| 单词 | discovery |
| 例句 | He stooped to pick it up, and then the newly tapped spring of fabulous discoveries threw him another gift, and shock and wonder erupted inside him so that he shouted out. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A sudden unreasoning fear of discovery laid hold of Frodo, and he thought of his Ring. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And of course it is true that a discovery often involves a recognition of the significance of something already known. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If this was DNA, I should create a bombshell by announcing its discovery. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Moreover, the discovery of the microwave radiation by Penzias and Wilson in 1965 also indicated that the universe must have been much denser in the past. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, Kelvin’s discovery of absolute zero told physicists what they couldn’t do. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “We certainly will not be unmindful of the possibilities of discoveries of military value in the energy range above one hundred million volts.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He came to the door, holding his discoveries in his hands—a blood-splattered blue hair ribbon and a cross with red stones. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It is to be achieved either by gradually acquiring more and more territory and so building up an overwhelming preponderance of power, or by the discovery of some new and unanswerable weapon. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z For human biologists, each of these discoveries came with enormous payoffs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z This accidental discovery is, incidentally, entirely typical of the history of science. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z No map has ever yet shown the river...I can direct any man where to find this river...rivers stay put, so that the discovery we have made may be verified.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Indeed, by now, Singleton and Rindlisbacher, emboldened by discovery, were nowhere near close to giving up. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z This is not obvious to us because in due course classical discoveries came to be linked to the names of their discoverers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He thought nothing of waiting a decade or two after its discovery to publish the inverse square law. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At certain times—meaning at uncertain times, for they depended on our humour—I would say to Herbert, as if it were a remarkable discovery,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z When the little boy and his huge plush octopus at last popped free into the yard, the girls turned to inspect their discovery. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “He told me that he had originally contemplated suicide when he realized the terrible potentialities of his discovery and he felt that now these had been realized and he was to blame.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Let’s examine a preliminary and relevant probability oddity, whose discovery is due to statistician Bradley Efron. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Even more remarkable was Scheele’s failure to receive credit for the discovery of chlorine. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I stop my mind from taking me back to that last night and my discoveries. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Every kiss with Arthur feels like discovery, like we become more comfortable with each breath. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It holds that once you set out to answer a question the answer you will arrive at is entirely predetermined—just like Columbus’s discovery of America. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It is hardly surprising that there is a book on the Scientific Revolution entitled Nature and Nature’s Laws, since the discovery of laws of nature is one of the Scientific Revolution’s most remarkable achievements. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I opened my pack, rooted through the contents, and then looked up with that confounded expression that comes with the discovery of a reversal. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Richard wished he hadn’t said he was a writer and so he added, as if to make up for saying he was a writer, “I’m fascinated by the discoveries at Igbo-Ukwu. The bronze castings.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then I thought about another Joe McCormick discovery, one of the few breakthroughs in the treatment of Ebola virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not much. Straws show which way the wind blows, and I’ve made several discoveries today.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Encouraged by the increasing number of discoveries, Figgins’s estimation of their import was growing almost daily. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The Baldwin County Circuit Court judge was now obligated to review our case and could be forced to grant our discovery motions, which would require disclosure of all police and prosecutorial files. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Moreover, the social practice which we label ‘discovery’ can be confused, contradictory and paradoxical: it really is not always obvious who made a discovery or when they made it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Each day they delved more deeply into the secrets of the “castle,” and each day turned up additional evidence that Holmes was something far worse than even Geyer’s macabre discoveries indicated. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He also recorded Lawrence’s assurance that a recent visitor, “a very distinguished biologist,” had declared “that this technique could well be as important to biology and medicine as the discovery of the microscope.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It is experience in this sense—experience as the path to discovery—that was scarcely recognized before the discovery of America. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But even the discovery of Egypt didn’t stop the beginning of school from arriving with all its problems. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z That did not sound like too exciting a discovery to me, but when he explained what it was for, I could see that it was—or would seem so to the government. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z And that was when, years later, I discovered facts I couldn’t believe about a man who, up until that discovery, I would gladly have given my life for. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, the discovery game had its antecedents and its precedents. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Most of them had not understood Blackberry’s discovery of the raft and at once forgot it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The next May, the president of the society remarked parenthetically that the past year had not yielded any particularly noteworthy discoveries. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z This discovery led to the testing of other combinations. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When Galileo announced his discovery Venus was moving towards the sun: conjunction occurred on 1 March. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Did I ever. Imagine how shocked I was—me, this Talentless little thing, making such a world-changing discovery. It was ... I can’t even describe how amazing that moment felt to me.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The discovery of America was crucial in legitimizing innovation because within forty years no one disputed that it really was an unprecedented event, and one that could not be ignored. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Hubble’s discovery that the universe was expanding, and the realization of the insignificance of our own planet in the vastness of the universe, were just the starting point. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z With Muller’s discovery a vast new field of scientific and medical knowledge was opened up. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Instead he took the discoveries of others and made sense of them. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z At other times he tried to explain to her, in confused words and at great length, about his discovery of God. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z If the discovery of America began in 1492, so too did the discovery of progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He occupied himself by inventing the differential and integral calculus, making fundamental discoveries on the nature of light and laying the foundation for the theory of universal gravitation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As she welcomed him silently to the human race, the stab of discovery made her tremble a little. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Quiet quiet to escape discovery I gather my few necessaries in a morral, a bag, including the tortillas and fresh chones, underwear. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z They determined, for instance, that a rusting object doesn’t lose weight as everyone had long assumed, but gains weight–an extraordinary discovery. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z From 1980 to 1996 he averaged two discoveries a year–not a huge payoff for hundreds of nights of peering and peering. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Although these deceptively simple ancient flutes are almost all that survives of Palaeolithic music, acoustic scientists have recently made an extraordinary discovery about the lifesaving importance of music to cave-dwellers of this period. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Each piece told its own tale of discovery, of being lost and found in a time of hardship and fear. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I was understandably taken aback at the discovery and when he saluted sharply and barked “Pasa” I released the brake, put both feet down and lifted them a bit too sharply. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I looked around for the Count, but, with surprise and gladness, made a discovery. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The idea of discovery simply could not take hold in a culture so preoccupied with Biblical chronology and liturgical repetition on the one hand, and secular ideas of rebirth, recurrence and reinterpretation on the other. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But for centuries after their discovery, the composition of those clouds remained entirely unknown. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There is another way to investigate Mars and the full range of delights and discoveries this heterogeneous planet holds for us. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We go down through the layers, unearthing discoveries: my high school pictures, my lipsticked mouth unsmiling, somebody’s hair in an envelope, a single knitted baby sock. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The history of our past voyages of discovery suggests that Voyager and other spacecraft reconnaissance missions will revolutionize our knowledge of this place. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They called that discovery the Master Work—it was part liquid and part solid. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There were powerful elements of scientific adventure and the zest for discovery of new lands, new plants and animals, new people; the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Platonists’ doctrines of recurrence and reminiscence were not the real problem, however; both were endorsed by Proclus, who still wrote, as the Greeks did, in terms of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The boys had never learned to tell him of their interests and discoveries, or of their needs. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He evidently fears discovery or interference, in the state of helplessness in which he must be—confined as he is between dawn and sunset in his wooden box. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z In a decade of solid, original research, Luce made his second great discovery: that gender identity is established very early on in life, about the age of two. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was different for Charles and Emma; for them, the engagement was a time for discovery. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Several other opportunities arose for Americans to claim the discovery of dinosaurs but all were wasted. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z That the mechanism of evolution is natural selection is the great discovery associated with the names of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This discovery ruined the reputation, up till then untarnished, of the volunteer explorers and mountain climbers, who from that day on were considered little better than a pack of bandits. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The first argues that before Columbus discovered America in 1492 there was no clear-cut and well-established idea of discovery; the idea of discovery is, as will become apparent, a precondition for the invention of science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Me neither. We won’t go far. But this thing seems to like trails. It followed one all this way. We may be close to a discovery. It’s worth going a little ways just to check.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It was quieter there, and they had to get his discoveries written down. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The book said that many important discoveries contained a “Eureka moment.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Galileo now rushed to publish his discoveries, which transformed astronomy in the space of a few months—the time it took for others to acquire telescopes with which they could corroborate his findings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z His watchfulness saved us from discovery many times. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Like Kelvin’s discovery of absolute zero, the laws of thermodynamics erected impenetrable barriers that no scientists can ever cross, no matter how hard they try. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Entering his sister’s private apartments, he made a grisly discovery: Berenice and her son had already been murdered by allies of Laodice. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The discovery of numerous skeletons of mammoths with Clovis spear-points between their ribs suggests that this agreement of dates is not a coincidence. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There’s no phone, but Scoob does make an unexpected discovery in the hidden space behind the kitchen TV: rubber-banded piles—four of them—of crudely stacked green paper rectangles. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z At the moment of discovery, the vaunted technology has produced something astonishing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The River of Doubt was an important discovery that changed the map of the world. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Then in Chapter 3 he stresses the importance of the discovery of America: earth and water make one globe in which the centre of gravity and the geometrical centre coincide. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Using more conventional means, however, the private detectives made a startling discovery. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I have made a most wretched discovery,” said he, after a short pause.— Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z So, too, as the category of discovery has developed over time it has come to include many radically different types of event. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z J. G. Crowther has neatly summed up the real root of the problem, which Oldenburg fanned into flame: ‘Hooke could not understand what tact had to do with science...Newton regarded discoveries as private property’. