afford the books she became fascinated with (Bousso). She spent much of her spare time reading, fascinated by the world around her. By the time she was five, she was already conducting science experiments and measuring the world around her. However, schools in Israel at this time focused heavily on religion, not sciences. The schools in her area all taught the same traditional topics her parents had learned—men focused on Judaism and women learned the domestic skills required to run a house. Given her
Technology transfer success Yeda is one of the most successful technology transfer office in the world and it has led many successful technology transfer. Besides that, the available technologies in Yeda were from Weizmann Institute of Science. Generally the successful technology transfer of Yeda has produced several positives outcomes. The outcomes were such as product development, spinoffs establishment, company’s creation and article publication. Some of the selected technology transfer success
indulged his taste for the science in private activities throughout the period of his primary and secondary education in the public schools of Quincy, a suburb of Boston. In 1933, he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which they excluded him because of inattention to formal studies at the end of the Fall term in 1934. The Institute authorities generously allowed him to re-enroll in the Fall term of 1935, and he took the degrees of Bachelor of Science in 1936 and Doctor of Philosophy
Michael Levitt, Martin Karplus, and Arieh Warshe, who developed a multiscale computer to predict complex chemical reactions American- British Michael Levitt was born in Pretoria, South Africa in 1947. Levitt works as a structural biology and computer science professor at Stanford University in Stanford, California. Levitt has a extensive
Computer Science is many things: engineering, math, science, art. The field is diverse; from coding robots who can map the bottoms of oceans to animating digital characters for Disney’s next film, computing has immersed itself in virtually every area and concentration of career. The idea of computing itself exists in both the physical and theoretical world, requiring abstract and concrete thinking to fully understand it. But what exactly makes computer science what it is? What specifically makes
(“Albert Einstein”). Despite being Jewish, Einstein, his parents, and his sister Maja did not observe Jewish practices, and Albert actually attended a Catholic elementary school (“Albert Einstein”). Einstein soon developed a strong love of math and science, even teaching himself Euclidean geometry at the young age of twelve (“Albert Einstein”). In his teenage years, he attended Luitpold Gymnasium, where he frequently clashed with authorities and resented the school regimen, even writing in his later
Jacqueline K. Barton is well known for probing DNA by releasing electrons through it. In her high school, chemistry was not offered in the curriculum, so chemistry was first introduced to her when she enrolled in Barnard College of Columbia University. Barton took a chemistry class in Barnard College which led to her decision to major in chemistry. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College1. After she received her B.S. degree, she attended graduate school where her interest in
His accomplishments in physics helped start the nuclear age with nuclear weapons and power. Like most famous people he changed the world in a variety of ways. The most significant ways Einstein made the world a better place were his achievements in science, pacifism, and philosophical writings. Einstein’s early years were not promising for him. When he was born on March 15th, 1879, his mother claimed his head was too big; his grandmother claimed that he was too fat, and his father stated he was mildly
National Medal of Science, the 1994 Dickenson Prize in Science from Carnegie-Mellon University, the 1994 Russell Lectureship Prize of the American Astronomical Society, in 2004 the National Academy of Sciences’ James Craig Watson Medal1, in 2002 Cosmology Prize of the Peter Gruber Foundation, in 1996 the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (London) , in 2003 the Bruce Medal for lifetime achievement in astronomy , the Richtmyer Award in 2008 , the Weizmann Women and Science Award in 1996 ,
his father showed him a pocket compass, when he was five years old. As years went by, Einstein made himself mechanical devices for fun, and started to enjoy the talent he gained for mathematics. Einstein, at ten years old, was introduced to key science and philosophy texts by a family friend who was a medical student during 1889. Einstein called "The Holy Little Geometry Book." Einstein started to understand the concepts of deductive reasoning, and when he was twelve, he learned Euclidean geometry
Adams, an expert science writer, wrote an article about manipulating the human genome through embryonic stem cells. In the article an important aspect mentioned is the research the Chinese have successfully accomplished. Chinese scientists have developed a method called,
Elsevier Publishing Company,1976. Web. 26 March 2014. “Albert Einstein (German-American Physicist).” Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 28 March 2014. Hasday, Judy. Albert Einstein The Giant of the 20th Century Science. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2004. Print Pasachoff, Naomi. Albert Einstein with Profiles of Isaac Newton and J. Robert Oppenheimer. Chicago, IL: World Book Inc. 2007. Print. Willsey, Marie. “What Did Einstein Invent?” How Stuff Works
their families that are affected by suicide. The AFSP has been funding research to better understand suicidal risk, for example work done by Yair Ben-Efaim Ph.D. who focus is in psychiatry, genetic epidemiology, and biostatics form the Weizmann Institute of Science found, “The cortisol response to psychosocial stress may become dysregulated in stress-related disorders. It is potentiated by pituitary secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), which is, in part, regulated by arginine vasopressin
There are three ways the sun's heat and energy are transferred throughout the atmosphere: radiation, conduction and convection. The sun's radiation heats the surface of the earth and the resulting heat is transferred to the atmosphere primarily by convection. Conduction is a minor contributor to the overall process since the transfer of heat via the air is a slow, inefficient process. Convection is the vertical process that carries warm air up from the ground to be replaced by cooler air, which
Spinney establishes her credibility by providing an abundance of evidence and research. For instance, she refers to research conducted by others by stating, “Groups can also distort memories. In 2011, Edelson, then at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, showed 30 volunteers a documentary” (Spinney). The goal of this experiment was to see how people conformed when in a group setting. Participants often conformed to the same false answers that other group members had
ants, a good description of self-destruction of cells, this time in plants http://www.sebiology.org/bulletin/july2002/plant.htm 9)Foucault , Michael. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Random House: New York, 1977. 10) Weizmann Institute of Science: Death of a Cell, a discussion of one series of studies of cellular apoptosis http://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/site/EN/weizman.asp?pi=422&doc_id=436&interID=138&sq=138 NOT CITED IN TEXT 11) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/07/970722090258