Science & Mathematics - 6 December 2006

Our distant ancestors did not understand the world in which they lived. They saw female animals giving birth, and probably concluded that the universe itself was 'born' out of a female God - the pagan Earth Godess. Later, as men took charge of society, Gods replaced, or were added to, the Earth Godess myth. Other cultures worshipped the Sun as the bringer of life. Still others developed strange variants of their own.

BUT, could an intelligent alien species bypass these tens-of-thousands of years of mythology and develop a purley scientific explanation of existence WITHOUT going through the 'religious age' first?

Can you offer a path of cultural development an alien species would need to take in order to reach, say, our own level of scientiic knowledge without having developed religion? A culture in which spirituality has ALWAYS been satisfied by science?

Or, is this process - religion first, then science later - the only logical path an intelligent species can take?

2006-12-06 10:39:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Science

I have a few questions I cannot figure out on my review
Please help
pref. someone whos knows what they are doing


What binary compound would have the largest electronegativity difference?

Draw the shape of ICL4 +

Draw the Lewis dot structure for the cyanide ion

write the hybrid orbitals and bonds on the above molecule

Draw the lewis dot, predict the shape, label hybrid, and bonds
PI5

IF3

HCl

2006-12-06 10:39:25 · 1 answers · asked by Sarah M 2 in Chemistry

1. do you think that these microscopes will magnify objects to a great magnitude than the traditional compound light microscope? Why?
2. Which of the two microscopes do you use to view a beetle a commpound light microscope or a dissecting scope?
3. what would be the best way in looking at a cheek cell a dry mount or a wet mount?

2006-12-06 10:39:00 · 1 answers · asked by nikita 2 in Biology

I think it is either momentum or acceleration. Just need someones help.

2006-12-06 10:38:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Physics

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2006-12-06 10:38:29 · 6 answers · asked by Eddy 2 in Mathematics

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2006-12-06 10:35:49 · 4 answers · asked by Eddy 2 in Mathematics

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2006-12-06 10:34:59 · 1 answers · asked by Me 3 in Weather

the subject is anatomy and physiology on a college level.

2006-12-06 10:32:56 · 2 answers · asked by pretty black 3 in Biology

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2006-12-06 10:30:52 · 19 answers · asked by james h 1 in Mathematics

A student standing on a scale in an elevator at rest sees that his weight is 840 N. As the elevator rises his weight increases to 1050 N, then returns to normal. When the elevator slows to a stop at the 10th floor his weight drops to 588 N then returns to normal. Determine the acceleration at the beginning and end of the trip.

2006-12-06 10:30:11 · 2 answers · asked by w_xsoadx_w 2 in Physics

given the following balanced equation;
C3H8+5O2=3CO2+4H2O
how many grams of H2O will be produced when 80 grams of O2 reatswith excess C3H8?

2006-12-06 10:29:42 · 2 answers · asked by henry f 2 in Chemistry

Car X and Car Y are 5 miles apart. Car Z passes Car X at 55mph and passes car Y at 50mph. The time it takes is 4 minutes. Prove Car Z went over 55mph during those 4 minutes.

2006-12-06 10:29:12 · 2 answers · asked by haloplayer_901 1 in Mathematics

what accleration would the apple would the apple have ?

Less than the moon s acceleration or egual to or greater ??

2006-12-06 10:27:42 · 6 answers · asked by sheinfield 1 in Physics

heard by an observer on the platform as the train approaches and as it recedes.

2006-12-06 10:27:37 · 1 answers · asked by Jennifer A 1 in Physics

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2006-12-06 10:25:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Biology

i need to solve the absolute value equation.

[k]-3=2k

i know one is -3=k, but what is the other??
thanks help is appreciated,!!

2006-12-06 10:24:59 · 7 answers · asked by BLUEEEE 1 in Mathematics

Here is the problem

If F"(x) =3x+2 and F' (3) =4, F(3) = -2 Find F(x)

Im stuck
Many thanks in advance

2006-12-06 10:24:21 · 4 answers · asked by Joe Beast 1 in Mathematics

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