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Mineral: a solid inorganic substance that is naturally formed in nature. -Inorganic substance: 무기물 Minerals have crystal structures. -Crystal structure: 결정구조 Minerals can be identified and classified according to their physical properties: Color (겉보기 색) -장석, 석영은 밝고 흑운모, 각섬석, 휘석, 감람석은 어둡다. Streak (조흔색): Scientists scrape a mineral against a white tile(조흔판) to produce a chalky(하얀) line, called a s..

AP & SAT Science 2020. 5. 14. 09:03

The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean (p.10-16) 코스모스의 바닷가에서 the astronomer and geographer Ptolemy, who compiled much of what is today the pseudoscience of astrology: his Earth-centered universe held sway for 1,500 years, a reminder that intellectual capacity is no guarantee against being dead wrong. (p.14) -compile: (여러 출처에서 자료를 따와) 엮다, 편집하다 -pseudoscience: 유사과학 -Earth-centered universe: 천동설 -hold sway..

과학교양서 원서 읽기/Cosmos, Carl Sagan 2020. 5. 11. 23:28

과학 및 시사 개념 infodemic immune system infectious disease 영어공부 Cow urine, bleach and cocaine have all been recommended as COVID-19 cures — all guff. The pandemic has been cast as a leaked bioweapon, a byproduct of 5G wireless technology and a political hoax — all poppycock. ->bleach: 표백제 ->cocaine: 코카인(마약) ->guff: 실 없는 이야기 ->cast as: ~에 대해 의심을 불러일으키다 ->hoax: 거짓말, 장난질 ->poppycock: 허튼소리 Thankfully, th..

과학 학술지/Nature 2020. 5. 6. 07:29

The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean (p.8-9) 코스모스의 바닷가에서 But Eratosthenes was a scientist, and his musings on these commonplaces changed the world; in a way, they made the world. - musings: 사색 - commonplaces: 아주 흔한 Seven degrees is something like one-fiftieth of three hundred and sixty degrees, the full circumference of the Earth. - one-fiftieth: 50분의 1 - circumference : 원주, 구의 둘레 With them he deduced..

과학교양서 원서 읽기/Cosmos, Carl Sagan 2020. 5. 5. 07:31

The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean (p.5-7) 코스모스의 바닷가에서 Most shine mainly in visible and infrared light; others are also brilliant sources of X-rays or radio waves. Blue stars are hot and young; yellow stars, conventional and middle-aged; red stars, often elderly and dying; and small white or black stars are in the final throes of death. (p.5) - infrared light (IR): 적외선을 의미한다. 가시광선의 붉은색 가시광선 영역보다 파장이..

과학교양서 원서 읽기/Cosmos, Carl Sagan 2020. 5. 4. 22:11

The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean (p.1-4) 코스모스의 바닷가에서 Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us - there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation, as if a distant memory, of falling from a height. (p.1) - feeble : 아주 약한 - a catch in the voice : 강한 감정(strong emotion)으로 말문이 막히는 상황. (예문 : "I love you so much," he said with a catch in his voice.) I believe our future d..

과학교양서 원서 읽기/Cosmos, Carl Sagan 2020. 4. 30. 04:24

과학 및 시사 개념 Earth day carbon footprint pipeline project zero-emissions energy coal-powered plant renewable energy people of colour marginalized groups fossil fuels 영어공부 But it pays to be strategic when deciding what action to take. -> It pays to ~ : 그럴만한 가치가 있다 (I have) been hauled to jail for occupying the Oregon state capitol to protest against a pipeline project. -> be hauled to ~: 끌려가다 -> cap..

과학 학술지/Nature 2020. 4. 28. 11:56