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Then the Mellower spoke of Mother’s chemistry discoveries and her position as a professor at the University. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Despite fear of discovery, I crept through the woods. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “But it had to be done. I certainly can’t go publicizing that Poe manuscript if Griswold’s still around. As it stands now, nobody knows it exists. It can be my discovery. Well...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Newton was guarded about his discoveries and fiercely competitive with his scientific colleagues. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon I made a discovery in the home that stunned me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Should public universities license discoveries funded with taxpayer dollars so that private corporations could sell them for profit to those same taxpayers? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Journeys of discovery require more than just a working maritime knowledge,” the captain lectures. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The Russians and the Americans ran to the base of the ladder as the policeman descended with his discovery: “Two dead flies!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z There I stood, still facing her door, paralyzed with discovery. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Well”—Genie turned around to make sure the front door was closed—“there are, uh, no new discoveries,” he said cryptically. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Next discovery: the Italians used euros, and Percy didn’t have any. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But the crucial modern inventions depend on prior scientific discoveries: in the case of the steam engine, Boyle’s law. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was apparent right from the start that discovery, priority and originality were ambiguous and, at the limit, incoherent; and that these values conflicted with the obligation to check and check again before publication. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was too late for him to assert his claim to the discovery. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, it brings us to a discovery which is strange and unexpected. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As I whisper my discovery of Snow’s plan to break me, it dawns on me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Similarly, in April, Cardinal Bellarmine asked the Jesuit astronomers whether Galileo’s discoveries had been confirmed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The really remarkable cases are those of prospective discovery, since they straightforwardly refute the claim that all discoveries are necessarily retrospective constructions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the wake of Columbus’s discovery of America a silent revolution occurred, the invention of what we now call ‘the terraqueous globe’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There really can be multiple, simultaneous discoveries of the same thing. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But Ernest’s extroverted enthusiasm and the opportunity to be in on a groundbreaking discovery carried him along, for the moment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She didn’t know whether it was caused by the excitement of holding the baby, the bouncing trolley car, the idea of Papa or the discovery about Sissy’s perfume. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Not until Major Major was enrolling in kindergarten was the discovery of his real name made, and then the effects were disastrous. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z When we think of major overseas population movements, we tend to focus on those since Columbus’s discovery of the Americas, and on the resulting replacements of non-Europeans by Europeans within historic times. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “But if we have a record of people’s scientific discoveries or histories, they can relearn them in the hazy period after their memories are erased. People are very pliable then.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I only wished I’d been there when the Daughters of Mary had made this big discovery. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost any of the readers of this book, had they been in the right place at the right time, could have made the great discoveries described here. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He was the first to describe the archaeopteryx after its discovery in Bavaria in 1861 and the first to write a formal epitaph for the dodo. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It was a grim tale, but operative No. 28 was buoyed by the discovery. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The discovery of the Big Bang and the recession of the galaxies came from a commonplace of nature called the Doppler effect. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They were already in a giddy mood from an inspired discovery that the Fannings' name sure sounded like the word for a person's bottom they had recently learned in the playground at school. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Copernicanism led to the idea that the planets shine by reflected light, which was confirmed by the discovery of the phases of Venus; and this killed off the Ptolemaic system. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Better to hide out and chance discovery than be caught in open country at sunrise. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell them about the discovery of my uncle, but I felt guilty, since no one from their families had been found. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The accession of fortune, the discovery of my relations, followed in due order. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It was a great discovery when I found that a fresh-tasting fluid could be sucked out not only from the eyes of larger fish but also from their vertebrae. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Forty years ago the hot journalistic topic was the “discovery of the poor” in their inner-city and Appalachian “pockets of poverty.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We normally distinguish between inventions and discoveries, but the distinction was slow to establish itself and is even now clearer in our use of ‘invention’ than of ‘discovery’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The vast population of the city had not the vaguest notion of the great discoveries taking place within the Library. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of this they lit a fire, for there was no hope that darkness and silence would keep their trail from discovery by the hunting packs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He, Ron, and Hermione kept to themselves, working late into the night, trying to remember the ingredients in complicated potions, learn charms and spells by heart, memorize the dates of magical discoveries and goblin rebellions. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Recent discoveries lead us to create a new definition, which we can make using currently available scientific information. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Each day brought small discoveries: I was a Cubs fan, while he liked the White Sox. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The discovery of his daughter restored his former joviality and the pleasure of being with her was slowly leading him away from dissipation. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They were where he kept his impossible dream—every discovery he'd made about the Unseen City, every piece he'd puzzled into place. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Huygens had contributed to the design of the first microscopes and himself made many discoveries with them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost wholly unexcavated since its discovery, the Calakmul we came to lay swathed in dry, scrubby vegetation that crawled like a swarm of thorns up its two huge pyramids. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He undertook two long expeditions, which he paid for out of his own pocket, made many important discoveries, and generously gave to the Liverpool Botanic Gardens plants that might have made him rich. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I returned home and shared my discovery only with my wife, and only in a whisper. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z As one of the lab’s senior scientists, McMillan was at the hub of Ernest’s campaign to augment the discovery of fission by bombarding uranium and logging the reactions. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The voyage probably never took place, but it would have been one of discovery rather than exploration. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This discovery excited Cole and set him to thinking. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z In the last few millennia we have made the most astonishing and unexpected discoveries about the Cosmos and our place within it, explorations that are exhilarating to consider. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias wished that he could see around the back of the chair to confirm his discovery, but he had to bring himself back to the issue at hand. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z At each new discovery, I said “Oh” as if that were the only word for joy that had been invented, but when I looked at my bed, I said, “Ohhh.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “The mermaid caught his eye. I told him it was a mechanical pencil. He was very excited about that discovery. He said it was ‘the right gift for Lucy.’” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z But she was not allowed to enjoy her discovery of this reassuring resemblance for long. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Wilkins who supervised Sprat’s History, in which Galileo’s discoveries are reported at length. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “He was measuring,” Dr. Posner explains, “the time it takes to have a thought. “As you go into the history of the study of attention, the really epic discovery was the speed of mental processing.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In all the major European languages the same metaphorical use of a word meaning ‘uncover’ was soon adopted to describe the voyages of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They pooled their findings and made a critical discovery. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not want to sabotage his discovery by taking anything from the cabinet. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A delighted Cope sent Lakes a hundred dollars for his trouble and asked him not to tell anyone of his discovery, especially Marsh. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Was the KGB's discovery of the Berlin Tunnel a charade? Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z This time they brought a telescope and a magnifying glass the size of a drum, which they exhibited as the latest discovery of the Jews of Amsterdam. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Delighted with her discovery, Dany insisted the others join her for a sausage. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z For another, the story about his own discovery in the boat had filled him with excitement and with a sense of relief. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z News of the discovery spread quickly within the small world of theoretical physicists. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If he could have had a fragment of mesarthium to experiment on in his laboratory, he would have been spared these late-night outings, this risk of discovery. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Adore” had been on his second-grade spelling list two weeks ago, and it had been a great discovery for him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Upon landing, Columbus was to thrust his sword into the ground and claim the New World for Spain, while his men assumed positions that mimicked those depicted on a two-cent postage stamp commemorating Columbus’s discovery. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There are some who claim not just that some discoveries are difficult to pinpoint but that all discovery claims are essentially fictitious. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was forbidden in his home, and he appreciated it as though it were his own private discovery. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z As we saw in Chapter 3, the very concept of discovery depended on the conviction that there could be new experiences, unlike any that had gone before. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He didn’t know how it worked yet, but his discovery showed that something in cells regulated genes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The classic problem case is the discovery of oxygen. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Of course the critics are right in that concepts such as discovery are problematic: discoveries are rarely made by a single individual at a precise moment in time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The roots of the meeting had been planted more than two years earlier by the discovery of nuclear fission. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I must admit that in writing this paper I was motivated partly by irritation with Bekenstein, who, I felt, had misused my discovery of the increase of the area of the event horizon. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Dulmo discovered nothing; but his concept of discovery was soon to take on a life of its own. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Among these is the discovery that the toxicity of an organic phosphate can be increased by a second agent that is not necessarily an insecticide. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Vesalius claimed to identify scores of errors in Galen and thus undermined his authority, just as Columbus’s discoveries had undermined the authority of Ptolemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z After Galileo applied the telescope to astronomy and news of his discoveries spread, Kepler developed his ideas about optics to explain how the telescope works. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z And, after a moment, by a low, slow whistle from Lazlo, whose discovery, it transpired, wasn’t so small after all. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mrs. Pitezel learned of the discovery of her girls by reading a morning newspaper. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Your oral presentations will be our springboard, our springboard toward discovery and greater understanding.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I focus until everything goes dark around us, and I don’t feel the passage of time or the panic of discovery, I feel only our movement over the earth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z In support of their claim that Armstrong should, at the very least, be entitled to discovery, Armstrong’s lawyers offered two sworn affidavits. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z To understand the significance of Morgan’s discovery, we need to return to Mendel. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Mr. van Daan told us his discoveries of the night before, and we were extremely worried. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z For a century or more after Pott’s discovery there seems to have been little further realization that certain of the chemicals in the human environment could cause cancer by repeated skin contact, inhalation, or swallowing. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z After all, I’d just made the biggest, most important discovery of my life. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Rutherford’s discoveries launched a surge of ingenuity in physics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z From the highest vantage point you can make out only the brain’s two big hemispheres, so I began with studies of split-brain patients and other discoveries that locate language in the left hemisphere. