Galileo Galilei is a man known for greatly improving the telescope‚ discovering Jupiter’s four largest moons‚ and being the man who experimented with falling objects in the Leaning Tower of Pisa. He was an Italian astronomer‚ mathematician‚ and a physicist. He gave important contributions to science‚ especially in the field of astronomy. With his telescope‚ he discovered the moon’s spherical shape and rough texture‚ Venus’ phases‚ and Jupiter’s moons that do not revolve around earth. All which contradicted
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Archimedes is regarded as one of greatest mathematicians and inventors of his time. He was born in Syracuse‚ Sicily around the year 287BC. Archimedes acquired his education in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ but spent most of his life in Sicily. When in Sicily‚ he stayed in or near Syracuse and did nothing but experiment and research. Archimedes made many contributions to mathematics. One of the more important discoveries Archimedes made was he found a way to measure the areas and volumes of objects that are
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John Watson originally was born and raised in South Carolina. Despite in believing that he was a poor student‚ Watson attended many qualified universities such as‚ Furman University and the University of Chicago. The highest level of education that he reached was obtaining a Ph.D. in psychology in the year 1903. John Watson was an American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism. Watson contributed to the role of psychology with the development of behaviorist views
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Date: Tuesday 29th of January 2013 Title: History Essay: How did religion and medicine contribute to a peaceful society? First Draft: (1) Intro: (2) Example #1: The link between Confucianism and China. (Causes and Consequences) Confucius was born in 51 BC and grew up in poverty. His real name is Kong Zi‚ the name Confucius‚ catholic priests finding it easier to use‚ gave it to him. The causes were that‚ Confucius said‚ and wrote in his books‚ that the past was better than the present
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Mohandas Gandhi and his non-violent acts of defiance had great implications on imperialism during the post colonial area. Known to many as the “Great Souled one”(History) Gandhi was a leading force for India to gain independence from Great Britain. Gandhi’s extensive use of passive resistance which is defined as “refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government or occupying power‚ without resorting to violence or active measures of opposition” (Pletcher). Is a trademark for Indian independence
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One of Goodell’s major motivations during his work as a missionary in the Turkish empire were his endeavours in translating the Bible into Armeno-Turkish. The Bible had already been translated into Turkish previously. A Turkish translation existed by 1657‚ however‚ it was incomplete. A more complete translation was made in 1665 by Wojciech Bobowski. Moreover‚ a Turkish Bible was printed for the first time in Paris in 1827‚ and this was the basis for further translation of the Bible by minority groups
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Augustine was born in 354‚ he had a Christian mother named Monica and a pagan father‚ Patricius‚ who was a Roman official. Even though he grew up in a Christian household he still managed to stray away from Christianity and was not baptized until he became an adult. For that to happen he had to go on his own journey‚ which had a big impact on his decision of converting to Christianity. Some of these influences hold more weight than others but on Easter vigil‚ April 24–25‚ 387 he converted himself
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Gandhi lead one of the greatest mass movements in the World’s history. As a leader‚ Gandhi utilised religious principles in order to inspire people to fight colonial oppression in India. Mohandas demanded to study law in Great Britain; however‚ his caste (social rank) did not allow him to travel abroad‚ so when he refused to comply he was expelled from the caste of merchants. Despite the fact that Gandhi was expelled from the caste‚ he still kept continuing with his first step to becoming a lawyer
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In his review of a new book called "Brief candle in the dark"‚Steven Shapin of The Guardian seems to evenhandedly evaluate Richard Dawkins‚one of the top thinkers of current world. As a professor of "public understanding of science" at Oxford‚ evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins shifted his intellectual emphasis to more of a preacher of "Reasons" that‚according to Dawkins‚are almost exclusively yields of science than clarifying the biological way of understanding the world around us. As a self-professed
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Michelangelo Many people have contributed something to what we know as the renaissance era‚ whether it was art‚ music‚ or poetry; But few have contributed to the renaissance era what Michelangelo has. Examples of this can be seen throughout history with his many famous paintings‚ sculptures‚ or his lesser known poetry. These examples include the Sistine chapel paintings and his David sculptures‚ these contributions alone prove that Michelangelo was one of the major contributors to the renaissance
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