Eli Whitney was born on a farm in Westboro‚ Massachusetts‚ on December 8‚ 1765. Whitney’s Mother‚ Elizabeth Fay‚ died of a heart attack in the year 1777. At the age 14 Eli ran a nail manufacturing operation that ended up being very profitable. He had sold nails from his Dad’s workshop during the Revolutionary War. Because Eli’s stepmother didn’t support his wish to attend college‚ he worked as a farm laborer and a school teacher to save up money. Eli then prepared to go to Yale at Leicester Academy
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he scientific method‚is a method or procedure that characterizses science according to the observations‚measurements‚tests‚and the hypothesis of an experiment.The scientific method has been around since the Renaissance began to do the studying of what inductive reasoning was‚going all the way back into the 10th Century. Even though it was founded by many philosophers its said to have derived mainly from two contibutors; Aristotle and Greek philosophers.Aristole‚aj ancient greek philosopher who invented
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Every day we have ideas. Ideas on life‚ love‚ and general society. Thomas Hobbes was a fascinating scholar. He had a long life filled with troubles and triumphs. Thomas was man of science‚ politics‚ journalism‚ and mathematics. Thomas wrote many pieces that still inspire people today. Thomas Hobbes was born prematurely on April 5th of 1588 in Westport‚ England. He had once said‚ "My mother gave birth to twins: myself and fear." Thomas Hobbes Sr‚ Hobbes’ father‚ was vicar of the local parish and had
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Katherine G. Johnson is a mathematician who calculated the trajectories responsible for launching the first American into space. Katherine was born on August 26th‚ 1918 in White Sulfur Springs‚ West Virginia. As a child‚ Katherine loved to count and had a strong interest in numbers which led to her profound knowledge of mathematics. Her passion for numbers showed through her interest in advancing her education‚ she graduated from the eighth grade by the age of ten; then graduated from high school
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Galileo Galilei’s backlash from the Church To what extent did The Church restrict publishment of Galileo Galilei’s scientific findings? During the 1600s‚ the Church in Europe was tremendously influential in every aspect of society‚ but most important it was authoritative in the newly-developing scientific world. Specifically it controlled the scientific findings of one of the greatest scientists at the time‚ Galileo Galilei. With pressure from the clergy to
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Johannes Kepler was a key figure during the Scientific Revolution and his work in astronomy provided the framework for modern astronomy and physics. Kepler is best-known for his laws of planetary motion. His laws of planetary motion improved upon Copernicus’s heliocentric theory by explaining how the speeds of the planets varied and by using elliptical orbits rather than circular orbits. Kepler was born in the Free Imperial City of Weil der Stadt on December 27th‚ 1571. Kepler was schooled at the
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Humanism/Secularism In the Renaissance the main ideas of humanism came from the people opposing the ideas of the bible and of the Christian church. As the period of medieval rule came to an end‚ people became more aware and known to social and humanist ideas. What citizens wanted was the place between god and man to disappear and humanists were the ones that were up to the job. Many humanists decided to look back at what the ancient Greeks and romans had already worked on as that usually provided
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By: Victor Hui Introduction Leonhard Euler was a ground-breaking Swiss mathematician and physicist from the 1700’s. He made many revolutionary discoveries. However‚ the one that caught my eye was his solution to the Basel Problem in the year 1734. The Basel problem was initially posed by an Italian mathematician by the name of Pietro Mengoli in the early 1640’s. This problem baffled the even the greatest minds at the time. Branching from mathematical analysis‚ the Basel problem involved knowledge
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Herrick’s popularity expanded all through the 19 century‚ ascending to its peak when‚ in studies and poetry‚ Swinburne praised him‚ with the trademark excess‚ as “The best screenwriter-ever conceived of English race. “Robert Herrick was an extraordinary poet even though that he lived a difficult life. Back in 1591 in Cheapside‚ London life gave birth to Robert Herrick so to be famous poet. Robert Herrick father was a goldsmith. Robert Herrick was the fourth son out of seven. When Robert was born
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Smith was born in January in 1580 in Willoughby‚ England. Smith’s father‚ George Smith‚ was a yeoman farmer. Alice Smith was his mother. They owned land in Lincolnshire. Smith ran away around the age of 15 due to not wanting to be a farmer‚ but a sailor instead. Unfortunately for John‚ his father stopped him and made him become an apprentice. Smith joined English farmers shortly after his father’s death in 1596. That fight ended in a truce and Smith came home and resided on Lord Willoughby’s
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