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I manage to make my way to the barrier fence without discovery, and Red Jack is there, leaning against the tall wrought iron and looking like he hasn’t a care in the world. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When asked how he accomplished his astonishing discoveries, Newton replied unhelpfully, “By thinking upon them.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At the southern end of the site, however, the men made a disheartening discovery. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Emily returned to her apartment later that morning, still trying to wrap her head around her big discovery. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Do you think my mom made any discoveries?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It was then that I made a startling discovery. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The idea of discovery is inextricably tied up with ideas of exploration, progress, originality, authenticity and novelty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was a busy, active life, but with little room for her first love: observation and discovery. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But the idea of discovery does not bring with it cultural uniformity; rather, it encourages diversity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She was shocked by various discoveries: “Inside the hands,” she informed her husband, “the mavros are white like us.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Newton’s supposed discovery only imposed itself on the scientific community because Newton acquired ‘control over the social institutions of experimental authority’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This demonstration set the stage for the next wave of attention science, and the new discoveries as the twentieth century wore on. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Back in bed with her discovery, she stared out the window at the dark leaves of the horse chestnut. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In their rush to build a model, they had even forgotten Franklin’s first discovery: the remarkable “wetness” of DNA. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Then we’ll be truly trapped in the cellar, in constant danger of discovery. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I got excited, about my discovery and yelled the information over to the Chief, behind the pitcher. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z It was the biggest discovery of his life—even bigger than Bunker 9. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “In research, as in all business of exploration, the stirring time comes when a fresh region is unlocked by the discovery of a new key.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z If the night of his initiation into the Klan was a homecoming, his acceptance into Durham’s civic life was the discovery of a previously unknown extended family. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Mercy on me, Beth loves Laurie!” she said, sitting down in her own room, pale with the shock of the discovery which she believed she had just made. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I say ‘more remarkable’, for it is discovery itself which has transformed our world, in a way that simply locating a new land mass could never do. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In other words, science evolves, and it does so because theories that fail to develop, or that are unable to adapt in the face of new discoveries, are eliminated. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z To Ernest, the discovery was more than a triumph of applied physics; it was a means of reminding the GAC of the Rad Lab’s standing as the preeminent high-energy laboratory in the world. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z So bright it shone, so radiant with truth and discovery! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The children stood by the drapeweed for some time, pondering their discovery. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a summer of dreadful speculations and discoveries, of which these were not the worst. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z These voyages of exploration and discovery are the latest in a long series that have characterized and distinguished human history. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There is something irresistible about the discovery of even a token, perhaps a complex inscription, but, best by far, a key to the understanding of an alien and exotic civilization. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This work held up over time, and the new discovery in his lab provoked by Bohr’s skepticism ultimately enhanced, not diminished, Lawrence’s claim to the Nobel. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And there was no flickering coming from either Miig’s or Chi-Boy’s rooms, which meant they were either asleep or on patrol, so I was safe from discovery. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z So in ancient Rome, whose texts Vergil knew exceptionally well, and in the Renaissance prior to 1492, there was no concept of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z War is hell, but that’s not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We have seen already that the two-spheres theory could not survive the discovery of America; now we find that traditional Ptolemaic astronomy could not survive the discovery of the phases of Venus. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I was like an archaeologist, in a state of constant discovery. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Newton waited nearly thirty years before publishing a full account of his discovery of calculus; no one could have seemed less interested in claiming priority. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One mistake is the argument that discovery claims are necessarily retrospective because ‘discovery’ is an ‘achievement word’, like checkmate in chess. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Their discovery: when people are given a small stipend for donating blood rather than simply being praised for their altruism, they tend to donate less blood. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And Dr. Strayer made a discovery that seemed just too weird. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “No method, no new discovery, can overcome the natural difficulties that attend a wound of the heart.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He had watched her, after all, mourn her husband’s death and it had been for her in part the discovery that grief could attach itself with permanence—something Ishmael had already discovered. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I told the family emphatically that I was going to study medicine, engage in research, make discoveries. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I made the discovery that Bigger Thomas was not black all the time; he was white, too, and there were literally millions of him, everywhere. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Were the discoveries of Galileo, Hooke and Huygens irrelevant? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This finding alone would have ensured Hubble’s reputation, but he now turned to the question of working out just how much vaster the universe was, and made an even more striking discovery. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The story of Galileo’s discoveries is, it seems, straightforward. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Their science began properly in 1786 with the discovery of the similarity of Sanskrit to Greek and Latin, by William Jones. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To find a filovirus near Washington was the discovery of a lifetime. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A look of sudden discovery brightened her face. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Most of these discoveries he made in his twenties. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I think of subterfuges: examining his shirts for perfume, tailing him along the street, hiding in the closet and jumping out, red-hot with discovery. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He’d have liked to be a scholar himself, maybe an astronomer or an experimental theologian, making discoveries about the deepest nature of things. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He set it up in his cabin on the ship and spent most of the two-week Atlantic crossing exploring this new discovery. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Brain research is proceeding at an amazing pace, with countless new studies and discoveries appearing every year. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z His “Cosmic Mystery” was disproved entirely by the much later discoveries of the planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto—there are no additional platonic solids' that would determine their distances from the sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was clear that a way had to be found to capture the profits of laboratory discoveries without undermining academic standards or constraining scientific inquiry. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They told Einstein about the newest discoveries in fission and explained how uranium might be used to build devastating bombs. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They respond to the age of exploration and discovery, but only with the intention of preserving and protecting the conceptual apparatus of traditional philosophy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Centuries later, the biologist Max Delbrück would joke that Aristotle should have been given the Nobel Prize posthumously—for the discovery of DNA. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The culmination was, of course, the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus and the journeys of the following few centuries, which completed the geographical exploration of the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Although news of Kepler’s discoveries spread, the full discussion of his ideas didn’t appear in print until his book Astronomia Nova was published in 1609—publication was delayed by printing problems and lack of finance. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Their presence marks the beginning not of discovery itself but of a culture of discovery, a culture which was now shared by government-office holders and sophisticated clergymen. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Columbus was not ‘responsible’ for the existence of America, nor Galileo for the moons of Jupiter, nor Hailey for the return of Hailey’s comet, although certainly the credit for these discoveries belongs to them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In 1687 Boyle’s friend David Abercromby announced his intention of writing a treatise which would be a history of discovery through the ages—the book that Polydore Vergil had failed to write. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Evidently, Giordano has no word for ‘invention’ or ‘discovery’, so he relies on a paraphrase: ‘a new technique that never existed previously’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In order to state a claim of selective prosecution, they are required to offer in advance the very evidence that generally can be obtained only through discovery of the prosecutor’s files. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Its survival into the modern era we owe to two gigantic musical discoveries that began to make their presence felt in the two centuries before ad iooo. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But the discovery had a more important consequence: conceptually, Morgan had not just linked genes; he had linked two disciplines—cell biology and genetics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z His discovery was a triumph of scientific deduction, for the neutron, which gives deuterium its additional weight, was not discovered until many months after he identified the isotope itself. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And, of course, the triumph of the discovery enterprise was not complete until well into the eighteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It may not be great poetry, but it gives you a feel for how impressed the scientific world was with Boyle’s discoveries. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Moreover, the educated knew there was no such thing as discovery—and, indeed, the Canaries were known to the Romans. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Either way, the meanings are the same: great discoveries, whether of silk or of gravity, are always windfalls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It had to do with a name, and the discovery that, in addition to being lost or forgotten, they could also be stolen. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Emily returned to her apartment later that morning, still trying to wrap her head around her big discovery. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The naming game is inseparable from the discovery game; it could not exist before the voyages of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Another oddity was my discovery, one afternoon, of a large copper pot bubbling on the back burner of the stove, a peculiar smell emanating from it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Indeed, at the seminar at which they announced their discovery, I remember that they called the first four sources to be found LGM 1—4, LGM standing for “Little Green Men.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Surely he didn’t make his discovery in 1758, when he was long dead. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The importance of the golden ratio comes from a Pythagorean discovery that is now barely remembered. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Freddie carried his discovery not only into the homes in Ruth’s neighborhood, but to Southside, where he lived and where Macon Dead owned rent houses. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He had married on the rebound from the rotten time he had in college, and Frances took him on the rebound from his discovery that he had not been everything to his first wife. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z However, historians and historical scientists do make and test predictions about what future discoveries of data will show us about past events. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But after the discovery of the automaton, Hugo began to have other ideas. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z The flame illuminated her hand stretched out: roused now, and on the alert for discoveries, I at once noticed that hand. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z However, the discovery of the neutron and of nuclear forces knocked that one on the head too. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time of the discovery, Rondon was weak from a bout with malaria and near starvation. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z So far, our discoveries had been underwhelming, which was how I liked them. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z That could have been the precursor to an independent African discovery of iron metallurgy. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He’d pioneered the use of estrogen for treating symptoms of menopause and made important early discoveries about endometriosis. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z First, he rejected all existing knowledge as being unfit for making discoveries and useless for transforming the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Muller was catapulted into international fame by his discovery. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Ah,” she said, as if she had made a great discovery or something. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The reason for this is very simple: Bacon made no scientific discoveries himself. