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    Marie Curie Marie Skłodowska Curie‚ c. 1920 Born Maria Salomea Skłodowska 7 November 1867 Warsaw‚ Kingdom of Poland‚ then part of Russian Empire[1] Died 4 July 1934 (aged 66) Passy‚ Haute-Savoie‚ France Residence Poland‚ France Citizenship Poland (by birth) France (by marriage) Fields Physics‚ chemistry Institutions University of Paris Alma mater University of Paris ESPCI Doctoral advisor Gabriel Lippmann Doctoral students André-Louis Debierne Óscar Moreno Marguerite Catherine

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    man (a) John Napier (b) Blaise Pascal (c) Gottfried Leibniz (d) Herman Hollerith 4. Early men started counting by using (a) Abacus (b) Computers (c) Blocks (d) Fingers 5. Abacus is an instrument known to have been used for counting as far back as (a) 500 BC (b) AD 2000 (c) 50 BC (d) 100 BC 6. The first calculator came into use in what year? (a) 1842 (b) 1663 (c) 1964 (d) 1642 7. Who invented Napier bones (a) Charles Babbage (b) Blaise Pascal (c) John Napier

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    quickly neglect other subjects and make geometry his priority. Ironically‚ Pascal grew up to be one of the most famous mathematicians in history. In the long run‚ Etienne’s plan of keeping mathematics out of his son’s studies backfired. Due to the fact that Pascal was banned from learning geometry‚ it only made him more interested in the subject. Blaise Pascal is famous for a multitude of reasons‚ but mainly for the Pascal Triangle. This arithmetical triangle is comprised of rows and rows of numbers

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    Are they sentenced to life in prison for protecting themselves or their children? How is their punishment decided? After asking the Internet‚ I have found that I am not alone in my curiosity. Authors such as Lorana Bartels‚ Starre Vartan‚ and Lilia Blaise from The Conversation‚ Pacific Standard‚ and The New York Times all have one common goal while discussing this topic: to inform‚ educate‚ and persuade their audiences that “since a battered woman’s experiences are generally outside the common understanding

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    GALILIE BLAISE PASCAL LEONHARD EULER JOSEPH FOURIER SIR GEORGE GABRIEL STROKES Galileo Galilei | 1564-1642 Italian | performed fundamental observations‚ experiments‚ and mathematical analyses in astronomy and physics; discovered mountains and craters on the moon‚ the phases of Venus‚ and the four largest satellites of Jupiter: Io‚ Europa‚ Callisto‚ and Ganymede | Blaise Pascal | 1623-1662 French | discovered that pressure

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    of each term. Ex: This process can be even easier. Blaise Pascal‚ a famous French mathematical among other things put together a triangle made up of numbers where each number represents the coefficient of each term (when expanded) in a binomial to a certain power. He named the triangle “triangle du arithmétique” or in English‚ “The Arithmetical Triangle”. Now the triangle is called “Pascal’s triangle named after the creator‚ Blaise Pascal. We can find this triangle by using combinations. Ex:

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    that can never be answered with certainty. These questions make up the study of philosophy‚ and are considered using reason and logic. Two of the main arguments in philosophy discuss its value and the meaning of life. Socrates‚ Bertrand Russell‚ Blaise Pascal and Thomas Nagel attempt in their own way to reason through these questions and form their own unique answers. In Bertrand Russell’s “The Value of Philosophy”‚ he discusses what philosophy is and why it is important. He concludes that the value

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    the existence of God? Throughout time many philosophers have been searching for an answer to creation and whether it is actually possible to prove (or not prove) if God exists. Some of the philosophers include Thomas Aquinas‚ William Paley and Blaise Pascal they came up with various different theories and arguments to prove the existence of God and why they believed he did exist. Another philosopher Karl Marx thought that his theory could convince people not to believe in God. One philosopher‚ Thomas

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    Belief in God exists in every culture and has throughout history (www.iep.utm.edu/relig-ep/). If we can conceive one of the greatest possible beings‚ then it must exist. Pragmatic arguments have often been active in the support of theistic belief. Theistic pragmatic arguments are not arguments for the suggestion that God exists; they are arguments that believing God exists is rational. Pragmatic arguments are relevant to belief-formation‚ since teaching a belief is an action. Pragmatic arguments

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    The Meaning of Life: Why are We Here? Michelle Klingenberg Colorado Technical University Author Note This paper was prepared for PHIL301‚ CS42-01‚ taught by Siamak Pouraryan on May 24‚ 2014. The Meaning of Life: Why are We Here? Why are we here? What is the purpose and meaning of life? These questions‚ or variations of‚ have probably crossed the mind of just about every person that ever lived at some point or other‚ and maybe even several times during their lives. It is important

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