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  • Why the Titanic Sank and Secrets Behind Sank

    Why the Titanic Sank and Secrets Behind Sank

    Titanic Sank Contradictions between the True Story and the Scientific Story

    Many of us have heard and learned about the Titanic sank and disaster thanks to the famous 1997 film. The first film I ever cried watching.

    At that time, when I was only 16 years old, I watched this film and was fascinated by it. The film was released and I remember that the theatre was packed. This event affected me so much that my interest in the Titanic story has never faded. 

    At that time, I made a notebook by cutting and combining articles and photographs published in newspapers and magazines. I followed the story of Titanic with the excitement of a boy in love.

    However, now that I think about it, there is a fact that is often overlooked: Titanic is not just a love story. This ship is a management error, a natural disaster and an engineering disaster. I think we should go beyond the love story of a rich girl and a poor man and scientifically question how the Titanic could have sunk in such a simple way.

    Titanic is a passenger ship built in 1912. Titanic, the largest ship built at that time, was the largest ship of its era with a weight of 269,168 tonnes, a mass of 46,328 grostons and a capacity of 3,547 passengers. However, three critical mistakes were made during the construction of Titanic.

    Firstly, the mistake made during the design phase of the ship was the desire to make the magnificent staircase as magnificent as possible. Therefore, the structural integrity of the ship was pushed to its limits and the intermediate walls were built low to make more room for the stairs. 

    However, this design error resulted in the compartments designed to trap water, which should have been much higher than the water level, being only 3 metres above the water level. This caused the ship to take on water faster than it should have.

    The second mistake was made in the deck design. The number of lifeboats that the ship could carry was actually 64, but the designer Alexander Carlisle thought that so many lifeboats on the deck would create an ugly appearance and wanted the number of lifeboats to be reduced to 16.

    It was inevitable that the Titanic would encounter the iceberg as it travelled at speed. As the hours ticked by and the night progressed, the combination of not enough binoculars to attract the crew’s attention and errors in the communications room triggered the disaster. 

    Titanic was able to spot the iceberg at the last moment, but it was too late for her to manoeuvre. In order to avoid hitting the iceberg, the captain of the ship, Captain Smith, tried to stop the ship with all his might and tried to manoeuvre, but the iceberg rubbed against the right side of the ship and caused serious damage to its lower hull.

    At first, the ship’s crew and some passengers did not fully realise the seriousness of the collision. Some remained in bed, while others continued with activities on the ship’s decks. However, as the crew quickly realised the situation, an emergency alarm was sounded and passengers began to be evacuated.

    The crew tried to direct passengers to life rafts and boats, but the insufficient number of lifeboats on board was a major problem. The lifeboats on board could only carry half of the passengers, and even these were not utilised to their full capacity. This was a result of deficiencies in Titanic’s design and prevented the passengers from saving their lives.

    Calls for help were sent out and neighbouring ships were alerted. One of the nearby ships, RMS Carpathia, received Titanic’s call and moved to reach the scene as soon as possible. However, much time was required for the Carpathia’s arrival and Titanic did not have enough time to take on water and sink.

    The crew tried to rescue most of the passengers, but the lack of emergency planning and drills caused a huge mess. The lack of an orderly landing of lifeboats and boats led to some going empty and some not being used to their full capacity.

    As the right side of the Titanic began to sink into the water, panic among the passengers and chaos was inevitable. Women and children were prioritised for rescue, but these rescues were inadequate due to insufficient lifeboats. Many people fell into the icy water.

    Despair and terror gripped the ship as many fell into the icy water. The decks of the Titanic were filled with people desperately trying to survive. Captain Smith and the crew used their last hope to evacuate people from unsafe parts of the ship.

    However, time was running out fast. As the Titanic began to sink beneath the water, people hugged each other in desperation, prayed and said goodbye to their loved ones. That night, thousands of lives were lost to eternity.

    When the RMS Carpathia finally arrived on the scene, it began to rescue survivors. However, as rescue efforts were delayed and most of the passengers were exposed to freezing water, the number of survivors was very small. 

    The Titanic disaster claimed the lives of more than 2,200 people and the ship remains remembered as one of the greatest maritime disasters in history.

    This tragic event had a major impact on the maritime industry. International ship safety standards were raised and more stringent inspections were introduced. Measures such as emergency drills and increasing the number of lifeboats on board were taken.