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Cannily, Lyell advised Darwin to have both papers presented simultaneously at the meeting of the Linnean Society that summer so that both Darwin and Wallace could simultaneously be credited for their discoveries. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z This discovery meant that if HeLa was susceptible to poliovirus, which not all cells were, it would solve the mass-production problem and make it possible to test the vaccine without millions of monkey cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Which leaves us with only one conclusion,” Leon said, his voice bright and triumphant, as if he had made an important discovery. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But coming on it now, from the water, with Lizzie stroking and angling her way to the point, Turner felt as if he was on the brink of a discovery. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Part of it was the discoveries—who would have believed that my father sang while tonging? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The discovery that the universe is expanding was one of the great intellectual revolutions of the twentieth century. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the meantime, while Newton sat upon his discovery, Leibniz developed his own calculus. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Even Lavoisier did not understand oxygen properly: discovery is often an extended process, and one that can be identified only retrospectively. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Demand collapsed, however, immediately after Galileo’s telescopic discoveries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Think how cool it would be if you were one of the people to make a big discovery. And maybe one of those discoveries could help protect the species.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Of course, now she knew that he always hid it there for easy discovery. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Tactfully–for the aging Kelvin was present, if not always fully awake–Rutherford noted that Kelvin himself had suggested that the discovery of some other source of heat would throw his calculations out. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It was in gathering material for this mound that Justin made the second discovery. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It was as though my discovery of Rinehart had opened a gulf between us over which, though we sat within touching distance, our voices barely carried and then fell flat, without an echo. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It is easy to assume that the discoveries reported in The Starry Messenger are the most important that Galileo made with the telescope. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The obituary even removed the discovery of the iguanodon from him and credited it instead to Cuvier and Owen, among others. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z During those months of gradual discovery, the chimps very slowly began to realize that I was not so frightening after all. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z And replication is an essential part of science: a discovery isn’t considered valid if others can’t repeat the work and get the same result. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I don’t claim that idea was consistent or coherent; I claim that it was successful, that it provided a template for the discovery of new knowledge and new technologies. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The emphasis on experience was thus tied to the ideas of progress and discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Scholars, physicians, and botanists sought her out to share new discoveries. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Finally, there was, of course, in the Middle Ages, no culture of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The boys were wild with all their half-composted discoveries and the long, open stretches for running. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The guttersnipe was definitely a discovery, a gift sent by Fortuna to make amends for all of her bad spins. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The discovery of the New World had fatally undermined any claim that there are some things on which all human beings can agree—here were societies practising nudity and cannibalism. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They drilled a hole right into my fear of discovery. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite all the resulting conflicts and contradictions, which remain with us still, it was the idea of discovery that made the new science, and the new set of intellectual values that underpinned it, possible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Nor was Darcy’s vindication, though grateful to her feelings, capable of consoling her for such discovery. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z As I was meditating on this discovery, a little girl, followed by her attendant, came running up the lawn. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The discovery of carbon-14 was the high water mark of Kamen s career in the Rad Lab; its publication was the beginning of his painful journey out of Lawrence’s good graces. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This was a most gratifying discovery, but it presented one immediate problem. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The simple discovery by Europe of the existence of the Americas caused an intellectual ferment. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z To grasp the significance of these two discoveries, we need to transport ourselves back to the sound world of that period, one thousand five hundred years ago. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In any case, there were alternatives to the language of progress which served exactly the same purpose—the languages of invention and discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Johannesburg was a city built up around the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, and Crown Mines was the largest gold mine in the city of gold. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, this was not in itself a discovery. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Everyone else will finish with the singular plowing through, and Ada still has discoveries ahead and behind. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Shakespeare is not aware of living in a distinctly ‘modern’ world, despite the compass, the printing press, gunpowder and the discovery of America. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One of the most striking discoveries came on the second floor, in the walk-in vault. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Pride of place is given to the discovery of America and the invention of the compass, with, between them, the printing press. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He loved reading, and he loved including the whole family in his discoveries. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It had seemed to rise in many minds at once, the initial intent simply to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of Columbus’s discovery of the New World by hosting a world’s fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Rutherford’s discovery revolutionized physicists’ model of the atom. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z That was a relatively powerful discovery for the time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She didn’t know her way around Atlanta, but the strange mixture of gleaming glass office buildings, columned houses, stucco mansions, and long stretches of worn-out row houses gave her a sense of discovery. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Falloppio knew the rules and was determined to play by them, for he wanted his own discovery to be duly acknowledged. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Much of Greek culture had been assimilated by the Romans, but they had found the concept of discovery indigestible, and it is unlikely that Vergil, trained to think like a Roman, would have responded differently. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As always happens whenever anyone claims the first anything, claims of discoveries of pre-Clovis human sites in the Americas are constantly being advanced. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The discovery of the treasure was like a deflagration. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The discovery was a method of magnetizing plastic. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The discoveries of Shapley and Hubble were made within the lifetimes of many people still alive today. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Amelia’s idea to hide the discovery from them, and now that we’re no longer friends, I can ask Mom and Dad about it. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Several days after he had begun using the new hiding place, Tree-ear made an odd discovery. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The medical discoveries made by such brilliant scientists as Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch led to procedures such as vaccination and measures such as quarantines that, when mandated by the government, saved millions of lives. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z A similar discovery was made about the same time by the Russian scientist Lev Davidovich Landau. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z So the dispute between Reinier de Graaf and Jan Swammerdam over the discovery of the egg within the ovary, which began in 1672, was referred to the Royal Society in London for adjudication. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Newton was making his discoveries about optics and gravitation. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He felt lightheaded with amazement at his discoveries. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Compared with Thomas Midgley’s colorful contributions to the march of progress, Patterson’s discovery of the age of the Earth feels more than a touch anticlimactic. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In 1605 this new idea of discovery was generalized by Francis Bacon in Of the Proficiency and Advancement of Learning. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Perhaps he had sounded surprised, now that he thought of it, but it was the same surprise he would express if a similar discovery were made in England or anywhere else in the world. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z So, wondering whether any lovers before them had made this blissful discovery, they lay together as the earth turned slowly and the moon and stars blazed above them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z With discovery came the competition to be first. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There were few who did not hail him as a true military genius for his important discovery. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But Emily was too focused on her discovery to pay attention to anything else. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I do believe that under God’s providence I have made a discovery. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z With each discovery of something new or unexpected, she watched the city come to life. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The staff did not greet the Joliots’ achievement as joyously as Madame Curie, for the discovery was another reproach to their slapdash methodology. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Kuhn’s distinction between two types of science was too neat, but his basic approach was sound: sometimes, as we have seen, one discovery leads to another in a way which is, with hindsight, entirely inevitable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And although we felt bewildered and awkward, we’d sit there willing her on to make whatever discovery was needed in her head. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Capitalizing on Mantell’s enfeebled state, Owen set about systematically expunging Mantell’s contributions from the record, renaming species that Mantell had named years before and claiming credit for their discovery for himself. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It has certainly been true in the past that what we call intelligence and scientific discovery have conveyed a survival advantage. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Cremonini went on to publish a lengthy book on the heavens in which no mention was made of Galileo’s discoveries, for the simple reason that they were irrelevant to the task of reconstructing Aristotle’s thinking. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z On the scientific side, apart from the work on gravity, in 1678 Hooke came up with his best-known piece of work, the discovery of the law of elasticity which bears his name. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Only three manuscripts of Theodoric’s short tract on the rainbow survive, and we know of only one medieval discussion of his discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They stayed up late into the night, talking with Az and Maddy about their discoveries, their escape into the wild, and the founding of the Smoke. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He felt no triumph in the discovery, though, recalling later: “That night, there was very little doubt in my mind that the world was headed for grief.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Lawrence tried to communicate his excitement about Seaborg’s discovery in writing, via a memo to Jewett’s committee declaring that “an extremely important new possibility has been opened for the exploitation of the chain reaction.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “We felt like shouting our discovery from the rooftop, but the war had changed everything,” he reflected later. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I patted the bag, safe from discovery, and crawled out from under the house. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It was as startling a discovery as the sudden seeing of a ghost. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Absolute zero was a discovery that had a very different flavor from Newton’s laws. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z There was nothing arbitrary or contingent about these changes; they were as inevitable as the discovery of America once Columbus had set sail. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There was something bewildering, even shocking, about the suddenness of their discovery. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, Mr. Bowditch. And now—please—no more discoveries tonight!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The straightforward example of the discovery of the moons of Jupiter shows that these claims are superficially plausible, but mistaken. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And with that discovery grew a desire to see them more closely. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, perhaps because the poetry had opened her heart, Kit raised her eyes and made a discovery. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He was competing with Galen, but there was not yet a community of anatomists in competition with each other, and Vesalius was not in the business of claiming priority for his discoveries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Emmanuel Roth arrives in Geneva on 29 January 2016 to destroy the Large Hadron Collider, the site of the groundbreaking discovery of gravitons, without which time travel would be impossible. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Keep this discovery a secret, at least for now. Serenity and I can help you do some research and go through the box. We’ll figure out who this other Edith is on our own.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A chain of post-World War II discoveries launches a revolution in biology. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Siddhartha spoke with delight This discovery had made him very happy. