Harper Library‚ situated at the center of the main quadrangle at the University of Chicago‚ resembles a converted abbey‚ with its vaulted ceilings and arched windows. The library was completed in 1912‚ before Enrico Fermi built the world’s first nuclear reactor‚ before Milton Friedman devised the permanent income hypothesis‚ and well before Barack Obama taught Constitutional Law. Generations of scholars have pored over Adam Smith and Karl Marx in the main reading room‚ penned world-class treatises
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Happy Life of Francis Macomber‚” I focused on the question‚ what made his life short and happy. At first I took the interpretation of short and happy literally‚ translating too‚ living a short life (age) and happy meaning (wealth). After some thought though I realize that Hemingway meant something entirely different. Francis Macomber in the beginning of the short story is a “coward” causing his wife to loath him‚ and even the staff to judge and question his manhood. Finally Francis overcomes his
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Jack Jacinto B. Lim Mr. Bernie Balmeo2BSA 1‚ TF 10:00-11:30am Management 3 Reaction paper on “The Queen” I was amazed to Elizabeth I because even if she belongs to the dangerous world of political intrigue‚ she’s still stays as she was at first. She surpassed a traumatic actions of his father by killing her stepmothers just because they can’t bear a male heir. Although his father finally have a son
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instead of the mind". There is also the question of her succession as she is yet unmarried and her death without heir would mean the throne falling back into Catholic hands. She has many suitors but she eventually rejects them all. And aided by Sir Francis Walsingham she manages to kill all her enemies and ascends the throne as the "Virgin Queen".’ (Synopsis from amazon.com) Cast of Main Characters: Cate Blanchett Elizabeth Christopher Eccleston Duck of Norfolk Joseph Fiennes
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Alphonse Bertillon Alphonse Bertillon was the first to truly create the scientific method of criminal identification. Born in 1853‚ Bertillon was from Paris France and came from a family of scientific background. His father‚ Dr. Louis Adolphe Bertillon‚ was a distinguished physician‚ statistician‚ and the vice president of the Anthropological society of Paris. Bertillon’s grandfather was also a well known naturalist and mathematician. (Ashbaugh‚ 1999). Bertillon was a poor student and lacked
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barred from meeting in the ‘men only’ parlor to discuss and spend time with her fellow scientists—due to her gender. Her reasons behind her hesitation to sharing her research was due to the fact that she felt her fellow scientists—namely James Watson‚ Francis Crick‚ and Maurice Wilkens—wanted to ‘play games for fame and fortune‚ without doing the work’ by the research-proof method she so cherished. It was baffling to Franklin that these so called ‘men-geniuses’ were credited and such when they seemed to
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Honors Biology Book Review I chose to read the book Brilliant Blunders by Mario Livio. This book was mainly focused upon the mistakes that famous scientists made that actually came to be very significant in their respective fields of study‚ hence the title Brilliant Blunders. It concerns the work of five scientists in particular: Charles Darwin‚ William Thomson‚ Linus Pauling‚ Fred Hoyle‚ and last but certainly not least Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein wrote in a letter in 1915 about the most common
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Scientist with Their Contribution Dr Adam Rutherford tells the extraordinary story of the scientific quest to discover the secrets of the cell and of life itself. Every living thing is made of cells‚ microscopic building blocks of almost unimaginable power and complexity. The first part explores how centuries of scientific and religious dogma were overturned by the earliest discoveries of the existence of cells‚ and how scientists came to realize that there was‚ literally‚ more to life than meets
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animal .St. Frances of Assisi referred to that time as‚ “I lived in sin.” ["St. Francis of Assisi - Saints & Angels." Catholic Online] Francis‚ whose father urged him to join him in his business‚ wanted more than wealth: power. Eager to receive it‚ he quickly joined in the battle against Perugia‚ Assisi’s long time enemy. Many of the troops were killed‚ and those who weren’t were taken into captivity to be ransomed. Francis had been kept in captivity for almost a year in a small dungeon with several
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In the book Francis and Clare Saints of Assisi by Helen Walker Homan‚ tells the stories of St. Francis of Assisi‚ who preached in the marketplace and surrendered family and fortune to dedicate his life to God and His poor‚ and St. Clare of Assisi‚ who left her castle to set up a religious community. Francis and Clare was an inspiration to others because of their deep faith in God‚ outstanding humility‚ and great leadership. Francis and Clare deep faith in God‚ they were born to rich families
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