understanding of geometry. He continues that an architect must also possess thorough knowledge of history‚ philosophy‚ music‚ medicine‚ principles of law‚ and even astronomy for “we find the east‚ west‚ south‚ and north…the heavens‚ equinox‚ courses of stars” (Vitruvius‚ 36). This mandate in itself is overtly existential; for in Vitruvius’ era‚ astronomy was greatly popular and considered an important field of study. Apart from art‚ math and physics‚ the fields of study that Vitruvius mentioned would not be
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today’s atomic clock. The Mayans furthermore used the stars to schedule sacrifices‚ write the Mayan Codices‚ and orient buildings. The impact of celestial alignment on culture is not unique to this area; archaeoastronomy focuses on how ancients used astronomy around the world‚ in places like Stonehenge and the great pyramids in Egypt. The Aztecs likewise used the stars as a means of scheduling religious holidays that required human sacrifice‚ as well as to predict the future and to orient pyramids‚ just
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techniques for calculating areas and volumes‚ in many ways anticipating modern integral calculus. The field of astronomy‚ especially mapping the positions of the stars and planets on the celestial sphere and describing the relationship between movements of celestial bodies‚ served as an important source of geometric problems during the next one and a half millennia. Both geometry and astronomy were considered in the classical world to be part of the Quadrivium‚ a subset of the seven liberal arts considered
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one another we are all one and the same. Since William Dawes was a man of science I incorporated his profession within Rooke’s character as well. It was Rooke’s love of astronomy that was able to secure him a position as a lieutenant aboard a ship heading to the new discovered land. It must have been his deep involvement with astronomy and celestial bodies that when he gazes through the telescope calculating he discovered that we are all part of one universe‚ that we are not so different we were all
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The concept of utilitarianism is that any action should create the most amount of happiness for the most number of people. Utilitarian’s believe in the principle of utility as the one universal moral code. Act utilitarianism states that it is the right action that brings the greatest happiness to the greatest number of people. It is a concept that believes that the morality of an action is determined by its usefulness to most of the people‚ that this act is in accordance with the moral rules since
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Arushi Bhardwaj December 11‚ 2012 English Homework Shakespeare’s Sonnets Two sonnets that are very closely related‚ are sonnet 12 and 15. Both these sonnets are essentially talking about how aging and time creates an end to beauty. In Sonnet 12‚ Shakespeare states "Then of thy beauty do I question make‚ / That thou among the wastes of time must go //Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake / And die as fast as they see others grow." This line is basically talking about how beauty wears
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He also visited Italy with his father. Pythagoras was well educated‚ and he played the lyre throughout his lifetime‚ knew poetry and recited Homer. He was interested in mathematics‚ philosophy‚ astronomy and music‚ and was greatly influenced by Pherekydes (philosophy)‚ Thales (mathematics and astronomy) and Anaximander (philosophy‚ geometry). In about 535 BC Pythagoras went to Egypt. This happened a few years after the tyrant Polycrates seized control of the city of Samos. Pythagoras went to Egypt
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planned a planetary viewing for November sixteenth. We planned to go to the top of the astronomy tower‚ and catch a glimpse of the three planets we had learned could be seen in late November‚ Venus‚ Mars‚ and Jupiter. We both had passes from professor Turing‚ so we were sure we wouldn’t get caught by Filch for being out of bed. But then again‚ Filch is a bit of an idiot. We headed up to the top of the astronomy tower‚ glancing at the lunar chart Professor Turing had posted to be sure that it was’t
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I can say unequivocally that I have known my lifetime goal from a very early age. I am one of those fortunate people that realized what they wanted to do in life at a very early age and set about making my goal a reality. I want to be a part of America’s Space Program. My interest in space and the space program began when I was a small child. Initially I was focused primarily on aircraft and space vehicles‚ especially the Saturn V rocket. My grandfather worked at the National Aeronautics and
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Name : Tung Sin Ting Course: LANG1002I T04 Title: Photography Instructor: Professor Jan Pople Photography is an interesting topic that can be discuss in many ways. In order to explore this issue‚ this essay will first cover the reason why photography was a game-changer by explain how photography changed human’s life. After that‚ this essay will advance the idea that conditions allowed photography became a game-changer through some histories of photography and it’s increasing
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