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" "Andrew thought that it was strange that humans would choose the day of coming forth from the womb as the significant thing to commemorate. He knew something of human biology, and it seemed to him that it would be much more important to focus on the moment of the actual creation of the organism, when the sperm cell entered the ovum and the process of cell division began. Surely that was the real point of origin of any person!
Certainly the new person was already alive - if not capable of independent functioning - during the nine months spent within the womb.
Isaac Asimov (c. 2 January 1920 – 6 April 1992) was a Russian-born American biochemist who was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, his works include the Foundation series and I, Robot.
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Los sacerdotes encargados del regadío estudiaron cuidadosamente el nivel de las aguas del río, día a día, y llegaron a descubrir que, por término medio, las crecidas se producían cada 365 días. De ahí que los habitantes del Nilo fueran los primeros en elaborar un calendario basado en el año de 365 días. Cada año estaba formado por doce meses, por ser doce los ciclos completos de cambio en las fases de la luna, que se desarrollaban en algo menos de un año, y porque el pueblo del Nilo (como todos los demás) había usado originalmente un calendario basado en la luna. Se asignó a cada mes una duración de 30 días, y al final de cada año se añadieron 5 días adicionales.
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