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About Tel Asiado
Tel Asiado holds an Master of Business Administration (MBA), a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Chemistry, and Diploma in Internet Marketing and Small Business, and Certificate IV (Training & Assessment).
Tel is a freelance writer, author, content producer, and business consultant - she was contributing writer for inventors, scientists and authors for Salem.com's Encyclopedia series in print, and was Feature Writer for Suite101's Great Thinkers for 3 years. Her former employers include IBM Global Services (8yrs) and Computer Sciences Corporation Australia (8yrs). She manages her own website: Inventions & Discoveries. Visit her on Google Plus
Ammonia: The Chemical at the Center of Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion
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Earth Chemistry at a Glance for Earth Day
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The Fibonacci Series, Phi, Shapes, and Numbers: Sacred Geometry in Nature and Culture
September 23, 2011 by 6 Comments
For eons, human beings have felt that certain numbers, ratios, and shapes have sacred significance. For instance, the number ‘7’ has had great significance in various aspects of many cultures, geometric shapes have been associated with numbers, and the Fibonacci series and Golden Ratio are still instrumental in everything from Art to Music. Sacred Meanings in Geometric [...]
Andreas Vesalius and De Humani Corporis Fabrica
September 7, 2011 by 1 Comment
Andreas Vesalius was a Belgian physician, anatomist and teacher. He is the founder of modern human anatomy, and is famous for his textbook Fabrica, considered the greatest medical book in his time. The actual name of the book is De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body), written in 1543. In the [...]
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