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    This ended up as a wonderful treat for 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

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    Galileo: Uniformity of Nature and Experimental Physics The Renaissance became one of the factors for the Scientific Revolution‚ bringing on the renewal of ancient times which led to the discovery of "ancient scientific texts (1)." This time period of the Renaissance also known as "the century of genius (1)" brought on a new view of nature bringing about ideas of great minds such as that of Galileo. He could be described as a Renaissance man‚ gifted in many areas as a talented musician‚ an artist

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    One of my major dreams in life to do‚ and one of many ideas from my bucket list‚ would be to travel around the world. People from all walks of life‚ both young and old‚ enjoy traveling. When traveling‚ the traveler has many exceptional opportunities presented to them. The traveler gets the chance to experience new things‚ make choices‚ reward themselves‚ and to gain knowledge of the world outside of their own. First‚ the most exciting opportunity for a traveler is to experience new things. They

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    developed concentrated groups of towers that prevailed the city skylines‚ as cathedrals had done centuries earlier in other parts of the world. The origin of the skyscraper or structures of large heights can be traced throughout architectural history. Though the phrase “skyscraper” was not a coined description‚ there were still buildings and structures of large scale‚ “scraping the skies”. The Egyptian pyramids‚ the Tower of Babel‚ the Leaning Tower of Pisa‚ and even the Pagodas‚ being constructed

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    EUROPE Continental Flair Europe  Often called the “Continent”  Most visited by Americans  One of the top ten destinations of the world  Over 40 countries that comprises Europe Scandinavian Countries -Iceland‚ Norway‚ Sweden Denmark‚ Finland Baltic Nation Located on the Baltic Sea and beneath the Scandinavian Peninsula -Estonia‚ Latvia‚ Lithuania British Isles -Located at the Northwest of Europe Great Britain and Ireland Western Europe France and Benelux countries

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    Galileo was contributed a lot to us today because he had major discoveries in math‚ astronomy‚ physics and engineering. Even though he had an unideal childhood‚ Galileo went to college at the University of Pisa. He also began teaching at the age of 17. In 1568 he invented the hydrostatic balance. this is used to measure the “specific gravity” of a gemstone. This is something that people use today in gemology. He also gave private math lessons to children in florence and his college. In 1593‚ Galileo

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    Throughout the children’s literature class I have learned how to appropriately analyze and comprehend children’s books. Learning these skills will help me immensely as future educator choosing which books to integrate into lessons and how I can integrate a variety of topics‚ including multicultural topics. My inquiry research paper will discuss the personal and social values of Italian culture and influence within six books wrote by Tomie dePaola. I choose to focus on this aspect of his work because

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    Section 2 Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa‚ Italy on the 15 of February 1564 and he died in January 8th 1642. He was the first of 6 children that Vincenzo Galilei had. Galileo was an astronomer‚ mathematician‚ a philosopher and an inventor. He was also a musician. He studied medicine first then he studied mathematics. He was very intelligent‚ that is one of the main reasons he became famous. Although back then people believed the sun moved around the planets‚ Galileo was brave enough to prove them

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    Humanities (Fourth ed.‚ Vols. 1 - 2‚ pp. 242-265). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson Education. Yahoo Images of the Milan Cathedral‚ Milan‚ Italy (n.d.). In Yahoo.com. Retrieved May 10‚ 2015 from https://images.search.yahoo.com Yahoo Images of the Pisa Cathedral Group‚ Pisa‚ Italy (n.d.). In Yahoo.com. Retrieved May 10‚ 2015 from https://images.search.yahoo.com Yahoo Images of the Salisbury Cathedral‚ Salisbury‚ England (n.d.). In Yahoo.com. Retrieved May 10‚ 2015 from https://images.search.yahoo.com

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    ART 104 1200 NAME: COLLINS OSEI MENSAH CLASS: ART 104 1200 RESEACH PAPER TITLE: UGOLINO AND HIS SONS PROFESSOR: DR. FLORENCE QUIDEAU. DATE: APRIL 14TH‚ 2016. Fig 1. Ugolino and His Sons Artist: Jean Baptiste Carpeaux (French‚ Valenciennes 1827- 1875). Date: 1865-1867. Medium: Saint-Beat Marble. Classification: Sculpture. Ugolino and His Sons.

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