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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photography (Eddie Adams‚ Famous Photographers). He joined the US Marine Corps post his graduation and served as a battle photographer in the Korean War (Eddie Adams‚ Famous Photographers). Three years later after quitting the Marines he became a member of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin staff and joined the Associated Press (AP). During this time he covered wars in Vietnam‚ Israel‚ Jordan‚ Egypt‚ Turkey‚ Cyprus‚ Portugal‚ Ireland‚ Lebanon and Kuwait (Eddie Adams‚ Famous Photographers). In the following
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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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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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04 October 2000 Almost Famous: Essay on Entertainment Criticism A rolling stone gathers no moss. If Cameron Crowe is to be believed‚ a 15-year-old Rolling Stone writer will gather all kinds of things. Not the least of which are life experience‚ sexual exploits‚ and rock and roll insights. Almost Famous is Crowe ’s semi-autobiographical account of a young man taking the fast lane to adulthood on the tour bus with a rising rock and roll band. The critics are almost unanimous in their praise of this
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Mona Lisa - Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci worked on his masterpiece over a period of 20 years. He carried it with him everywhere. The enigmatic smile has captured the imagination of the world. I love this painting because it is very human‚ but also gives a glimpse of the world beyond‚ the transcendental. Artist | Leonardo da Vinci | Year | c. 1503–1519 | Type | Oil on poplar | Dimensions | 77 cm × 53 cm (30 in × 21 in) | Location | Musée du Louvre‚ Paris | Creation of Adam - Sistine
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Gaga: Getting Back On The Horse After dropping out of Collaborative Arts Project 21 (a New York-based musical school)‚ the unconventional singer did some small gigs around town until she gained a loyal following in the downtown Lower East Side club scene. She finally caught the eye of Rob Fusari‚ a music producer who then collaborated with her to cut some tracks in the studio that they shopped to other people in the music industry. Things took a nasty turn when Lady Gaga was suddenly dropped
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Speech is the vocalized form of human communication. It is based upon the syntactic combination of lexical and names that are drawn from very large vocabularies. Each spoken word is created out of the phonetic combination of a limited set of vowel and consonant speech sound units. These vocabularies‚ the syntax which structures them and their set of speech sound units differ‚ creating the existence of many thousands of different types of mutually unintelligible human languages. Most human speakers
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Your continued donations keep Wikipedia running! Candidates are currently being accepted for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees Election. Become a candidate. [Hide] [Help us with translations!] Zakir Hussain (musician) From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2009) Zakir Hussain
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Transcendental Meditation The speech was delivered by Dr. Fred Travis who presented his research advances of brain’s ability to change and adapt as a result of experience. The speech is informative because Dr. Fred Travis uses descriptions‚ demonstrations‚ and vivid detail to explain the subject which the audience wants to understand and remember. Critique the speech as follows: * Objective * Identify
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