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What Makes Some People Think Astrology Is Scientific? [PDF]
, 2010 Citizens in both North America and Europe are apt to read horoscope columns in newspapers and magazines. While some people read these casually and purely for entertainment, some believe that astrology has scientific status and can provide real insight ...
Allum, Nick
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Astronomy Education in the East [PDF]
Highlights of Astronomy, 1998 In the IAU, there is the Commission 46 “Teaching of Astronomy” to which at least one representative from each member country belongs. At an occasion of the Asian-Pacific regional meeting of the IAU held in Beijing in 1987, there was a resolution to set up a committee of Teaching of Astronomy in the Asian-Pacific region.
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Three in one: The model of Sun–Earth–Moon
SHS Web of Conferences, 2016 The purpose of this study is to develop a Sun-Earth-Moon model which will be used in describing fundamental topics of astronomy, hardly understood correctly because of their three dimensional and complicated nature.
Ünal İbrahim, Özdemir İlda
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Digital Astronomy in Education
International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 2007 What causes seasons? Why day and night durations are so different with seasons? Why the position of the full moon seems directed to the south in summer while it seems directed to the north in winter? It is the purpose of this computer simulation to provide an interactive application, programmed in Java language to explore the issues related to the ...
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Shaping Attitudes Toward Science in an Introductory Astronomy Class
, 2009 At many universities, astronomy is a popular way for non-science majors to fulfill a general education requirement. Because general-education astronomy may be the only college-level science course taken by these students, it is the last chance to shape ...
Adams W. K., David Wittman
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Astronomy Education for Preschool Children: Exploring the Sky
lnternational Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2020 The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of astronomy activities in science education with preschool children through semi-structured interviews. The interviews were conducted with the children before and after the implementation of the
Serkan Timur +3 more
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Astronomer and Metrologist Fricis Blumbahs (1864–1949) [PDF]
Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum, 2015 Fricis Blumbahs (Fritz Blumbach) was one of the first Latvians to acquire higher education in astronomy and he made an outstanding contribution to the culture and science of Latvia during his lifetime.
Jānis Kaminskis, Jānis Klētnieks
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Plasmonic photocatalytic ammonia decomposition occurs at near‐room temperature on a plasmonic Au nanocone array under visible light illumination. The nanostructure efficiently harnesses plasmonic modes, leading to increased reaction rates upon plasmon decay.
Thanh‐Lam Bui +17 more
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Search and Discovery Tools for Astronomical On-line Resources and Services [PDF]
, 2000 A growing number of astronomical resources and data or information services are made available through the Internet. However valuable information is frequently hidden in a deluge of non-pertinent or non up-to-date documents.
Egret, Daniel +2 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.By integrating machine learning into flux‐regulated crystallization (FRC), accurate prediction of solvent evaporation rates in real time, improving crystallization control and reducing crystal growth variability by over threefold, is achieved. This enhances the reproducibility and quality of perovskite single crystals, leading to reproducible ...
Tatiane Pretto +8 more
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