is One that captures the viewer’s attention‚ one that will keep you wanting more‚ and one you will not soon forget. Some would argue this film as the greatest of its era‚ but it is very possibly the greatest movie of all time. This movie is known as The Shawshank Redemption. Out of the multiple reasons why this film is the greatest of all time‚ three in particular come to mind. The first and probably most convincing reason why this movie is the best ever is the fact that it was
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made mistakes since the beginning of time‚ and some of these mistakes have helped to discover the world’s greatest discoveries and inventions. The author of The medusa and the Snail‚ biologist Lewis Thomas‚ asserts that if mistakes are not made‚ then nothing useful can be accomplished. Lewis Thomas’s assertion is very reasonable and should be considered accurate due to the great amount of inventions and discoveries created by mistakes. Mistakes are a part of human nature‚ no matter how hard one tries
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Jennifer E Strayer University Humanities 111 Ancient Chinese Innovations The ancient Chinese culture has probably contributed more to the advancement of humans than any other. In China’s long history they have shown us many extremely important inventions. In the modern world we take a lot of these innovations for granted even though we use many of them on a daily basis. I have often wondered who invented many items I use and it surprised me to find out that most things I use and quite possibly cannot
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the invention‚ that means to produce tickets with numbers. That was to be their business. They were to produce and sell a commodity‚ the object of the invention being to produce that commodity more cheaply than had been done before. It was an old commodity‚ an old product‚ but had not been produced in the same manner before. The object of the company‚ therefore‚ was to sell the old product at a lower price than the price at which it could be produced by the modes in use before this invention was
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The first telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell on March 10‚ 1876. The first words ever transmitted to another person through the telephone was “Mr. Watson‚ come here‚ I want you.”. This was the start of something huge in the future. The telephone’s cause can be described by the inventor and his reasons. The effects can be described by the outcome and todays uses of the telephone. Bell came to the U.S. as a teacher for the death‚ and considered the idea of electronic speech while visiting
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led to an increase in innovation exponentially and in the long run the U.S. has become the mecca of innovation in the fields of science‚ manufacturing‚ and technology. In this case‚ the principle of “acting to bring about the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people” does apply because the granting of patents‚ as in the case of Photoshop‚ encouraged
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Top 10 Inventions in America • A clothes hanger‚ or coat hanger‚ is a device in the shape of human shoulders designed to facilitate the hanging of a coat‚ jacket‚ sweater‚ shirt‚ blouse or dress in a manner that prevents wrinkles‚ with a lower bar for the hanging of pants. Invented by albert park house in 1903. • Air-conditioning is mechanism designed to extract heat from an occupied space air temperature using a refrigeration cycle. It was made in 1902 by Willis Haviland Carrier. http://www
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urban-industrial society. Thomas Alva Edison was a very influential inventor of the Industrial revolution. In the 1970’s there are records of only 276 patented inventions‚ by the 1890’s there were 234‚956 on record. Thomas Edison was responsible for some of the most revolutionary products of all time‚ the light bulb‚ the phonograph‚ and many others. Those inventions played a big part in the accelerated pace of the industrial change of the time. I am writing this paper to compare and contrast two authors’ views
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hearing when a man pulled him by the ear to get him to a moving train. Another story and a very popular one is that there was a small explosion which led him to lose his hearing. Despite all of that he was a great scientist with great creations and inventions. He was very hard working and very ambitious as the history shows us. He was so creative and innovative that he invented a new telegraphic device by the age of approximately 21 years old and that is a very young age to create in. Also‚ he was working
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Frederick M. Jones In this 4 page essay I will be talking about the greatest man on earth. His name was Frederick M. Jones. He holds 60 patents in many different fields. 40 of his patents are in refrigeration. Believe or not you use one of his inventions every day or almost every day. Here is a list of his inventions. Frederick’s inventions were a self-starting gasoline motor‚ a movie projector‚ a ticket dispenser‚ a 2 way engine‚ x -ray machine‚ an air conditioning unit
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