    The Titanic disaster became a lesson and a reminder for humanity. The lives lost that night helped to increase awareness and precautions for the safety of sea travel. 

    Today’s ships have become safer and more reliable with the lessons learnt and improvements made from that terrible event.

    The Titanic was a great creation of human hands. Tragically, however, arrogance and overconfidence led to its sinking. 

    This disaster showed that people cannot underestimate the power of nature and must always be careful and prepared.

    Today, the Titanic disaster still arouses the interest and curiosity of many people. Personal artefacts, stories and research found on board keep memories of that night alive and tell people the human stories behind a great tragedy.

    Sources

    “Titanic: Sinking the Myths” — National Geographic Society

    “The Titanic: 100 Years Later — National Geographic”

    “Titanic: The Official Website”

  • Secrets of Sleep and Why We Sleep and Do Animals Sleep Too?

    Secrets of Sleep and Why We Sleep and Do Animals Sleep Too?

    Every day we spend a large part of our lives sleep.

    Why is sleep so important? Do animals sleep too? In this article, we will explore the mysteries of sleep and look at this topic from a different perspective.

    Sleep has an important place in human life. We spend approximately one third of our life in a state of sleep. A person who will live 90 years will spend 30 to 35 years sleeping.

    These statistics may seem quite surprising.

    But why do we sleep so much?

    Is it foolish to spend this time in a state of unconscious sleep?

    The importance of sleep can be explained by the fact that the brain needs rest and reorganisation. During sleep, the body carries out processes such as muscle repair, protein synthesis, tissue growth and hormone secretion.

    At the same time, the brain performs important functions such as learning, memory, problem solving, creativity, decision making, focus and concentration. Serious decreases in these functions can be observed in people who do not get enough sleep.

    Sleep is a phenomenon seen not only in humans but also in animals. Sleepiness shows similar characteristics in many animal species. For example, sharks swim against water currents and take short naps on the ground.

    In whales, half of the brain sleeps while the other half remains active. Birds can sleep in the air, even during long periods of migration. These are just a few examples of the diversity of sleep patterns.

    However, sleep doesn’t last the same amount of time for all animal species. While humans usually sleep for 8 hours on average, some animals can get by on less sleep.

    For example, brown bats spend 20 hours a day sleeping, while tigers sleep for 16 hours. Giraffes sleep for only 2 hours, while horses and donkeys can sleep for up to 3 hours.

    Sleep is a fundamental quality of animals and is essential for the healthy functioning of their bodies.

    The process of sleep is like a pitstop, where restorative and regenerative processes in the body take place.

    Sleep is vital not only for physical recovery and brain function, but also for our emotional and mental health. When we are sleep deprived, emotional balance can be disrupted, stress levels can increase and our mood can be negatively affected. Furthermore, lack of sleep can increase the risk of developing depression, anxiety and other mental health problems.

    Sleep also supports our immune system. During sleep, the body produces antibodies necessary to fight infections and allows immune cells to regenerate. Therefore, getting enough sleep is vital for a healthy immune system.

    However, sleep is not only important in terms of its duration, but also its quality.

    The process of falling asleep involves different stages, such as deep sleep stages and REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep. The regular and uninterrupted occurrence of these phases ensures that the body is fully rested and regenerated.

    It is also important to maintain sleep patterns. Going to bed and getting up at the same time every night regulates the body’s biological clock and improves sleep quality.

    In addition, a quiet, dark and comfortable sleeping environment is also necessary for a good sleep.

    In conclusion

    Sleep is a fundamental element of our health. Adequate and quality sleep is of great importance for re-energising the body and mind, strengthening memory and maintaining emotional balance.

    Therefore, paying attention to sleep hygiene and regulating our sleep habits are essential for a healthy and balanced life.

  • The Secret Face of The Moon That Will Astonish You

    The Secret Face of The Moon That Will Astonish You

    Since the beginning of time, mankind has been fascinated by the Sun during the day and the Moon at night. 

    A couple of years ago, When I was in Chicago, and visited Adler Planetarium.

    It was an amazing hour in my life when I was there.

    I saw real spacecraft and VR demos about Moon and real-time Astronaut VR in capsules.

    The dark face of the moon is unknown to each of us until Chinese Chang.

    The 4 modules of Chang’ı-5 were launched from the center in Vinchang on November 24 with the Long March 5-Y rocket.