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, he left clues that led directly to the discovery of the group of elements known as the noble gases, some of which are so elusive that the last of them wasn’t found until 1962. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Of course, the geographical discoveries themselves were only the beginning. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Bod could see it on his face: a strange, delighted smile that seemed out of place on that face, a smile of discovery and of understanding. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The discovery of atomic structure and the uncertainty principle put an emphatic end to that. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s where she must go to find her even at the risk of discovery. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z On March 21, the day following the discovery of the theft, Roosevelt expected the new canoes to be launched and back on the river. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The old guard’s natural radiation sources, the thimblefuls of radium and clumps of radium-beryllium they used to make the discoveries that transformed physics—nuclear disintegration, the neutron, and artificial radioactivity—had had their day. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This might be an important discovery—Judge Ford's name was the same as her apartment number: Ford, 4d. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Inseparable from the idea of discovery were the ideas of progress and intellectual property. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z What was remarkable about the knowledge produced by the voyages of discovery was not just that it was indisputably new, nor that it was public. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The discovery thrilled physicists around the world, not least Marie Curie, to whose deathbed the Joliots brought a test tube of the first artificially produced radioelement. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Columbus reported to his king and queen that the world was round, and he went down in history as the man who first made this discovery. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z That information, of course, was in the prosecution’s possession and control, which is why Armstrong filed a discovery motion in the first place. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The discovery did not come by chance: insects were widely used to test chemicals as agents of death for man. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z To distinguish so sharply between public and private knowledge may seem to diminish the achievements of those who make discoveries but never publish them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He staked the team’s claim to the discovery with a letter to the Physical Review dated January 28, 1941. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Now we might give equal prominence to biology, but they were writing before the discovery of the structure of DNA by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He related the whole story, from his father’s discovery of the automaton up in the attic of the museum, to the fire, to the arrival and disappearance of his uncle. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Taken together, these discoveries forced Dewey to consider again the possibility of “plain robbery” as a motive. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I would make voyages, discoveries, explorations with words and try to put some of that meaning back. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The belemnite, it turned out, had been discovered four years earlier by an amateur naturalist named Chaning Pearce, and the discovery had been fully reported at a meeting of the Geological Society. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Suddenly the idea of hosting a great exposition to commemorate Columbus’s discovery of the New World became irresistible. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The discovery of America killed off the two-spheres theory of the Earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Second, and even more importantly, these discoveries were new. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The most famous of the microscopical discoveries reported by Hooke in his masterpiece was the ‘cellular’ structure of slices of cork viewed under the microscope. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Every philosophical research establishment, so he’d heard, had to include on its staff a representative of the Magisterium, to act as a censor and suppress the news of any heretical discoveries. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was shouting with the joy of discovery. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The reward was a design that could be printed and bound into books, allowing one person’s discoveries to be seen by all. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Priority disputes are an infallible indicator that knowledge has become public, progressive and discovery oriented. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I was so excited with my discovery that I did not get much sleep that night. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The question of what should be done with the discoveries pouring out of university laboratories was widely debated in academia. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In 1611 John Donne, referring to Galileo’s discoveries with his telescope made the previous year, declared that ‘new philosophy calls all in doubt’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z None of these discoveries related specifically to yellow fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The classic example of simultaneous discovery is Archimedes’ cry of ‘Eureka!’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Poor Lodovico, he does not seem to have realized that the discovery of America had made ridiculous the claim that one should never venture into the unknown. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z About a year later, Nick made the great blackbird discovery. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In his usage the meaning of the word has not yet moved far from its original reference to voyages of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He takes for granted a central issue that was resolved only by the discovery of the phases: that planets shine by reflected light. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Their publication of new discoveries had been halted during the war, but they had not stopped thinking—or absorbing the knowledge gained from work on the physics of the bomb. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As so often happens in science, their discoveries only whet the appetite for more research, which in turn created a demand for bigger, more expensive accelerators. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At the soccer match, all I could think about was the discovery of a family I never thought existed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z In spring and summer he had gathered data in Vermont and Maine, and in autumn he moved to a university north of Boston, where we lived, to write a short book about his discoveries. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z This discovery—called regression to the mean—would have a powerful effect on the science of measurement and the concept of variance. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z European knowledge of Mount Everest depends on a long history of discovery, exploration, surveying and cartography. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z On a discovery mission, searching for something I hadn’t even realized I wanted until now. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Scientists of the Food and Drug Administration who reported the discovery of these tumors were uncertain how to classify them, but felt there was some “justification for considering them low grade hepatic cell carcinomas.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A turning point in my writing was the discovery of a short story by James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Galileo’s discovery of the moons of Jupiter was not like checkmate, or winning a race: he did not plan for it or see it coming. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the history of culture the discovery of zero will always stand out as one of the greatest single achievements of the human race. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The hardest part was coming to terms with the constant dispiriting discovery that there is always more hill. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Further encouragement for the existence of black holes came in 1967 with the discovery by a research student at Cambridge, Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, of objects in the sky that were emitting regular pulses of radio waves. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know that. But if we make a real discovery, I’ll know how to go back to Greenwich.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Today I was stiff and sober, hyperaware of the noise and the light and fear of discovery. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The discovery of the age or something? 11TH JUROR: It would still be an incredible coincidence for another person to have stabbed the father with the same kind of knife. 3RD JUROR: That’s right! Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe they were meant to make the discovery they made. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The chaplain had mastered, in a moment of divine intuition, the handy technique of protective rationalization, and he was exhilarated by his discovery. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I had no time to dwell on the discovery, however, for the queen was demanding my attention. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Nasser argued with her, but this discovery only got the building more excited. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z With our discovery order from the court, we were able to collect records from Taylor Hardin, the mental health facility where Myers was sent after he first refused to testify. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Without the discovery of as yet unavailable research tools, we will probably never know what the ancient foragers believed or what political dramas they experienced. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Galileo’s discovery of the moons of Jupiter had been confirmed within a few months. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z We are so used to the varied meanings of the word ‘discovery’ that it is easy to assume it always meant roughly what it means today. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Jamie was surprised at her quiet manner, but he continued to be businesslike, “Now about this discovery.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The answer, I knew, lay in the discovery of the poison vial The knowledge of it put my father in danger. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z In modern translations these words are often represented by the word ‘discovery’, but this obscures the fact that in 1492 ‘discovery’ was not an established concept. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The subject of this chapter, though, is not the voyages of discovery as such. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The pendant swung by its chain in her fist, sparkling red in the firelight Tally focused all her doubts on it all her fear of discovery, her terror at Dr. Cable’s threats. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z His study discussed transformation as a curiosity of microbial biology, but never explicitly mentioned the discovery of a potential chemical basis of heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps nothing better typifies the strange and often accidental nature of chemical science in its early days than a discovery made by a German named Hennig Brand in 1675. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Only fear of discovery and the knowledge that we did not belong kept us from loitering. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day, they transformed outlandish discoveries into books. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The discovery of antipodes led straight to the concept of the terraqueous globe; but Copernicanism did not lead directly to the view that all planets shine by reflected light—the telescope had to intervene. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z At the time of Hawaii’s “discovery” by Europeans in 1778, political unification had already taken place within each Hawaiian island, and some political fusion between islands had begun. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Like all the scientists involved in the discovery, Oppenheimer was fired up by new ideas in physics, deeper glimpses into the weird inner world of atoms. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Thereafter every scientist dreamed of making comparable discoveries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Who really deserved the patent for a discovery that might be based on the work of innumerable scientists over years or decades? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The possibility of his death being connected to a discovery about Vermeer changed everything. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Mary turned back to her lacquer, and almost at once she made her discovery. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “It shall be my duty to protect the Book from discovery and misuse, and establish stability and peace for all the citizens of Kelanna.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The discovery of the silent, open run gave him the hope that he might be able to seize the warren by a sudden dash to the very center. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z After the discovery of a new continent, however, the outmoded view of Grosseteste once again became respectable among the philosophers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Even the discovery of new worlds, to the east and to the west, which one would imagine to be both positive and mind-broadening, was accompanied by genocide of the most sickening kind. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In between the discovery of the clues, Steve plays a series of games — mini-puzzles — with the audience that are thematically related to the overall puzzle. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The revelation of the structure of DNA by Watson, Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin brought one journey of genes to its close, even as it threw open new directions of inquiry and discovery. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Had Vergil had an opportunity to read Proclus, some of this might have made its way into his text, but it is unlikely that he would have absorbed the concept of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As we have seen, the discovery of oxygen was retrospective. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “For scientific discovery, give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel, give me Amundsen; but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He recognized Goober’s voice and it was important to share the discovery with Goober. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Landing of Columbus, by painter John Vanderlyn, is a mural in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, It is a typical depiction of the 1492 “discovery of America.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The facts might point to no cure, but if scientists let every obstacle get in their way, then there’d never be any major scientific discoveries. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It said that the discovery in the trial “vaguely references” the fact Reggie had gone to the Mission Training Center and then returned. