1.What causes thunder?
The rapid heating and cooling of the air near the lightning channel causes a shock wave that results in thunder!
2.Find out who Francis Bacon was and how he died?
Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was an English lawyer, statesman, essayist, historian, intellectual reformer, philosopher, and champion of modern science. Bacon saw himself as the inventor of a method which would kindle a light in nature - "a light that would eventually disclose and bring into sight all that is most hidden and secret in the universe." This method involved the collection of data, their judicious interpretation, the carrying out of experiments, thus to learn the secrets of nature by organized observation of its regularities. Bacon's proposals had a powerful influence on the development of science in seventeenth century Europe
In 1626 March, while driving near Highgate, he decides to experiment with the effect of cold on the decay of meat, purchases a fowl and stuffs it with snow. Catches cold and develops bronchitis, dying on April 9
3.How many people are there in the world at the moment?
6,413,189,714
4.Find out how many employees worked in manufacturing and how many in service in your county in 2000
Hall County in Georgia:
In manufacturing: 20,064
In service:
Professional, scientific & technical services: 1,228
Admin, support, waste mgt, remediation services: 3,500
Educational services 1,117
5.Where was he born and raised?
Johan Sebastian bach born and raised in Thuringia, he never went farther north than Hamburg and Lübeck, or farther south than Carlsbad.
When did he finish his first work ?
1700
6.Find out the availability and cost of the book Course Technology’s Internet, 4th Edition
amazon: 53.95$
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www.half.com (the cheapiest but used)-34.23$
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8.What is the latest operating system that Microsoft is releasing to its home users?
windows xp home edition
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