    In 2019, China landed the Chang’i-4 robotic vehicle on the dark side of the Moon, becoming the first country to do so.

    The fact that the Sun is not very suitable for observation and the Moon attracts much more attention at night with the stars has brought along many unknowns. 

    It was realized at a time when it was still thought that the Sun revolved around the Earth just like the Moon, and this question stuck in my mind; 

    Why does the Moon always show us the same face?

    and

    Why does the Moon always show us the same face? 

    These questions, like many other astronomical questions, were solved by the versatile scientists of the time, when the conditions for observation were still very poor, perhaps only the naked eye. 

    In fact, the answer lies in the fact that the rotation times of the Moon around the Earth and around its own axis are close enough to be called the same. 

    In other words, as the Moon moves around the Earth, the points that should be out of the Earth’s field of view remain within the Earth’s field of view as the Moon moves around the Earth in the same direction. 

    The ellipse of the Moon’s orbit around the Earth causes the Moon’s speed around the Earth to decrease as it moves away from the Earth, making the portion of the Moon visible from our Earth 60% instead of 50%. 

    This is why we are sometimes facing at a very acute angle toward the south pole and sometimes toward the north pole.

    “The Moon’s Surface Never Visible from Earth”

    What about the other 40%? 

    This part has never faced the Earth and will never do so unless there is a catastrophe by solar system standards. 

    This part of the moon, which can be as bright as the other parts of the moon depending on its location, has been nicknamed darkness because it is not visible from Earth and is sometimes referred to as the “other side of the moon”, which is more accurate. 

    Of course, humanity has never been satisfied with what its eyes could see and has brought what it wanted to see to the forefront of its eyes.

    Beginning in the 1950s, we managed to photograph what we could not see in space studies, and we encountered a geographically and visually quite different Ayl from what we had seen.

    The first people who were able to see this landscape, which has inspired many artistic works, including Pink Floyd’s legendary album “dark side of the moon”, with the naked eye, not through photography, but during the research missions around the Moon in line with the Apollo project, are as follows;

    Apollo 8: Frank Borman, James Lovell, William Anders

    Apollo 10: Thomas Stafford, Eugene Cernan, John Young

    Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, Michael Collins

    Apollo 12: Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, Richard Gordon

    Apollo 13: James Lovell, Fred Haise, John Swigert

    Apollo 14: Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, Stuart Roosa

    Apollo 15: David Scott, James Irwin, Alfred Worden

    Apollo 16: John Young, Charles Duke, Thomas Mattingly

    Apollo 17: Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, Ronald Evans

    Finally, NASA’s twin spacecraft, the Grails, has sent back new photos of the dark side. 

    With the cameras on the spacecraft, very efficient observations were made of the 900-kilometer-diameter “Mare Orientale” crater and the 149-kilometer-diameter “Drygalski” crater.

    “Spacecraft the size of a washing machine”

    Two identical vehicles, each the size of a washing machine, sent into space to study the Moon’s gravity in collaboration with MIT and NASA, have already demonstrated their function at the beginning of the mission.

     Considering that the Grail twins will come within 55 kilometers of the Moon, our lunar maps will be much more detailed in the future.

  • 5 Brilliant Advice from Elon Musk to You for Success and Happiness

    5 Brilliant Advice from Elon Musk to You for Success and Happiness

    Contribute a positive net multiple to society.

    Elon Musk is considered one of the greatest entrepreneurs of all time.
    Founder of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk continues to revolutionize and surprise the world.

    So what is the secret to his success and happiness?

    Now I will briefly tell you about Elon Musk’s 5 golden tips for young people.

    These 5 tips you will read also reveal the vision of Musk, the richest person in the world.

    Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and the richest person in the world, gave advice to young people. Musk, who participated in a podcast, gave five advices to those who want to be successful.

    1. Be Beneficial

    Musk’s first advice was to “be useful”. Musk said, “Do something useful to people and the world.

    It is very, very hard to be useful.” According to Musk, a person who does useful work has a valuable life.

    2. Contribut To Society

    Elon Musk’s second piece of advice is quite related to the first. According to Elon Musk, those who want to be successful should give more to society than they take.

    Musk said, “Contribute a positive net multiple to society. This is something to aim for.” Musk also said that he highly respects those who do their job honestly.

