question of this extended essay will be: Heinrich Dörrie also described the problem as “find in a given circle an isosceles On a circular billiards table there are two balls; at what point along the circumference must one be aimed at in order for it to strike the other after rebounding off the edge? 1 Jack Klaff‚ “The World May be Divided into Two Types of People – Alhazen’s Billiard Problem.” Viewed 19 February 2005. 2 Heinrich Dörrie‚ 100 Great Problems of Elementary Mathematics:
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20th-century literature‚ Thomas Mann (1875-1955) is famous both for his fiction and for his critical essays. Mann was born in 1875 in Lubeck‚ Germany‚ to a distinguished merchant family that had a literary lineage‚ as well; Mann’s older brother‚ Heinrich‚ also became a famous novelist and playwright. Mann took a keen interest in the German philosophers Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche‚ and their theories deeply influenced his writing. Mann’s fiction is characterized by subtle philosophical
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that Homer played in our understanding of the Trojan War by his writing the Iliad has been one of great significance. The turn of the 8th Century saw the writing of the Iliad from the Ancient Greek writer‚ Homer‚ which was roughly 3‚000 years ago. Heinrich Schliemann‚ a wealthy German business‚ dedicated his energy and considerable fortune to discovering the Troy Homer describes in the Iliad. By using the writings‚ Schliemann was able to locate the site of the Ancient city of Troy. Manfred Korfmann
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In the modern-day‚ the common belief is that it is a made up story just like many other myths you hear in Greek mythology. Although the general population believes otherwise‚ some people are certain it did happen(Wright 33). Heinrich Schliemann felt that he connected with the Trojan War from a young age when his father gave him a book about it. Schliemann’s excavations uncovered ruins of many cities around the area that is now modern-day Turkey‚ including evidence of a large
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and will mention about the personal connections‚ choosing a theme that ties with me. Two poems I have chosen to deconstruct are written by the famous writer‚ Williams Shakespeare is called sonnet 42‚138 and the last poem‚ Why is the Rose so Pale by Heinrich Heine. The theme of these poems is Love and betrayal; love can be sweet but also revenging‚ it could betray us. This theme personally connects to me as I have encountered these situations in the past. The first poem‚ sonnet 42 by
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Siemens AG is a German based company founded in 1847‚ employs over 416‚000 people in 190 countries‚ and has over 60.1 billion Euros in sales worldwide. Siemens became the electronics‚ telecommunications‚ and electrical engineering powerhouse that it is today by consistently innovating and discovering new technologies. After starting out as a small precision-engineering workshop making wire insulation and warning bells for railroads‚ the company discovered the dynamoelectric principle‚ built the first
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James Cook was born on October 27‚ 1728 in Marton‚ (near modern Middlesborough)‚ Yorkshire‚ Britain. Cook commanded three voyages of discovery for Great Britain‚ and sailed around the world twice. He was the first British ship commander to circumnavigate the globe in a lone ship. Cook was also the first British commander to prevent the outbreak of scurvy by regulating his crew’s diet‚ serving them citrus fruit and sauerkraut to prevent the disease. He is considered one of the world’s greatest explorers
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rare and impact one in several thousands‚ if not millions. Prader-Willi Syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes obesity‚ intellectual disability‚ and shortness in height. PWS was first described by Swiss doctors Andrea Prader‚ Alexis Labhart‚ and Heinrich Willi in 1956 based on the clinical characteristics of nine children they examined. PWS is recognized as the most common genetic cause of life-threatening childhood obesity. It is estimated that in one 12‚000 to 15‚000 people has Prader-Willi syndrome
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Koordinatorin: Corina Pelau Miruna Cioran Adina Dumitru Inhaltverzeichnis 1. Einleitung 3 2. SWOT-Analyse Vodafone 4 3. Wahl der optimalen Markteintrittsstrategie 4 3.1. Branchenstrukturanalyse - 5 Kräfte von Porter 5 3.1.1. Bedrohung durch neue Anbieter - Niedrig 5 3.1.2. Verhandlungsmacht der Lieferanten - Hoch 6 3.1.3. Verhandlungsmacht der Kunden - Hoch 6 3.1.4. Bedrohung durch Ersatzprodukte - Niedrig 6 3.1.5. Rivalität
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German culture at all. The Native American people have a holistic view on life‚ keep to oneself‚ rely heavily on extended family‚ not competitive and often very collective‚ have a present-time orientation and may have immediate short range goals (Heinrich‚ Corbine‚ & Thomas‚ 1990). These characteristic are very different from the characteristics of the White culture. The white culture generally has a analytic view rather than the holistic‚ they rely on experts rather than extended family‚ are individualistic
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