Johannes Kepler Born on December 27‚ 1571 in Weil der Stadt‚ Wurttemberg‚ Germany‚ Johannes Kepler was the son of a mercenary who helped put down a protestant uprising in the Low Countries. His mother was the daughter of an innkeeper (Kepler Biography). Although he was a sickly child‚ he proved excellent in his academics (Encyclopedia of World Biography). At the age of five Kepler took the
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Johannes Brahms I selected Johannes Brahms because I believe that he was an amazingly interesting musician and person. I love the way in which he thought out his compositions so academically‚ trying to express literature and the feelings that it conveys through his music. Also‚ I find interesting the way in which he expressed these feelings while always maintaining structure and form in his compositions. Moreover‚ I feel like I relate to him at some level‚ as it is said that he was very organized
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World trade and global mobility are thought to be a more recent phenomenon. However‚ by analyzing Johannes Vermeer’s paintings as Brook does in Vermeer’s Hat‚ it is apparent that in the 17th century is when globalization began to affect the world in big ways. Vermeer’s Hat shows an interesting way of teaching by analyzing the paintings of Johannes Vermeer. The analysis goes very deep and Brook makes an emphasis that these paintings open many doors to the discovery of the 17th century. More specific
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Johannes Kepler was born December 27‚ 1571. He was a German mathematician‚ astronomer‚ astrologer‚ and a key figure in the seventeenth century. He is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion. He believed that God had created the world according to an intelligible plan that through the natural light of reason. Kepler’s first major astronomical work‚ Mysterium Cosmographicum‚ was the first published defense of the Copernican system. On July nineteenth 1595 he had an epiphany. He realized
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Johannes Gutenberg was voted the most influential person of the millennium for his invention of the printing press. The printing press had a tremendous influence on the spread of humanism‚ literacy‚ and protestantism. We would not have many of the ideas and knowledge we have today if it weren’t for Guttenberg’s invention. The printing press had a huge impact on the spread of Humanism. People reprinted works of the Greeks and Romans‚ which helped launch The Renaissance. More books led to the spread
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Alyssa James Jane Frankenfeld English 101‚ 2910‚ A 15 October 2012 Is the Message Really the Medium? In the new millennium‚ almost everything is digital. Now days‚ most people have access to the Internet and the billions of bits of information it contains. Books are now electronic and can be read on tablets and smart phones. This raises a few questions: Does this serge in electronics mean that we are no longer thinking critically of the information and merely walking the surface? Or does way
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For this painting Johannes Vermeer used charcoal‚ chalk‚ tempera‚ white lead‚ red and yellow ochre‚ vermillion and oil paints in various tones most of which he grinded up himself daily. No one knows how Johannes Vermeer made the initial drawing for this painting but it is thought that preliminary drawing on the canvas was to act as a guide during the painting and also intended to fix the significant contours of the composition. Once the initial outline drawing was finished he began the underpainting
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creator of this innovation and the founder of the Project Gutenberg back in 1971. “Well‚ from 1971 to 1988-89 no one paid any attention so it was just me with tilting at windmills‚ but I knew eBooks and eLibraries should be two of the great wonders of an entirely new world‚ so I was never tempted to give up–never. I just had to wait for the world to catch up.” (Michael S. Hart interview‚ 2009‚ November 6) Project Gutenberg is actually a public library full of digital books. It treasures
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Chloe Crissey Ms. Capelle ITE 119-03 23 February 2014 End of the Gutenberg Age An eBook is simply a digital book. Digital books can be read on almost any digital device in our technologically advanced society. Whether it be your laptop‚ tablet‚ kindle‚ or even cell phone. eBooks share many of the traditional features of printed books‚ such as cover‚ title pages‚ copyright page‚ tables of contents‚ chapters‚ and the words to fill those chapters. However for the past 564 years‚ the primary source
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ten years‚ in Europe‚ in America (the whole continent)‚ in Africa‚ and in Asia. With many thanks for their time and their friendship. A short history of ebooks - also called digital books - from the first ebook in 1971 until now‚ with Project Gutenberg‚ Amazon‚ Adobe‚ Mobipocket‚ Google Books‚ the Internet Archive‚ and many others. This book is based on 100 interviews conducted worldwide and thousands of hours of web surfing during ten years. This book is also available in French and Spanish‚ with
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