education for sustainable development. The paper succinctly examines the importance of ICTs in education, education for sustainable development ESD and the current uses of ICTs in education for sustainable development.

Discovery, 2013, 3(8), 24-28

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Process modeling and related algorithms analysis about soil collapse in channel construction

Feng An

In contemperary world, Channel Contruction & Mineral Mining have put channel formation analysis into a very important point, The Software Dynaform can formate many kinds of channels. The Author proposes a different kind of Dynaform implementation in which the whole system can be realized in a single dynaform project. And the desired work will be first donated to OPENGL to do mathmatical modeling using Finite Element Analysis with 50,000 points in every single square inch.

Discovery, 2013, 3(8), 29-31

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