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    about theories of atoms and the atom itself 4-1: Theories The Greeks believed that all matter was composed of earth‚ fire‚ air and water. Democritus: the first person to propose the idea of atoms (that matter was not infinitely divisible): atomos. “Atoms are solid‚ homogenous‚ indestructible and indivisible.” Aristotle - DENIED IT. He is why Democritus’ atomic theory was rejected and why that theory hasn’t been expanded on for 2000 years until… John Dalton: revived/revised D’s ideas called:

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    AMEDEO AVOGADRO : Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro di Quaregna e di Cerreto‚ Count of Quaregna and Cerreto (9 August 1776‚ Turin‚ Piedmont – 9 July 1856) was an Italian savant. He is most noted for his contributions to molecular theory‚ including what is known as Avogadro’s law. In tribute to him‚ the number of elementary entities (atoms‚ molecules‚ ions or other particles) in 1 mole of a substance‚ 6.02214179(30)×1023‚ is known as the Avogadro constant. Avogadro’s Life Amedeo Avagadro

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    Classical period- Repulse of Persian invasion create lots of creative activity in Greece that was rarely‚ if ever‚ matched anywhere at any time. Achievements of such quality produced during time between Persian retreat and Macedonian conquest justify era’s title as CLASSICAL PERIOD. Ironic because classical suggests calm and serenity‚ but word that best describes the common element present in Greek life‚ thought‚ art‚ and literature in this period is TENSION. Tension- word that best describes common

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    | | |  ALGEBRA OF SETSBASIC OPERATIONSAs we have introduced meaning of the terms set‚ subset‚ null set and universal set‚ we can learn how to build new sets using the sets we already know. The way we do it is called set operations.The set operations are: union‚ intersection‚ difference and complement. They are called Boolean operations.Let A and B be subsets of the universal set U. Then we can look at the set C U that contains all elements of set A and all elements

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    IWC1 Test 1.02 Module Pre-Test Question 1: Multiple Choice The historical revival of Classical culture began during the: a) Middle Ages b) Renaissance c) Baroque Era d) Romantic Era Feedback: The correct answer is b. The historical revival of Classical culture began during the Renaissance. Question 2: Multiple Choice Which of the following was a key feature of ancient Chinese humanism? a) An emphasis on theoretical philosophy. b) A subordination of intellectual life to religious

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    Chapter 5 Outline I. Opening Vignette A. In 2004‚ China celebrated the 2‚555th birthday of Confucius‚ despite Communism. 1. Buddhism and Christianity also growing rapidly in China 2. part of enduring legacy of the classical world B. In the period around 500 b.c.e.‚ there was a great emergence of durable cultural traditions that have shaped the world ever since.  1. China: Kong Fuzi (Confucius) and Laozi 2. India: Upanishads defined Hinduism  a. Siddhartha Gautama

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    available at www.emeraldinsight.com/2046-9012.htm EJTD 36‚9 Evaluation of formal training programmes in Greek organisations 888 Anastasios D. Diamantidis and Prodromos D. Chatzoglou Production & Management Engineering Department‚ Democritus University of Thrace‚ Xanthi‚ Greece Received 24 November 2011 Revised 3 May 2012 Accepted 13 August 2012 Abstract Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to highlight the training factors that mostly affect trainees’ perception of learning

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    Religion St. Peter’s CollegePre-CambridgeYear 11Introduction to Philosophy Student Text Book 1: Ancient Greece | | Name __________________________________________________________ Table of Contents Ancient Greece The Birth of Western Philosophy ………………………………………………………… 2 Socrates‚ The Apology ……………………………………………………………………. 6 Plato‚ “The Cave” ………………………………………………………………………… 11 Aristotle‚ “The Doctrine of the Mean” …………………………………………………… 14 Truth‚ Opinion‚ Knowledge ………………………………………………………………

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    Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through space and time‚ along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly‚ it is the general analysis of nature‚ conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves. Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines‚ perhaps the oldest through its inclusion of astronomy. Over the last two millennia‚ physics was a part of natural philosophy along with chemistry‚ certain branches of mathematics‚ and

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    not have the attributes of finite creatures.” Aquinas concept of knowledge is the Knowledge by Analogy‚ the first type of relation is called “Univocal”. The second type was called “Equivocal”‚ and last but not the least is the “Analogical”. For Democritus “There are two forms of knowledge‚ the true born and the illegitimate.” The true born knowledge is when they can say what it is just by looking at it‚ their knowledge is the same for they have seen it‚ but it will become illegitimate‚ if they use

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