Famous Canadian Entrepreneurs James Hillier and Albert Prebus (Electron Microscope) James Hillier‚ one of the entrepreneurs of the electron microscope‚ was born on August 22nd‚ 1915 in Brantford‚ Ontario. He attended the University of Toronto‚ where he received a PhD in 1941. After graduating‚ Hillier spent most of his career at the Radio Corporation of America (or RCA)‚ discovering the principle of stigmator‚ which is used to correct astigmatism in a microanalyser‚ while being the first person
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Importance of Euthanasia It allows people to be free of physical pain‚ followed by mental suffering. One of the most famous euthanasia debates revolves around Dax Cowart‚ who was almost burned to death in a propane explosion. His hands‚ eyes‚ ears‚ and lips were burned off‚ he spent years in physical pain‚ wishing to die. Does he have the right to die‚ be free of his physical pain and mental sadness? Or is it better that he now continues to live‚ blind‚ deaf‚ divorced‚ alone‚ and has attempted
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I often wonder about teachers who educated famous people such as Einstein‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ and the like. Were these teachers specially qualified to inspire their students to achieve fame and success? Or were these teachers just plain lucky to have exceptionally talented students? Do some teachers have the rare quality of turning dust into gold? The answer may not be easy to find. Andy Rooney Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people
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“10 famous physicist and their contributions” 1. Isaac Newton quantified and qualified the laws of motion and gravity. He also invented the reflecting telescope and co-invented the mathematic process of calculus. 2. Albert Einstein developed theories of relativity‚ and won a Nobel Prize for his work on the photoelectric effect. 3. Galileo Galilei improved on the refracting telescope and discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter‚ but he is most well-known for standing up
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Jeffri Fernandez Annotated Bibliography Ancient Greece was the birth place of many sciences‚ famous philosophers and the arts. A time where humans where constantly discovering many different things‚ forming new ideas and opinions about life each and every day. Various gods ruled these different city states. Mythology was very huge in Ancient Greece. There are so many different myths from Ancient Greece. Do you ever wonder if any of those ancient Myth’s were true? Ever believe that
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Violent video games cause more aggression in young people Joshua N ina Professor Mrs. Jackson October 13 2010 Psychology 1010 Introduction Video games have evolved much from what they use to be. Video games in the 70’s were simple; in one of them all it consisted of was one block on each side that could only maneuver up and down. It was called ping pong‚ their would be a ball that you could hit back in forth bouncing off you’re block‚ and sending it to you’re
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Famous Creative Thinkers PHL/458 Creative Minds and Critical Thinking June 23‚ 2015 BANKSY Banksy is the name he goes by‚ but his art speaks for itself. This urban street graffiti artist/painter turned political activist and director‚ has taken is the world by storm with his outspoken commentary on society through his art. When Time magazine selected the British artist Banksy—graffiti master‚ painter‚ activist‚ filmmaker and all-purpose provocateur—for its list of the
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tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing them". These lines are the opening to one of Hamlet’s soliloquies. In fact‚ these lines are possibly the most famous lines in English literature‚ but do people know what Hamlet meant by these lines. Hamlet is more than just contemplating suicide‚ he is also thinking about death and how to combat his pain. As he spoke those lines‚ he believes suicide is a way to
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Ramanujan’s master theorem | Influences | G. H. Hardy | Signature | Srinivasa Ramanujan Tamil: ஸ்ரீனிவாஸ ராமானுஜன் (ஐயங்கார்) FRS ( pronunciation (help·info)) (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician and autodidact who‚ with almost no formal training in pure mathematics‚ made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis‚ number theory‚ infinite series‚ and continued fractions. Living in India with no access to the larger mathematical community‚ which was centered in
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Psychology Contributions Howard Gardner: Created the theory of multiple intelligences‚ which says that human beings have 8 different “sections” of intelligence. E.L. Thorndike: Developed the puzzle box‚ used to study animal psychology and intelligence; postulated the idea of connectionism which is a proponent of learning and relates basic associations between cause and effect; developed the law of effect principle which states that events followed by satisfaction will be linked with the event
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