that survived through the Middle Ages were a major influence on scientists during the Renaissance. Archimedes produced the first known summation of an infinite series with a method that is still used in the area of calculus today. Archimedes was a famous mathematician whose theorems and philosophies became world known. He gained a reputation in his own time which few other mathematicians of this period achieved. He is considered by most historians of mathematics as one of the greatest mathematicians
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Shirley Temple Shirley Temple was one of the most famous child actors in history. She was born April 23‚ 1928 as Shirley Jane Temple. Shirley and her parents along with her siblings live in Santa Monica‚ California. Her father‚ George Francis Temple was a business man and a banker in Southern California. Shirley’s mother‚ Gertrude Amelia Krieger was a homemaker. She loved dancing and her love for dancing helped mold Shirley’s career. Her parents were engaged in 1914 and had three
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Although there are some reasons for children to take medications for their health‚ they should not be treated with antidepressants for many reasons. Many remember the trend in the 1960s and 1970s that inspired the film Valley of the Dolls. Housewives were taking Valium as if it were candy. Today‚ things have changed. The Antidrug commercials urge parents to get help and their children off drugs too. At the same time‚ parents are on the other hand urged to keep their children in check. In this pill
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Fourth Estate being eroded by the new media? Serious journalism‚ or the Fourth Estate‚ which accurately informs the public and scrutinises the powerful‚ according to the pundits‚ is an endangered species and its demise is fairly imminent.1 Although mainstream journalism has been eroded by a combination of emerging new communications technology and the self inflicted wounds of the business of journalism‚ the Fourth Estate is gradually being transformed. The integration of new media is reshaping
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EXPLORE HOW BLACK PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENTLY TREATED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM Racial prejudice is not unique to modern day society‚ it has been with us for a long time‚ this has been coupled with the belief that certain racial groups are less intelligent‚ or backward compared to white European stock‚ nowhere is this more true than in the criminal justice system. In 1869 Francis Galton published a book called "Hereditary Genius" this contained a chapter called "The Comparative Worth of Different
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Archimedes famous mathematician Archimedes of Syracuse was an outstanding Greek mathematician‚ inventor‚ physicist‚ engineer and also an astronomer. Although not much is known about his life‚ he is considered as one of the most eminent scientists in classical antiquity. He established strong foundations in the field of physics‚ particularly in statics‚ hydrostatics and explained the principle of the lever. In his lifetime‚ he made many incredible inventions such as designing innovative machines
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Nowadays people are influence by social media. They define beauty such as have big eyes‚ nose should be aquiline‚ oval face‚ chin pointed and etc. Some people want their figure become more neat and graceful‚ they will accept augment breasts and liposuctions. This is also a kind of plastic surgery. From my opinion‚ I think that plastic surgery got benefits and disadvantages. The benefits of plastic surgery are: -Improve self-confidence Some people they have not enough confident of their appearance
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does NOT have a right to know every move a celebrity makes...and in some cases‚ people really go too far. Examples? Recent reports about those hospital workers in L.A. and NY who were snooping through celebrity health records for no good reason other than being nosy... or the case of that fan who accessed records of a singer for the sole purpose of stalking him. If a person wants to self-disclose‚ fine...but for the media and papparazzi to go out of their way to be disruptive and intrusive‚ it’s just
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System" control as an alternative to "Private Economic System" and generally rejected the "Free Market" (laissez-faire). Style rule Dr. He also often labeled as autocratic criticized by various parties‚ including the body and the international media (eg‚ title of the article about his retirement by The New York Times concluded his autocratic nature throughout his political career)‚ especially berhubunng Security Act which he explained as a precaution taken only at the insistence of the time (he
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FAMOUS WRITERS WORKS Caedmon and Cynewulf. Beowulf Geoffrey Chaucer’s(1343-1400) The Canterbury Tales‚ Troilus and Criseyde and Book of the Duchess‚ The House of Fame‚ The Parliament of Fowles‚ The Legend of Good Women. Prose Treatises Treatise on the astrolabe. Short Poems The Complaint of Chaucer to His Purse ‚Truth‚ Gentilesse‚ Merciles Beaute‚ Lak of Stedfastnesse‚ Against Women Unconstant Thomas Malory’s (1405-1471) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) Utopia‚ The History
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