life. The contributions that he made towards the cause of Christ and the spreading and formation of Christianity are what he is perennially remembered for. Paul is remembered as a missionary and church planter. He undertook three extensive missionary journeys‚ estimated to have taken place in A.D. 44‚ 49 and 53. He spent much of his time when he was imprisoned or not journeying writing letters to churches he had helped to start in the various locations he had visited. Paul’s practice when visiting
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people know little about Canada’s large contribution to World War II and the efforts many Canadians made. Nearly everyone helped out in this war and thanks to the determination of those involved‚ the allies were victorious in defeating Hitler. Allied victory in World War II was in large part aided by Canadian involvement in the form of women contributing to the war effort‚ the British Commonwealth Air Training Program (or BCATP)‚ and Canada’s change in economy. World War II was a time of opportunity
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Irving Fisher. Irving Fisher was a very unique and brilliant man. He attended Yale University where he studied mathematics. He later used this background and applied it to economics‚ earning a PhD in economics‚ the first from Yale University. His study of mathematics played a crucial role in how his theories evolved. Almost all of his work involves mathematical computations to express the theories he devised. Fisher’s theories were revolutionary in the time period as a result‚ but his theories and
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NATHANIEL JOSEPH D. GOBRES GRADE 4 – St. Catherine FOREIGN SCIENTISTS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS Aristotle Student of Plato and a tutor to Alexander the Great‚ Aristotle was a genius Greek philosopher and scientist of the ancient age. Born on 384 BC‚ Aristotle was a biologist‚ a zoologist‚ ethicist‚ a political scientist and the master of rhetoric and logic. He also gave theories in physics and meta physics. Aristotle gained knowledge in different fields with his expansive mind and prodigious writings
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Eli Whitney was an inventor. Elis main contribution to the Americas was introducing interchangeable parts. The Tariff of 1816 was a protective tariff established by Congress to encourage Americans to buy goods made in the U.S. Congress passed this tariff because it helped industry but hurt farmers who had to pay higher prices for consumer goods. The Monroe Doctrine is a foreign policy doctrine set forth by president Monroe in 1823 that discouraged European intervention in the Western Hemisphere
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Psychology Contributions Howard Gardner: Created the theory of multiple intelligences‚ which says that human beings have 8 different “sections” of intelligence. E.L. Thorndike: Developed the puzzle box‚ used to study animal psychology and intelligence; postulated the idea of connectionism which is a proponent of learning and relates basic associations between cause and effect; developed the law of effect principle which states that events followed by satisfaction will be linked with the event
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business concept and must never be confused with profit. The contribution of a product refers to how much it contributes to the fixed costs and profit of the business once variable costs have been covered. It can be calculated either per unit of output or in terms of total contribution of all units produced. Contribution ignores fixed costs and only considers any surplus left once variable costs have been subtracted from revenue. Hence‚ contribution is what a product contributes towards the fixed costs
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aid of hope. As soon as one war would come to an end‚ another one would start. Though Koreans have only recently immigrated in large numbers to the United States‚ due to North Korean oppression‚ they have managed to make a reasonable amount of contributions‚ while still juggling countless hardships in America. All Koreans had reasons to leave their homeland. One reason was the poor education Korea offered. College education was highly valued in Korea‚ but the schools were of poor quality or very
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THE HISTORY OF LOGARITHMS John Napier is a Scottish mathematician who lived from 1550 to 1617. He worked more than twenty years to improve his theory and tables of what he called logarithms. Napier called the theory logarithms‚ because he thought of them as “reckoning numbers”‚ namely to calculate an amount(Caulfield 2010). “The word he derived from two Greek roots: logos meaning word‚ or study‚ or reasoning‚ or in Napier’s use “reckoning” and aritmos meaning
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Define Motivation. Critically evaluate contribution of Mc Gregor to Motivation. Asn 4) Motivation is a theoretical construct‚ used to explain behavior. It is the scientific word used to represent the reasons for our actions‚ our desires‚ our needs‚ etc. Motives are hypothetical constructs‚ used to explain why people do what they do. A motive is what prompts a person to act in a certain way or at least develop an inclination for specific behavior.[1] For example‚ when someone eats food to satisfy
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