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    The scientific revolution of the Renaissance had its start with Copernican heliocentrism and its culmination‚ a century later‚ with Newtonian mechanics. His most eminent representative‚ however‚ was the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei. In the field of physics‚ Galileo made the first laws of motion; in the astronomy department‚ he confirmed the Copernican theory with his telescopic observations. But none of these valuable contributions have had such significant consequences as the introduction of

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    When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly done‚ this is happiness and this is success. “how success can be achieved” Someone has rightly said that there are three ingredients in a good life‚ learning‚ earning‚ and yearning. These three ingredients in right amount will lead one to success. Success doesn’t come in instant packets‚ ready to be adorned but it should be achieved .There are no hard and fast rules to achieve success‚ but some

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    How Shakespeare’s Juliet can be recontextualised The original play by Shakespeare and Zeffirelli and Luhrmann’s interpretation of the play are all different versions of the classical tragic story of Romeo and Juliet. When reading the play or seeing Zeffirelli and Luhrmann’s film we can observe various differences between them. Juliet‚ being one of the dominating characters of this story can be seen to be recontextualised differently through her personality‚ looks and role in society. Juliet’s

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    Alfred Russell Wallace‚ a naturalist -an expert in or student of natural history- Born in Usk‚ United Kingdom on January 08‚ 1823‚ made two expeditions to South America and Indonesia and formulated the modern theory of evolution! Wallace met Charles Darwin at scientific meetings and eventually shared ideas and became friends. Wallace wrote letters to Darwin about this as Darwin also stumbled upon the same results and therefore listed Wallace as an author to the theory of modern evolution on July

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    The ideas of Bacon and Descartes led to the “development of what is called the Scientific Method” which is a series of steps that can be followed and will help to solve scientific

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    Literature Imitates Life Imitates Literature How are life and literature connected? Literature has been an important aspect of society for quite a while now. It has existed for centuries and has impacted‚ changed‚ and improved many lives. Reading is my favorite thing to do. I read many types of genres‚ stories‚ and novels and I can always find a way to connect it to my life. Literature imitates life through conflicts that reflect our own‚ direct and indirect characterization that mimics how

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    Mesut GUNENC/ Y1212.620013 Assist. Prof. Dr. Gillian M.E. Alban ING633 Gender Studies II: Mad‚ Maligned and Marginal 02.07.2013 Against Society: Women’s Language‚ Body and Madness in Wide Sargasso Sea and Sula This paper is about women’s language‚ body and madness and also explains silence‚ mad and evil women in Wide Sargasso Sea that is written by Jean Rhys and Sula that is written by Toni Morrison. The first novel Wide Sargasso Sea contains women’s body‚ silence‚ feminist theories and

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    Thomas C. Foster indicates in “How to Read Literature Like a Professor” that usually when a blind person shows up in a piece of literature‚ he can see into the spirit and divine world‚ and can see things that the hero of the story is unable to see. While I don’t believe love is spiritual‚ I do believe that it takes a special eye to see it. In “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green‚ Augustus’ best friend Isaac is losing his eyesight to cancer‚ and essentially going blind. Even though Isaac is losing

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    2nd draft‚ Ms.Tidarat K. (Jel) 563050570-1 How can alternative sources of energy be harnessed effectively? Our modern life today needs energy. World energy demand is more than available energy sources. Fossil fuels are running out every time it is used. So we need to provide new energy that can be harnessed instead of fossil fuel for today and tomorrow. Alternative energy This problem can be solved by LCOE‚ national grid‚ and new technologies like Crystal Solar and optimizing battery storage.

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    Statistics can be very helpful in providing interpretation of reality but also can be used to distort our understanding. Discuss some of the ways in which statistics can be used or misused in different Areas of Knowledge to assist and mislead us‚ and how we can determine whether to accept the statistical evidence that is present to us. When you turn on the news‚ what do you hear? 1 in 10 people in South Africa have AIDS ‚ Unemployment Reaches New High of 9.3 Percent ‚ etc. Statistics is supposed

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