greatest mathematicians and inventors of his time. He was born in Syracuse‚ Sicily around the year 287BC. Archimedes acquired his education in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ but spent most of his life in Sicily. When in Sicily‚ he stayed in or near Syracuse and did nothing but experiment and research. Archimedes made many contributions to mathematics. One of the more important discoveries Archimedes made was he found a way to measure the areas and volumes of objects that are irregularly shaped. Archimedes used
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The Age of Reason‚ also known as the Enlightenment‚ is a time period between the late 1600s and the early 1800s. This era is often known today as being a focal point of common sense and personal reasoning. The strict religious beliefs‚ detailed scientific research‚ and the heavy political and economic involvement of this age gave the pioneers of America a much needed boost in the direction of proper settlement and creation of a functional country. During The Enlightenment era‚ religion played
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Mao was a Chinese communist leader and founder of the People’s Republic of China. He was responsible for the disastrous policies of the ’Great Leap Forward’ and the ’Cultural Revolution’. Mao was born on 26 December 1893 into a peasant family in Shaoshan‚ in Hunan province‚ central China. After training as a teacher‚ he travelled to Beijing where he worked in the University Library. It was during this time that he began to read Marxist literature. In 1921‚ he became a founder member of the Chinese
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change economically and technologically. They wished for a policy to encourage industry. In commercialization‚ business people improved tremendously‚ while aristocrats did not do so much improvement‚ or even maintain stability‚ at all. Socially‚ during industrialization‚ the social status and importance of aristocrats changed; value did not depend on birth but on money. Also‚ after around
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earthquake gave philosophers such as Voltaire and Rousseau reason to quarrel in belief. “Voltaire was a prominent figure during such time due to his opposing ideas of the church and government (Dynes).” Voltaire did not agree that we all lived in the best of possible worlds and he did not believe that God only punished the deserving. He used his poem on the Lisbon earthquake to attack the philosophical idea of optimism in which the world is good.
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The 1960’s‚ a time of rebellion‚ drugs‚ free love and most importantly‚ Rock and Roll. The 60’s were a time of transition‚ both socially and in the music world. Rock and Roll went from being considered the “Devil’s Music’ to being a prestigious and highly respected music genre. Some memorable and excellent bands were produced in the 1960’s‚ bands that are still listened toby different generations and are a nexus between parents and children. These bands performed in many music festivals‚ the most
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and strove to succeed in life despite their past obstacles and background. Alexander’s father left him while he was young‚ which forced his mother to rely on relatives. After his mother died‚ he lived with his cousin‚ who committed suicide. Hamilton did not let his past affect his success‚ instead it motivated him to make a life for himself in
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Greek food in the past consisted mainly of gruel‚ legumes‚ salted fish‚ olive oil‚ vegetables and very little meat. At the time most meat was consumed during sacrifices and religious holidays. Vegetarianism has a long tradition in Greece. It was adopted by Pythagoras who did not eat meat for moral and religious reasons. This tradition has been kept by the deeply religious‚ who abstain from meat on Wednesdays and Fridays and during the forty days of Lent. During the Byzantine period food began to
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The Impact of C.S. Lewis on American culture. “True humility is not thinking less of yourself‚ it’s thinking of yourself less” (C.S. Lewis) Clive Staples Lewis was a great writer who impacted many lives by his books. Lewis lived from 1898 to 1963 in Oxford. (Hamilton 2003) In his time he influenced many people to convert their religion‚ change their lives around and to simply pick up a book and read it for fun. In the time of Clive Staples life‚ he won many different awards‚ including the Carnegie
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There are many greek influences on our culture today. However‚ these impacts are not very widely known in our modern society. The Greek culture affects our everyday way of life. They created democracy‚ the alphabet‚ libraries‚ the Olympics‚ math‚ science‚ architecture‚ and even lighthouses. Greecians created systems that would not be imagined in a person’s wildest dreams. They created things WELL that were way before their time. For example‚ democracy. If that is not an impact Greece has made on
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