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The victory of the terraqueous globe theory following the discovery of America is the first great triumph of experience over philosophical deduction, and thus the beginning of a revolution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Since the brutal slaying of the oilman McBride, nearly six months had passed without the discovery of another suspicious death. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Smiles were rare enough, given the nature of her work, but on such a night as this, with such discoveries, it was unthinkable. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But these personal upheavals were minor compared with the hornets’ nest soon to be stirred by Galileo’s new scientific discoveries. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z James Franck had been correct when he wrote after Hiroshima and Nagasaki that scientists could no longer “disclaim direct responsibility for the use to which mankind had put their disinterested discoveries.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He knew he must eat; he was too foggy with hunger now to think what this discovery meant to him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Bacon pointed out that the discoveries which were transforming his world—the compass, the printing press, gunpowder, the New World—had been generated in a haphazard fashion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z That discovery excited him much more than any of his other harebrained undertakings. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z There were, one can properly say, no voyages of discovery before 1486, only voyages of exploration. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Professors could only envy the millions pocketed by radio entrepreneurs from the discoveries of those pioneers of electromagnetism Michael Faraday and James Clerk Maxwell, who had claimed no patents and earned nothing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He had much to report in his book, including his fossil discoveries, and discoveries of previously unknown species. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “And you could not tell Hamlet of your discovery, for he was immediately sent away,” said Horatio, grasping the situation at once. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But Emily was too focused on her discovery to pay attention to anything else. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Brimming with new discoveries, and with Goedart’s work in her mind’s eye, she planned a new book. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It is easy to say that our world has been made by science or by technology, but scientific and technological progress depend on a pre-existing assumption, the assumption that there are discoveries to be made. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “But it had to be done. I certainly can’t go publicizing that Poe manuscript if Griswold’s still around. As it stands now, nobody knows it exists. It can be my discovery. Well...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The basic approach utilizes discovery in terms of music learning, and also is synchronous with many of the 21st-century learning approaches discussed in Chapter 1. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Sneaking it home on the bus, hiding it in the bottom drawer of his room, he was terrified of discovery. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The discovery—an unknown city in Peru that was as old as the Egyptian Pyramids—set off headlines around the world. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Yet somehow, despite virtually living on the Net, the discovery that he physically could live in almost any city in the country had come as a shock, an awakening akin to joining the Geek Club. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the idea of discovery itself, eponymy was soon carried over from geography into science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This was also the time that Ellsberg made the unsettling discovery that he was not quite the insider he’d thought he was. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z All my discoveries make headlines, but the most controversial is a soap that rejuvenates aging skin. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The island Indians, whose estimated population at the time of their “discovery” exceeded a million, were rapidly exterminated on most islands by disease, dispossession, enslavement, warfare, and casual murder. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But he doesn’t seem to have regarded the discovery of these blemishes on the Sun as very significant at that time. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z When Joe and Daddy came in, they were all excited about the discoveries they had made outside. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Following Sikhdar’s discovery in 1852, it would require the lives of twenty-four men, the efforts of fifteen expeditions, and the passage of 101 years before the summit of Everest would finally be attained. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The district court ruled that the evidence presented was sufficient to justify discovery for the purposes of determining whether the allegations of selective enforcement were valid. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Was the tide of public opinion slowly turning away from superstition and toward discovery? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Chief spoke with a triumphant tone, mundane observations delivered as grand discoveries, while Nneoma listened and smiled and agreed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He knew he had made a discovery, and at once he knew what to do. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The discoveries once again fractured the consensus about the early American history, miring it in dispute. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z With no trace of irony, the Court demanded that Armstrong produce in advance the very thing he sought in discovery: information regarding white defendants who should have been charged in federal court. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This discovery finally brought the question of the beginning of the universe into the realm of science. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Having grown separately for millennia, the Americas were a boundless sea of novel ideas, dreams, stories, philosophies, religions, moralities, discoveries, and all the other products of the mind. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “It’s only six o’clock,” he observed with a yawn, and then, in a moment, he made an even more interesting discovery. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z But he dodged the truth about several of those discoveries, especially artificial radioactivity and fission: the cyclotroneers had been capable of making them first, had they only tried. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In stressing ‘discovery’ I am providing an explanation for the new cultural values of late-Renaissance Europe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Although a lot of Edison’s discoveries were not actually made by Edison. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I told him my discovery and how I’d figured it out. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z A fellow naturalist named Hugh Falconer, meanwhile, caught Owen taking credit for one of his discoveries. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I’ve come to the conclusion that once you begin your search, you have to keep digging deeper and deeper into the past, which leads you to even more interesting discoveries. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z This was the code name of Niels Bohr, whose gloom reflected his misgivings about the horrific weapon being brought forth by his own discoveries. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Needless to say, Vergil makes no mention of the contemporary voyages of discovery, although he went on revising his text until 1553. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z No one devised this grammar, and no one wrote down its rules, but they came to be generally understood for the simple reason that they were based on the paradigm case of geographical discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The discovery and planting of nonshattering grain is thought to have been integral to the Neolithic revolution in the Middle East. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As scientists, we deplore the use to which a beautiful discovery has been put, but we can assure you that unless Japan surrenders at once, this rain of atomic bombs will increase manyfold in fury. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The discovery of a fissile isotope that could be separated from its parent by chemical means might quell the skepticism still bogging down the uranium program. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Throughout his writing career, he stayed abreast of new ideas and discoveries by corresponding with researchers and reading scientific papers. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z All the while, Washington the general was using the discoveries of Washington the spymaster to move toward the moment when he could hurl his army into a battle that would decide the war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Emblematic of the epoch of sailing-ship exploration and discovery is the revolutionary Dutch Republic of the seventeenth century. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Beadle and Tatum shared a Nobel Prize in 1958 for their discovery, but the Beadle/Tatum experiment raised a crucial question that remained unanswered: How did a gene “encode” information to build a protein? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The trustees’ discovery that they had unwittingly funded a weapon of mass destruction was not regarded in the boardroom as grounds for pride. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z What actually happened was not a discovery of food production, nor an invention, as we might first assume. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then one morning he made a discovery, and things got even more complicated. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Maria had hoped to remain in Surinam long enough to confirm all her discoveries, to repeat them and check her data as she had always done in Europe. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The voyages of discovery brought about an astonishing transformation in geographical knowledge from 1460 onwards. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z These and other discoveries add details, which continue to fascinate me, to our understanding of how agriculture’s rise triggered the rise of agriculturally based complex societies in the ancient world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As a result, they were making startling discoveries that only underscored the constraints faced by their American colleagues. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In every case, his finds were either overlooked or made it into publication after someone else had made the same discovery independently. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z After they had mastered the ancient cures that worked, they would be taught the most up-to-date western discoveries. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The other good thing about this new discovery of Tess’s Internet was that maybe he could figure something else out. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z In 1962, Watson, Crick, and Wilkins won the Nobel Prize for their discovery. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “This is a period of discovery,” he went on. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z The discovery of America in 1492. created a new enterprise that intellectuals could engage in: the discovery of new knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z These discoveries led to effective treatments and vaccines. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I am so glad that I knew Olduvai before that famous discovery. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z If discovery was new with Vespucci, then surely invention was not? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Once the idea of discovery had established itself, it expanded out of geography into other disciplines. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It investigated the discovery on the grounds of three fetuses; a Pinkerton detective “assaulting visitors” at the Tiffany Pavilion; and a “Zulu acting improperly.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We could do that, it turned out, without much fear of discovery. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Two determined explorers posed on a ridge and gazed at the mountains of the west, the mysterious country with its perils and discoveries before them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Believing that his discovery was important, he tried over the years to show the bones to local Folsomites. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Holding his discovery as carefully as his fingers could, Mario lifted the insect up and rested him in the palm of his hand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Were you really?—Well!—But you observed nothing of course, for it seems to be a new idea to you.—If I had been there, I think I should have made some discoveries.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z We cannot, somehow, give up the idea that discovery, like a race, is a game in which one person wins and everyone else loses. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Then one day as I was flipping through a history book, I came across a brief section on Christopher Columbus and the discovery of the New World. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z If the discovery of America was a happy accident, it gave rise to another even more remarkable accident—the discovery of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In anatomy, discovery does not begin with Vesalius: rather, he provides the base line that allows others to claim to have made discoveries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The goal of his philosophy is to make new discoveries, not to patch and mend an existing body of knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z His name was Steven Pendergast, and he decided to get his fifteen minutes of fame by sharing his “discovery” with the media. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z You might think that those who think that the idea of discovery is a fiction would welcome such cases, but no: as far as they are concerned, multiple discoveries are fictions, too. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Cal’s discovery of his mother was more a verification than a new thing to him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And I was on the road to discovery. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nicknamed “Mendel’s bulldog”—an animal that he resembled both in countenance and temperament—Bateson traveled to Germany, France, Italy, and the United States, giving talks on heredity that emphasized Mendel’s discovery. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Recognition and reminiscence imply that our present and future experiences are just like our past experiences; discovery implies that we can experience something that no one has ever experienced before. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I took his pack from him and sighed at the not entirely unexpected discovery that it was light. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Wallace’s discovery initially seemed to confirm the three-migrations model: the haplogroups were seen as the legacy of separate waves of migration, with the most common haplogroup corresponding to the Clovis culture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I was proud of my discovery and asked a senior officer on the gallery how to dispose of it and what infraction number to place on the Misbehavior Report. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A newspaperman told of how the smoke in the furnace had caused the discovery of Mary’s bones. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It is worth noting that the new geographical discoveries were swiftly accepted right across Europe—you did not need to be Spanish to believe that Columbus had discovered a new continent. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They roamed over the green-coated slopes, running, sliding, calling out to each other with each new discovery, until they were exhausted. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z From around the middle of the seventeenth century there is a flood of adjectives that appear in English for scientific experiments, theories or discoveries, all based on the names of scientists. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Moreover, many discoveries were made by men of low social status, men like Columbus himself, or Cabot, who had discovered the variation of the compass. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This latest discovery of a new and baffling rhyme concerning moonlight, the north and an unknown threshold nagged at his brain. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The discovery returned Lawrence to a round-the-clock schedule at the Rad Lab, supervising the bombardment of dozens of elements with his magic bullet. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Certainly some attractive new discovery could be found in a drugstore or a motel or in whatever den people are “discovered” to play the Working Boy. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Which is probably just about the last thing you want to hear at a time like that, even if Seanie did sound overjoyed by the discovery. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It took four years for Leeuwenhoek’s discovery to be confirmed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Dobzhansky could now restate the essential truth of Mendel’s discovery—a gene determines a physical feature—by generalizing that idea across multiple genes and multiple features: a genotype determines a phenotype. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I feel like a scientist making a discovery, except it’s not a vaccine or a bomb. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “Besides, they’ll just take all the credit. This is my discovery.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Hubble’s second discovery was what shattered Einstein’s eternal universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the discovery was almost always made on a Sunday. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The profusion of Clovis hunters’ sites within the first few centuries after their arrival resembles the site profusion documented archaeologically for the more recent discovery of New Zealand by ancestral Maori. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Nearly all textbooks still attribute chlorine’s discovery to Humphry Davy, who did indeed find it, but thirty-six years after Scheele had. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z After Eratosthenes’ discovery, many great voyages were attempted by brave and venturesome sailors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Of equal importance to priority disputes is the naming of discoveries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This discovery supported Einstein’s idea that the universe could be bent back on itself. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z They hadn’t talked about sharing their discovery of the book with anyone. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Invention, of course, is important as well as discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Into two of these I went, but saw nothing except fragments of old coffins and piles of dust; in the third, however, I made a discovery. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Every success, every achievement, every victory, every scientific discovery, all knowledge, all wisdom, all happiness, all virtue, are held to issue directly from his leadership and inspiration. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Ida Wells-Barnett discovered firsthand that life did not turn out as she had hoped, and other southern blacks made the same discovery. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But what made this a world- changing discovery was that if atoms really could be split, they would release energy as they broke in two. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There seemed to be more than a schoolroom science lesson in the discovery of the fungus. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Several people had followed up Galileo’s lead by the 1660s and, as we have seen, Malpighi in particular had already made important discoveries, especially those concerning the circulation of the blood, with the new instrument. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Thus the category ‘discovery’ proved to be capable of disseminating across the various local cultures of Renaissance Europe, but it did not fare well elsewhere. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Two significant discoveries have now been made about the woodcock. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Once again, we can easily push this question back one step further, by drawing on written histories and archaeological discoveries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They were on the verge of a major discovery, and the glory of it perhaps tantalized them. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the odd discoveries made by small boys is that when two pebbles are struck sharply against each other they emit, briefly, a curious smoky odor. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Kepler describes them shouting at each other and laughing, Wacker delighting in his triumph and Kepler laughing off being in the wrong, and laughing, too, with delight at the thought of such an extraordinary discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And discoveries that are never made public, or made public only long after they have been made, are not really discoveries at all. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In fact, the manner in which his intended bride’s family reacted to the discovery of it was doubtless the first and last time when the Sutpen family ever surprised him. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z This was an astounding discovery; the universe was millions of times bigger than previously suspected. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Kepler was amazed that he—immersed, so he thought, in sin—should have been divinely chosen to make this great discovery. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes that paper ran articles about Negroes who were responsible for new inventions or discoveries. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z At least, he did so when they were his discoveries. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z If McNeill were writing A World History today, discoveries like those at Huaricanga would force him to add two more areas to the book. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z By the end of 1939, the Radiation Laboratory was leading the world in its discoveries of nuclear transformations. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Caltech president Robert Millikan suppressed his institution’s feelings of rivalry with Berkeley to compliment Lawrence on his “altogether extraordinary” discoveries. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As I had suspected they would be, my discoveries were naive ones, like those of a child. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They faced north, gaping like statues cast in the moment of discovery, until Turtle Wexler, her kite tail of a braid flying behind her, raced her bicycle into the driveway. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z They hadn’t talked about sharing their discovery of the book with anyone. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Most striking here is the case of Newton, who, after he had made and published his great discoveries in the Principia, began to suspect that they were not new but merely rediscoveries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He had written to his wife that he had made a breakthrough discovery about Vermeer’s work and was then silenced before he could share it. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z If the initial thrill of discovery had been allowed to wear off, surely he would have seen his folly, even naïve as he was. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The discovery that the Earth is turning rather than the sky moving had important implications for the uniqueness of the Earth and the possibility of life elsewhere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Improvements in navigation, the lure of the spice trade and competition among rival European powers made the discovery of America around 1500 more or less inevitable. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Alec swore under his breath with every disappointing discovery, and Mark was feeling it, too. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The only way these scientists can keep their sanity is by convincing themselves that they’re on the verge of an earth-shattering discovery. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He said that he had just made an important discovery and needed to increase his staff. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “You carry a great many burdens with you. A heavy heart. Things you’ve lost. But you are moving toward change and discovery. There are outside influences that are propelling you forward.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Before its discovery there was no such thing as tuberculosis, and consequently nobody could die of it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was the printing press that established a common knowledge base against which these discoveries could be measured. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z His confidence was based on the recent discovery by Dirac of the equation that governed the electron. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, there were always the predictable kidnappings and summer love triangles, but a good show could always surprise you with something as simple as the discovery of an underground city. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Thus Columbus knew he was making a discovery, of a new route if not of a new land; the discoverers of the Azores did not. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And the best part of the whole thing was that I'd made the discovery all on my own. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z They reveal a man convinced that he has made an important discovery and distressed that others have not yet understood its significance. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That seems to be what happened following the discoveries he made in El Segundo. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The neutron and deuterium were both discoveries from that miraculous year of 1932, when nuclear physics gave up some of its greatest secrets. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The nested Pythagorean solids also made no allowance for the existence of the Earth’s moon, and Galileo’s discovery of the four large moons of Jupiter was also discomfiting. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I found myself arguing alone against the majority opinion and then I made still another amazing discovery. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The most striking multiples are those when several people claim to make a discovery at almost exactly the same time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The discovery that a wild carnivore was free in their midst created an uproar among the citizens of Zurich. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It's all discovery and goose bumps and flinching at unexpectedness. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There was one year that I remember opening our gifts only to make the startling discovery that we were poor. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In other words, Lawrence’s targets were contaminated—his supposed great discovery the product of poor technique. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And it is also at this point that he would have made an unfortunate discovery: looking at his image in a mirror will have had the effect of halving its height. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z During those two decades remarkable discoveries were made that changed the entire science of medicine. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z One nice touch about Christy’s discovery was that it happened in Flagstaff, for it was there in 1930 that Pluto had been found in the first place. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It was through observation and experimentation that scientists made new discoveries. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The scientific network is another term for that sociological reality: Pascal announced his discoveries to Mersenne’s network, and persuaded them that his facts were right by getting them to repeat his experiments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z So, too, with the discovery of the moons of Jupiter: Galileo had ‘a Eureka moment’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The final discovery prompted by Morgan’s work was also the result of a methodical study of “crossing over.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I feel a little like that Chinese princess, whose discovery gave Desdemona her livelihood. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It is true that knowledge of air pressure was widespread by 1712, and any explanation of the workings of a barometer would have conveyed to Newcomen the discoveries of Torricelli and Pascal. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z So when he had a free moment, he snuck off to the library to read of the newest discoveries. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the result of combining discovery with the moral virtues associated with Evidence-Indices. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z More intriguing was my early discovery that there was such a thing as an African American elite. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z One other discovery by a European laboratory would help to establish the cyclotron as a must-have apparatus for physics research. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Or she herself may discover her topic only after she has finished laying her ideas on paper, and forget to go back and revise the opening to let the reader in on her discovery. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Not another scrap of the strange script has turned up in the 89 years since its discovery. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z First, there was no disputing the importance of the discoveries in the New World, for the simple reason that they had become matters of state, the concern of kings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Because it did not exist in classical Latin discooperio never established itself as a respectable term; in any case, discovery was such a new concept that at first it required explication. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Lawrence thereby presided over a transformation of American science as profound as any change inspired purely by scientific discovery: the launch of peacetime government patronage. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Once the process of discovery had begun, it turned out that it was possible to make discoveries anywhere, if only one knew how to look. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Lawrence remained defensive about the oversight as late as 1940, when he rationalized it as the consequence of the Rad Lab’s singular devotion to improving the cyclotron at the expense of unimportant short-term discoveries. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But its scientific findings, its epic discoveries, its travelers’ tales, do return. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Indirectly, the discovery also stimulated argument about the settlement of the Americas. