History of Nokia Nokia has a long history of successful change and innovation. In 1865‚ Nokia was originally founded by Fredrik Idestam‚ a mining engineer. Fredrik Idestam opened his first wood pulp mill in South-Western Finland‚ Tammerkoski Rapids. In 1867‚ Fredrik Idestam’s wood pulp invention was awarded a Bronze Medal in the Paris World Exposition (Kolvuniemi 1998‚ p.17). Three years later‚ Fredrik Idestam constructed a second mill by the Nokiavirta river‚ which inspired him to name his company
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What historical events have been ignored in the national history of the United States? While doing some research on this topic‚ I noticed that there are plenty of historical events that are ignored in the United States. I’m sure there are topics not only ignored‚ but hidden from Americans as well. Although it is not right‚ there are several reason behind the government hiding certain events from us. The biggest reason could be for our safety. For this reasoning‚ I’ll refer to an old saying “ignorance
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Running Head: History of Trigonometry History of Trigonometry Rome Fiedler History of Mathematics 501 University of Akron April 29‚ 2012 History of Trigonometry: An Introduction Trigonometry is useful in our world. By exploring where these concepts come from provides an understanding in putting this mathematics to use. The term Trigonometry comes from the Greek word trigon‚ meaning triangle and the Greek word meatria meaning measurement. However it
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back tattoos and their uses are dated in history‚ tattoos date back thousands of years and have a variety of uses. Tattoos symbolize everything from personal experiences‚ religion‚ or simply art. There are literally thousands of designs and styles that variety from black to elaborate colorful schemes. Rather flaunted or hidden‚ sought as art or bought out of a whim‚ the tattoo has left its mark on generation after generation (Krakow‚ 1994). Throughout history tattooing has had many purposes that vary
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man will poop. Everything in this world has history and we have set out to discover the history of poop. Through hours and hours of endless research with the brightest scholars in the world‚ we have narrowed down many questions about the history of poop. And it is our honour to share this history of poop with all the people in the world. Below you will find the most educated answer crap can buy to some of the most baffling questions in poop history. 1. Who took the first poop? It is our belief
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THE THAI HISTORY 1868–1910: reign of King Chulalongkorn‚ modernization of Thailand * To counter imperialism and sustain Thailand’s independence and sovereignty‚ King Rama V initiated and implemented social infrastructure investment‚ government reform‚ high level diplomatic relations and trade agreements. * He sent his princes to study in different fields in various European countries such as Russia and Germany. These princes‚ then returned to Thailand and were responsible for the reforms
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The History of Pi The History of Pi Most individuals who have a general mathematical education that touches on the basics of geometry commonly know pi. The definition of pi is the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of the circle (Smoller‚ 2001). The majority of the population‚ however‚ does not realize the history associated with the symbol‚ which not only spans throughout the centuries but throughout the millenniums. The Babylonians‚ Egyptians‚ Archimedes of Syracuse‚ Leonardo of Pisa
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Chanel Harry April 27‚ 2013 HIST 118 Prof. Tsokodayi The Great Zimbabwe There are many great African kingdoms in history that have been documented throughout time. Most of them we don’t know very much about unless we take an Africa history course such as this one because African history is left out of the “mainstream” history books. The Great Zimbabwe is one of the kingdoms that caught my attention in this course. Modern Zimbabwe is named after the enclosures that were
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Axia College Material Appendix B History Matrix Directions: Using the matrix‚ list at least five events or major concepts from each of the three periods in the history of modern personality psychology. |1930 - 1950 |1950 - 1970 |1970 - Present | |Example: |Example:
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History of Volleyball Today the sport of Volleyball is 119 years old; there are more than 46 million people in North America who play volleyball. There are 800 million players worldwide who play volleyball at least once a week. Volleyball was created in 1895 by William G. Morgan an instructor at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke‚ Mass. William Morgan wanted to create a game which would have less physical contact then basketball for his class of businessmen at the time. William
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