Ecology

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Castel Sant’Angelo or Mausoleum of Adriano, the engineering and architectural analysis of the Roman monument

Commissioned by Adriano to the architect Demetrian as a funeral mausoleum for itself and for family members, the Castel Sant’Angelolocated near the Vatican on the right bank of the Tiber, has changed its function through the centuries. The fortress includes internal courtyards, defensive bastions added over time and the panoramic terrace With the statue of the angel, although perhaps one ...

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What is the meaning of Horror Vacui and what does the void with art has to do with it?

Horror Vacui It is a Latin phrase that means “terror of the void” “Nature shocks the void“(“Nature Abhorret in Vacuo“). For this reason, as it would also have supported Baruch Spinoza Many centuries later, there would be no “empty spaces” in nature, and those apparently such would always be full of some liquid or gas: a theory that contradicts the ...

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Why are the squares both rhombuses and rectangles?

How many rectangles are there in the image? And how many rhombus? If you replied “nobody” then you were wrong! In the figure they are clearly visible 2 squares which, from a mathematical point of view, are at the same time both rectangles That rhombusall in the big family of parallelograms: quadrilaterals with the parallel sides two by two. It ...

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Why do the mirrors are mirror when we take a shower? The physics of condensation

When we take a hot shower, it mirror (and the glass of the window) appeal due to the condensate. This phenomenon occurs when the air damp and hot in the room meets the surface of the mirror, which always has one lower temperature of that of the steam, causing its sudden condensation – the transition from liquid gases – of ...

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Who are the Amish, the Christian religious community present in the United States of America

The Amish they are a Christian religious community born fromAnabattism who made simplicity and their separation from the world their existential pillars in an era dominated by technologycome on social network and from one speed always growing. They are characterized by the refusal of childhood baptism, the separation between church and state and non -violence and live mainly in agricultural ...

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Mosquito lamps are useless: that’s why why

Many people, with the arrival of the hot season, try to caution themselves from the stings of mosquito Buying or putting the famous into operation “anti -media lamps“O zapperlarge plates a blue light Which, in theory, should free us from the annoying presence of these parasitic insects by attracting them and killing them with a small electric shock. Too bad ...

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Because we cannot become rich by printing more coins

Think that print more money It becomes richer, it is quite common, but it is not correct: printing too much money does not grow wealth, but it could rather cause inflation, which makes prices rise and reduces the purchasing power of people! There wealth of a country It is not only given by how much money there is in circulation, ...

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The Benagil cave in Portugal, an extraordinary example of natural erosion in algarve

Located in the region ofAlgarve, along the southern coast of Portugal 150 meters from the homonymous beach, the Benagil cave It is an extraordinary natural wonder that attracts thousands of tourists every year. It is not only a breathtaking landscape, but also a testimony of the force of the processes of erosion naturallike thecoastal erosion and the karstwho have it ...