    3. Don’t Try To Be A Leader

    Musk, the world’s richest person, advised young people not to try to be leaders.

    Musk believes that most of the time the people we want to be leaders are people who don’t want to be leaders.

    4. Red Books And Absorb Information

    Elon Musk stated that he read encyclopedias as a child and said, “I encourage people to read more and more books.

    Digest as much information as possible and try to build enough general culture to be accepted in the information world.”

    5. Talk to Others

    Elon Musk’s last advice was to talk to others. Musk said, “Talk to people who live life differently, from different sectors, professions and talents.

    Learn as much as you can,” he said.

  • Secrets The World’s Most Successful People

    Secrets The World’s Most Successful People

    Key to success in your life

    To be successful in life, it is not enough to have a good education, to speak several languages, to graduate with a high degree from an elite school… it is not enough. These may only be enough to be successful in business life.

    The most important characteristics that distinguish successful people from others are their intelligence, their wealth, their environment, their family, their work….

    The primary factor in achieving success in business life is not only intelligence, environment, money, work… but also the transformation of knowledge into action in a planned way. To work to be successful is not to be discouraged by negativity, to learn a lesson from every negativity and to work tirelessly until the goal is reached.

    In order to achieve success, it is necessary to demonstrate what one has learned in practice, to produce knowledge from knowledge, to produce added value from knowledge, to love one’s work, to be productive in one’s work… most importantly, one must have a fighting spirit, a life purpose and a strong will to work for success.

    Thousands of people graduate from a school with the same education. Very few people excel in life. The success of school graduates is not parallel to their diploma degrees. A high degree does not necessarily mean a high level of success in life.

    Harvard University follows its most successful students for ten years after they graduate from school. Their success in life is analyzed. The result is not encouraging. It is found that the majority of students with high school success are not as successful in real life as they were in school. The reasons why students are not successful in real life are investigated. As a result of the research: Students cannot manage their emotions well, they cannot manage their relationships with people well. ,

    Success criteria for universities in developed countries: The number of patents the school receives each year, the contribution of graduates to the national economy and their success in life.

    According to Edison, 

    20% of success is intelligence and 80% is hard work.

    The owners of most big businesses do not even have a proper education. In their workplaces, they employ thousands of employees who have graduated from elite universities with high degrees. Their difference is that they are educated from the core, they know the business and they have courage.

    Most of the time we are paid according to the contribution we make to the workplace, not according to the education we receive. The time and effort spent on learning knowledge should also be spent on applying it.

    We are valued in society not as much as we know, but as much as we apply what we know. Our skills are developed not by what we know, but by what we apply.

    We gain value in life not as much as our diploma degree, but as much as our ability and what we do. In daily life, our relationships with people and our dignity are based on our actions and behaviors, not on what we know.

    After we die, we will be remembered not for what we know, but for what we have done.

    “Doing good with one’s knowledge”, that is, practicing what one knows in life, frees one from responsibility. It gives people a respected place in society.

    We need to know where and how to use what we have learned and what we can do with what we have learned.

    We should nourish our body with sports, our mind with useful knowledge, our soul with faith, our emotions with love and our personality with good morals.

    Success in business life is related to success in private and family life. It is very difficult for someone who is restless and unhappy in their family life or has problems in their private life to be successful in business life.

    Success is not giving up in the face of failure but learning from failure. Success is to turn negativity into an opportunity. Success is not to carry the negativity in business life home.

    When necessary, to be content with less, to know the value of what you have, to know how to be grateful. Success means making an effort to live a happy and peaceful family life. Success is not achieved by talking a lot and giving advice to others, but by getting the desired result in practice.

    Knowing oneself, one’s abilities, interests, weaknesses and strengths, knowing one’s job well, loving one’s job, working in harmony and in a planned manner with colleagues who are experts in their field, and renewing oneself are great factors in achieving success.

    A successful person is one who can be a “wanted person, a brand person” in his/her field.

    Just as a student who is not successful in all courses cannot pass his/her class; one cannot be successful in life without being successful in all areas of life.

    Success is not only about making money. It is also being a model father or mother in family life. It is being a person who establishes good relationships with the people around them. Being successful in one’s job, family and environment brings a happy and peaceful life.

    To be successful in life requires being successful in family life, in business life and in relationships with the people around them. Success is the source of peace and happiness.

    Stay tuned…