Thucydides is by far the most important of all early historians. He is the most reliable and trustworthy. Throughout this essay I will show how his work contributed to modern history. I will discuss the manner in which Thucydides wrote his history and the importance of it. I will also discuss branches of history in which Thucydides wrote his history such as; the war‚ politics and the plague. Thucydides (c.460-395BC) was born in Athens into what is believed to be a royal family. After proving
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for this? What property of water makes swimmers corned when electricity is around? What other liquids possess the same property? Does distilled water behave the same? Consider the following; a. What takes place when a solute dissolves in a solvent? How would this be determined? b. What process in the molecular level takes place to explain what is observed? c. Do all solutes dissolve in the same way? Do acids and bases dissolve in the same way? Solutions capable of conducting electricity‚ such as ionic
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experimental design practice of translating positive-psychology research findings into game mechanics. It’s a way to make happiness activities feel less hokey‚ and to put them in a bigger social context”. (McGonigal. Reality is Broken‚ pg. 188). In other words‚ McGonigal believes by turning ‘weird’ happiness activities into games‚ more people will start to perform them since the new generations have their minds set into games‚ so anything game-like they will enjoy. She cites many researches in which subjects
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NATHANIEL JOSEPH D. GOBRES GRADE 4 – St. Catherine FOREIGN SCIENTISTS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS Aristotle Student of Plato and a tutor to Alexander the Great‚ Aristotle was a genius Greek philosopher and scientist of the ancient age. Born on 384 BC‚ Aristotle was a biologist‚ a zoologist‚ ethicist‚ a political scientist and the master of rhetoric and logic. He also gave theories in physics and meta physics. Aristotle gained knowledge in different fields with his expansive mind and prodigious writings
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area of knowledge Do scientists have any ‘special’ moral obligations? Or should science seek to be free from any values and morals? This has been a popular topic that has been discussed throughout not only this century but also‚ centuries previous to us. While looking at natural sciences and ethics we can see that these two areas of knowledge are quite similar‚ specifically when looking at theories of ethics and how it can be implemented towards natural sciences. Using reason we can identify this
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Ethical Vegans – a way to (be)have Course: Consumer Behaviour Professor: Wendy Hein Group members: Anita Jos ID: 1281428 Eleonora Morici ID: Ewa Wojtowicz ID: 12838226 Katharina Kresing ID: 12818427 Kitty Lai-Yee ID: 12912537 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2 1.1 What is ‘ethical veganism’? 3 1.2 Methodology 3 2. Interpretation and critical analysis 3 2.1 Different ways to behave vegan 3 2.2 Vegans as a type of subculture and the Burning man Festival 4
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with the Roman Catholic Church is taken as a major early example of the conflict of authority and freedom of thought‚ particularly with science‚ in Western society. Early career Galileo was born in Pisa‚ Italy‚ as the son of Vincenzo Galilei‚ a mathematician and musician. He attended the University of Pisa‚ but was forced to "drop out" for financial reasons. However‚ he was offered a position on its faculty in 1589 and taught mathematics. Soon after‚ he moved to the University of Padua‚ and served
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Asset and Liability problems: The information presented here represents selected data from the December 31‚ 2010‚ balance sheets and income statements for the year then ended for three firms. Calculate the missing amounts for each firm. Firm A Firm B Firm C Total assets‚ 12/31/10 $401‚000 $531‚000 $334‚000 Total liabilities‚ 12/31/10 222‚000 143‚000 ___________ Paid-in capital‚ 12/31/10 85‚000 [pic] 42‚000 Retained earnings‚ 12/31/10 [pic] 319‚000 ___________ Net income for
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Edward Gibbon the Historian Edward Gibbon’s The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is a historical work that is more than two hundred years old‚ and yet it’s popularity continues to remain strong among the educated public. This masterpiece has been called “The greatest history that has ever been published” (Miller 1). The value of this work and its reliability have been exhaustibly questioned‚ praised and criticized. So what is it that draws people to read his work? Gibbon introduces The Decline
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Beyond Contemporary Comprehension Do plants have feelings? Do they suffer pain like us? Can their feelings be detected‚ or even ‘measured’? Jagdish Chandra Bose‚ a distinguished Indian scientist‚ announced his discovery to an astonished world in 1900. At an international conference of physicists in Paris‚ and later in England‚ Bose proved plants respond to pain and suffering much like humans‚ even when the plants are cut or transplanted. To prove his theory‚ Bose invented an instrument called
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