Many women have significantly impacted the field of science‚ and Florence Nightingale is an excellent example. Florence Nightingale not only altered the face of nursing‚ but she changed how men perceive women as nurses. Nightingale was born on May 12‚ 1820‚ in Florence‚ Italy. This beautiful city inspired her mother to name her Florence. Nightingale grew up in a wealthy‚ upper-class family with her mother‚ father‚ and older sister. Her mother was Frances Nightingale‚ a controlling and outspoken woman
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Though he has a negative connotation in the American political perspective for being a Leninist/Marxist and for provoking such incidents as the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ Fidel Castro was a positive leader in Cuba and made many improvements to Cuban society after the Cuban Revolution that he led in 1959. Due to such incidents‚ many of Castro’s social reforms in Cuba are ignored (or dismissed as completely communistic and therefore without any merit to the United States)‚ especially reforms that he made
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rivalry between nations in Latin America during the 1800’s‚ in addition‚ the conflict reflected the struggle for control of natural resources and territorial expansion. characteristics of imperialism of that time. Although some might argue that Chile did not benefit significantly from the Pacific War due to the economic costs associated with the conflict. While it is true that the Pacific War imposed significant economic costs on Chile‚ it is essential to consider the long-term economic benefits that
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Galileo as he rightfully took place at the chair of mathematics at the University of Pisa in 1598. His first biographer‚ Vicenzo Viviani‚ claimed Galileo dropped items of disparate weights from the Leaning Tower. This proved that the speed an object falls isn’t proportional to weight. With these facts he created produced yet another document‚ this one named ‘De Motu Antiquiora’. When translated in English‚ this means ‘In
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Frederick North was born on April 13‚ 1732 in London and died on August 5‚ 1792 in London‚ at 60 years of age. He was the son of Francis North‚ First Earl of Gulliford and Lady Lucy Montagu‚ Baroness of Gulliford. At times he did not have a good relationship with his father. He was well educated at Eton College from 1742-1748 and at Trinity College‚ Oxford‚ where he received an MA. After leaving Oxford‚ he went on a world tour with his stepbrother‚ Dartmouth‚ where he went to Vienna‚ Milan‚ and
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Kenneth Clark Final paper Amanda Martinez Western Kentucky University Abstract This paper explores the life span of Kenneth Clark. The information was obtained through online (Internet) resources all regarding Kenneth Clark’s life and achievements. There will be two sections containing information about his life‚ age‚ schools‚ and interesting facts about Kenneth Clark and when he passed away. The second section will discuss his professional contributions‚ such as details
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to his own life‚ but to the society and culture of Ancient Greece as well. He was born around 460-455 BC and through his life he wrote one of the most in depth recordings of the Peloponnesian War entitled‚ History of the Peloponnesian War. Not only did Thucydides live within the wartime period‚ he also fought in this war as well as a military general. The efforts that Thucydides contributed during his life‚ make his works‚ even now so important in order to understand the lifestyle and civilization
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However‚ after Dalton’s theory was released there was new information that did not fit with his theory. There was a new scientist‚ J.J. Thomson‚ who lived from 1856 to 1940‚ and he did not agree with Dalton’s theory. Thomson discovered that there are particles inside the atom and therefore atoms could be divided into even smaller parts. He also discovered that atoms have a much
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America. (Schmidt) This was the beginning of a tradition that has become a part of American culture. Also in 1668‚ Isaac Newton created a small but powerful telescope that trumped the long lasting issues astronomers had been struggling with. His version did not suffer from chromatic aberration‚ the presence of fringes of color in images produced by uncorrected lenses. It resulted in an unfocused image that was not optimal for telescopic use. He took out the lens to fix this problem‚ a solution that had
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Magritte whom all had an influence on Dali’s work. This was a peak time in Dali’s career as he created some of his best works. He spent his summers in Cadaques‚ where he also met his wife Gala who appeared in his artwork as well. Dali was an essential factor in the surrealist movement for his unique art and more importantly his distinct personality and style. Salvador Dali was a famous artist in his time and he was not afraid to let people know. His flamboyant taste in clothing included his golden robes
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