Introduction Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) was one of India’s greatest mathematical figures. He was a child prodigy‚ with a natural instinct for mathematics. As though he could see how everything comes together. He was particularly interested in modular functions and number theory. This essay is divided into two sections. In the first section I will report on Ramanujan’s life. I have decided to take a unique approach‚ and instead of reporting solely based on biographies (and biographies about
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Introduction: In ancient times‚ Greece was not a united country. It was a collection of separate lands‚ called city states where Greek-speaking people lived. There were hundreds of city-states in ancient Greece‚ some really small ones and some really big ones with large populations. The following are the five most powerful city-states in about 550 B.C.E; Athens (A-thens)‚ Sparta (Spar-ta)‚ Corinth (Cor-inth)‚ Thebes(the-be-s) and Argos (Ar-gos). Ancient Greece consisted mainly of a mountainous
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Long‚ He‚ Stephanie Rivera ACCT 521: Case Analysis Chapter 12: Case 12-1 Lincoln Electric The Lincoln Electric Company‚ the largest manufacturer of arc welding products and a leading producer of industrial electric motors‚ employs about 2‚400 workers in the US and more worldwide. The firm is known for its incentive management plan. Despite the death of James Lincoln and the recession of 1982-1983‚ the management system prevailed with high profits and bonuses‚ high productivity‚ good employee morale
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FRACTAL GEOMETRY INTRODUCTION Fractals is a new branch of mathematics and art. Most physical systems of nature and many human artifacts are not regular geometric shapes of the standard geometry derived from Euclid (i.e‚ Euclidian geometry: comprising of lines‚ planes‚ rectangular volumes‚ arcs‚ cylinders‚ spheres‚ etc.) Fractal geometry offers almost unlimited ways of describing‚ measuring and predicting the natural phenomena. “Why is geometry often described as ‘cold and dry’? One reason lies
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RAPHAEL SANZIO Raphael was one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance. Raphael painted and designed many brilliant pieces of work and the stanzas inside the Vatican. He was a master at such necessities of modern art such as depth and perspective and the use of light and shadow‚ and was the turning point styles of paintings like the use of Madonnas in paintings. Through his short life‚ Raphael would make some of the most awe-inspiring‚ beautiful‚ and influential works of art during
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Effects of Disease on the Health Care Industry: Cardiovascular Health Evelyn Barnum HCS/245 Sunday‚ June 28‚ 2015 Michelle Clemons Effects of Disease on the Health Care Industry: Cardiovascular Health Chosen Cardiovascular Disease or Disorder Treatment Modalities Cultural Beliefs/Practices Affecting this Disease Epidemiological Statistics Available Consumer Resources (ex. financing‚ information‚ support) Impact on Society Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
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It would later be innovated In August of 1914‚ when the American Traffic Signal Company installed a traffic signal system on the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland‚ Ohio‚ which also had a buzzer‚ indicating when the lights would change color to give a warning to citizens. These would quickly reach mass appeal‚ and while many are now going back to traditional roundabouts‚ the traffic light
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merger Amazon has taken this opportunity. The synergies with Amazon’s technology are vibrant. "Amazon has an opportunity to give Prime members automatic entry in a new Whole Foods benefits program‚" says Brent Franson‚ CEO of retail analytics firm Euclid Analytics. "They could also offer the option to pay for groceries using the Amazon app‚ or sync your Alexa-made grocery list with your app while in-store.” There are also negative impacts according to some
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HELLENIC AGE PHILOSOPHY • Greeks used observation and reason to find causes for what happened • Ethics and morality • In Athens‚ Sophism- success is more important than moral truth o Rhetoric- art of skillful speaking o Socrates- Sophist‚ Athenian philosopher ▪ Socratic Method- pose series of questions to students and challenge them to examine the implications of their answers o Plato- student of Socrates ▪ Emphasized the
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medieval scientific works. However‚ we should not exaggerate the humanist contribution in this field. Everything of value‚ for instance‚ in Galen (c.130-201) had long been incorporated into medieval medicine. The scientific treatises of Aristotle‚ Euclid‚ and Ptolemy were translated into Latin and known to scholars before the Renaissance. Moreover‚ Islamic scholars had already introduced most Attic and Hellenistic science into western Europe‚ often with vast improvements on the original.Humanism embodied
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