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Well, if it helps them on their mission of discovery, Ambrose, perhaps they ought to drink some more, eh?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The existence of competition among scientists is in itself evidence that the idea of discovery is present; and where there is no competition, there is no concept of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z During our World History lesson that morning, Mr. Avenovich loaded up a stand-alone simulation so that our class could witness the discovery of King Tut’s tomb by archaeologists in Egypt in AD 1922. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The discovery enterprise is no more universal than cricket or baseball or soccer; it is peculiar to the post-Columbus world, and it can only survive within a society which fosters competition. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z What Gilbert had aspired to do, Galileo had actually done: he had announced discoveries which were entirely at odds with the established philosophy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was as if I’d made some incredible discovery, like my discovery long ago of the moonlit world beyond the mere. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Rondell turned back to me, started whispering something else about this incredible discovery he’d just made about saying his real name, but I put my finger up to my lips so he’d stop making noise. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Let me start by saying that your mother was a fantastic discovery. We located her almost by accident inside the damaged world, and her genes were nearly perfect.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I was thrilled with what we were doing, as with a discovery, like finding a new place you like, or a good book. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z This discovery presented fundamental difficulties for any account of how the compass worked, but it also raised the exciting possibility that variation might be sufficiently regular for it to be used to measure longitude. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z L’Hôpital was so enthralled by the new mathematics that he persuaded Bernoulli to send him all Bernoulli’s new mathematical discoveries for the marquis to use as he desired, in return for cash. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Upon making this discovery, Archimedes supposedly shouted “Eureka!” and then ran naked through the streets. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z If the cyclotron development had been, let us say, a year earlier, I repeat, there is every reason to believe that some of these discoveries referred to would have been made using cyclotrons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z For later readers this was the paradigmatic account of discovery; Vergil, who certainly read Vitruvius, makes no reference to it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Schoenberg was so sure his new dodecaphonic system would take off that he declared triumphantly, ‘I have made a discovery which will ensure the supremacy of German music for the next hundred years.’ The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z James Chadwick’s discovery of the neutron in early 1932 posed questions about atomic structure and behavior that could not be fully processed without an understanding of chemistry in addition to physics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The first afternoon following the discovery that A-T and G-C base pairs had similar shapes, he went back to his thesis measurements, but his effort was ineffectual. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z And now that there’s a chance we could find out who this Key Holder actually is, it feels like we’re close to a major discovery. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Gilbert can confidently declare that he has made new discoveries because he knows exactly what was known before. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “This is how many discoveries were made,” one scientist said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “This little treasure is all mine, gentlemen and ladies. Please, I beg you. Do not infringe on my discovery ” “Mr. Remorso,” said Despereaux. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Perhaps—the thought crawled over me like a cold sweat—perhaps even my preliminary, accidental discovery had been engineered. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z As I have said, I feel I can do that best by sharing my discoveries and my thoughts with as many people as possible. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The discovery that we are, as one investigator phrased it, living in a “sea of carcinogens” is of course dismaying and may easily lead to reactions of despair and defeatism. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In effect, we have redefined the task of science to be the discovery of laws that will enable us to predict events up to the limits set by the uncertainty principle. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was always that way, discoveries happened because they needed to happen. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if the entire civilization had undergone some self-inflicted brain surgery, and most of its memories, discoveries, ideas and passions were extinguished irrevocably. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z You may remember that a history of all the voyages made for purposes of discovery composed the whole of our good Uncle Thomas’ library. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the case of discovery we have a straightforward paradigm case—the case from which the whole language derives. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But he was riding the momentum of his outrage on Thyon’s behalf, and the flush of solidarity from one beaten boy for another, and above all, the thrill of discovery. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z By 1624, eleven years after he had made public his discovery that Venus had a full set of phases, Galileo could take it for granted that no competent person would defend the Ptolemaic system. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He was worried, though, by the discovery of a back door that Kate hadn’t seen or thought to mention. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z And even then, Colin very much wanted to have some important discoveries, so he asked his mom about it when she got home that evening. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Though looking down one day, I made a startling discovery: New curves had appeared in my body. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Galileo had not only made a remarkable discovery; using his telescope, he had seen something where, before, there was apparently nothing at all to see. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He also became known as the most assiduous and creative hunter of new elements in history, credited with the discovery or codiscovery of twelve transuranics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It seemed so obvious now—many discoveries do. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z In Galileo’s circle, too, all that counted was discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In writing about his discoveries Galileo was not obliged to write in a way that others found puzzling or incomprehensible: it was what he said that caused consternation, not how he said it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z His discoveries with the telescope would by themselves have ensured his place in the history of human accomplishment. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Even worse, his act of solicitude for a good friend resulted in his forever being known as the junior partner in a momentous discovery. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There is, on the other hand, no limit of time or space on a discovery—it represents a new form of immortality. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, they worked in such reckless haste that they often failed to note that a new discovery was something already known. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z That accidental discovery was the first of several developments that would allow two researchers from Spain and Sweden to discover that normal human cells have forty-six chromosomes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Why then did Sacrobosco continue to be the standard text after the discoveries of Vespucci? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Wherever we went, someone came up and asked my opinions on everything from the effects of the new tax to the latest archaeological discoveries in Finland. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He explained his discovery of the few words on the charred fragment of paper. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z But his affection for me at length overcame his dislike of learning, and he has permitted me to undertake a voyage of discovery to the land of knowledge.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no use risking theft or discovery because of a few pinpoints of light reflected in an abandoned window. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The establishment of linkage between genes prompted a second, and third, discovery. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z None of these tasks requires zero; civilizations functioned perfectly well for millennia before its discovery. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z And yet della Porta could not bring himself to rethink his world in the light of this simple discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Armstrong’s lawyers thus filed a motion asking the district court for discovery of the prosecutors’ files to support their claim of selective prosecution under the Fourteenth Amendment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z There are those who secretly deplore these great discoveries, who consider every step a demotion, who in their heart of hearts still pine for a universe whose center, focus and fulcrum is the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But those walks were disciplined; they were not meanders of discovery like Vincent’s on the heath. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Hopelessness had little chance against the discovery of the tip of the tongue. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z While Bacon was writing about discovery, others were making discoveries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z All three agreed, as they quickly informed Hrdlicka, that the discovery admitted only one possible explanation: thousands of years ago, a Pleistocene hunter had speared a bison. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But I will tell you that, right there, in the prison, debating, speaking to a crowd, was as exhilarating to me as the discovery of knowledge through reading had been. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z His calves were before me; and I waited in excruciation for discovery. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The discovery of the positron in 1932 confirmed Dirac’s theory and led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1933. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And, for Pearl, there was the discovery of their landlords, and of the Richardson children. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z With it came the word descubrimento, meaning first ‘exploration’ and then ‘discovery’; and then this word, in its vernacular equivalents, spread across Europe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The discovery of a complete unified theory, therefore, may not aid the survival of our species. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t dig in my child’s territory!” my mother screamed a warning and hurried over to protect my discovery by staking out the area I was digging in. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually these groups guard treasures hidden from the waves of conquest, the golden artifacts of an archaic Montezuma, or a mine so rich that its discovery would change the world. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Virchow made significant discoveries in oncology—the treatment of tumors—and parasitology, the scientific study of parasites. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The concept of discovery brings with it a new sense of time as linear rather than cyclical. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Blue’s Clues succeeds as a story of discovery only if the clues are in proper order. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Often, discoveries are named after their inventors; from 1597 it became standard to distinguish three systems of the cosmos, those of Ptolemy, Copernicus and Brahe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It is this assumption that there are new discoveries to be made which has transformed the world, for it has made modern science and technology possible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Take discovery, which was regarded as the highest form of originality. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z That is, Priestley and Lavoisier did not both discover oxygen; they made very different discoveries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As it happened, the Joliots’ discovery of artificial radioactivity came at the moment when Lawrence was fighting his final rearguard action in defense of his deuteron theory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Especially since six months had already passed since Hahn’s discovery, and the American president, Franklin Roosevelt, still had no idea that such a thing as fission even existed. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Past voyages of discovery suggest that many of the most interesting inhabitants of the galactic continent remain as yet unknown and unanticipated. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After dinner, when we had all gathered round the fire in the study—Mrs. Harker having gone to bed—we discussed the attempts and discoveries of the day. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Thomas was hesitant to tell him about the possible discovery he and Teresa had made. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Harvey Cushing was one medical expert who understood the value for physicians of the discoveries of radiation physicists, but in this, as in so many other ways, his foresight was uncommon. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In geography the discovery game and the naming game went hand in hand; but in science the second was slower to get going than the first. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He was too busy relishing in the discovery that he could hear his thoughts. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Gawaine was surprised at this discovery, which had struck him for the first time. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Exactly eight days after Kepler’s discovery of his third law, the incident that unleashed the Thirty Years’ War transpired in Prague. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When news of the discovery of the abandoned riding boot makes its way back to Washington, Baker concludes that Booth cannot be traveling on horseback. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Father was disappointed about the timing, until he made the shocking jet-age discovery that days and months do not matter one way or another to people in this village. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Treisman herself made an indirect discovery about the kinds of things that pop to the surface, even when we’re trying to ignore them. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The development of the cyclotron was begun several years before these discoveries on faith that the availability of controlled atomic projectiles within the laboratory would lead to important scientific progress. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z |
| 随便看 |
|
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。