Chris McCandless in Into The Wild is quite the adventurer‚ he travels all across the pacific region only to find himself a death of starvation. He felt no remorse for leaving his parents family and friends all for a life of adventure. Similar to chris in his rebel spirit was the early astronomer Galileo Galilei. He proposed theories in his era of science that seemed impossible and absurd to his peers(Marks 2). That took courage and guts to stand up against the odds and do what you love. These two
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“There can be no progress without conflict.” The word conflict can be defined as a ‘serious disagreement or argument‚ typically a protracted one’; a ‘clash of opposing feelings or needs’. On the other hand‚ progress can refer to a ‘forward or onward movement toward a destination’. There is no doubt that when these two words are put in juxtaposition‚ there is a clash in ideas; a conflict if one will. A prolonged difference is vastly in contrast with the concept advancement and forward change; yet
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One of the most scandalous events in history that pops into my head is the Galileo affair. Back in 1610 the Catholic world strongly believed that the earth was the center of the universe and did not move. The controversy began when Galileo started his telescopic studies and published a book called The Starry Messenger. This book stated new observations on Venus and Jupiter that proved how Venus had sun spots from it revolving the sun and moons were orbiting Jupiter. The belief that all planets orbit
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Galileo Galilei was born in 1564 in Pisa‚ Italy. At a young age his family moved to Florence where he grew up. At about the age of 33‚ Galileo begins to believe in the Copernican or heliocentric model of the universe as opposed to the Ptolemaic or geocentric model. Galileo then used magnifying glasses to create telescopes to see the stars better. He realizes that the Copernican model offers better explanations for what he discovered in the sky and for what happens here on earth than the Ptolemaic
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Johannes Gutenberg was born around the year of 1398 in Mainz‚ Germany. He was the third son of Freile zum Gensfleisch and Else Wirick zum Gutenberg. Johannes Gutenberg was an inventor‚ publisher‚ blacksmith and goldsmith. Johannes Gutenberg attended the university of Erfurt. During the early 1430s he moved to Strasbourg‚ where he began getting interested in printing and trying new things to create something new. In the year of 1430 Johannes Gutenberg started working on his invention‚ the printing
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One of Johannes Vermeer’s mysterious artworks which are universally recognized is the Girl with a Pearl Earring. This piece of artwork still poses a few unanswered questions and wonders after more than a century of studies. The identity of the sitter in the portrait‚ who is she? What significance did the pearl earring have? When was the exact date of the painting? Vermeer was born and raised in the Dutch town‚ Delft and began his genre paintings in the late 1650s. Although Vermeer produced only
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Johannes Vermeer: The Procuress and Woman Holding a Balance Johannes Vermeer was born in 1632 in the Dutch city of Delft where he lived his whole life. His early childhood has not been documented; however‚ he was the son of a silk worker. It is suspected that at an early age‚ Vermeer took apprenticeship under a man named LeonartBramer‚ a local artist. Vermeer created his first painting in 1656called‚ The Procuress‚Oil on Canvas‚which appears hanging on the wall in some of his later paintings(Wheelock)
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Anastasia Gvozdeva‚ 411164 History of Arts and Culture‚ 15.09.2014 Analysis 2‚ Baroque‚ Johannes Vermeer‚ The Astronomer‚ Musée du Louvre‚ Paris‚ c. 1668 Ordinary life of a Dutch scientist The Astronomer is a famous artwork made by Johannes Vermeer in 1668. It is painted on canvas with size of 40x50 cm and situated now in Louvre‚ Paris. It was made together with The Geographer‚ another work with a scientist as a main protagonist. These two works are special for the master’s oeuvre because usually
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Although all of these men had a significate influenced on the western culture‚ this learner believes that Johannes Gutenberg had one of the greatest impacts that change the way individuals communicate. In today’s society individuals may think or look at this invention as neither here nor there‚ but it is one of the greatest inventions of all times. According to Biography.com “German inventor Johannes Gutenberg developed a method of movable type and used it to create one of the Western world’s first
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Johannes Gutenberg has been regarded as one of the most influential and innovative figures in all of human history. Much of what has happened since his life has been thanks in some part to him; the fall of serfdom‚ the landed gentry‚ education of the masses and many social movements. The Protestant Reformation would have likely fizzled out if it had not been for the affordable and easily produced literature that spread Martin Luther’s word. It is rather surprising to learn that‚ despite this major
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