Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei‚ born Febuary 15th 1564 and died January 8th 1642‚ was a major contrubitor to science during the Scientific Revolution. As a physicist‚ mathematician‚ astronomer‚ and philosopher‚ his contributions include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for heliocentrism. He also conducted experiments with pendulums‚ establishing the relationships between length and period. He also applied these principles to gravity‚ determining
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Kelly Husted History of Math Mathematician Paper John Wallis 1616 – 1703 John Wallis was born November 23‚ 1616 and lived till the old age of 87 until October 28‚ 1703 where he passed away in Oxford. He was born of Reverend John Wallis and Joanna Chapman in Ashford‚ Kent‚ England (O’Connor & Robertson‚ 2002). He was the third of five children in his English family‚ unfortunately losing his father at the very young age of 6. Wallis is known for introducing series systematically in
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missed too many days of filming because she said she was sick. Marilyn missed 21 out of 23 filming days. The play was canceled because Dean Martin declined to make the film without her. On May 19‚ 1962‚ Marilyn sung “Happy Birthday‚ Mr. President” at John F. Kennedy’s birthday celebration. Marilyn died on August 5‚ 1962‚ from what has been speculated as a possible drug overdose. Marilyn is remembered for her sense of humor. Two days after her death‚ aired one of her interviews. Marilyn states in
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John Lennon was known best for his music‚ but in addition to that he was a philosopher‚ artist‚ visionary‚ social leader and most importantly a common man with a dream. John Winston Lennon was born on October 9‚ 1940 in Liverpool‚ England. At a young age he was already very interested in music and would sit in his room and play his guitar for hours on end. His skill with the guitar led to John bouncing around from band to band until he met Paul McCartney and formed the Beatles (Encyclopedia of World
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John Forbes Nash‚ Jr. (born June 13‚ 1928) is an American mathematician whose works in game theory‚ differential geometry‚ and partial differential equations have provided insight into the forces that govern chance and events inside complex systems in daily life. His theories are used in market economics‚ computing‚ evolutionary biology‚ artificial intelligence‚ accounting‚ politics and military theory. Serving as a Senior Research Mathematician at Princeton University during the later part of his
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with a two-pound weight‚ as she was defending a fellow slave who tried to run away. Because of this‚ she had recurring narcoleptic seizures‚ that plagued her for the rest of her life. At about 25 years of age(1844)‚ Harriet married a freeman named John Tubman. She got permission from her owners to live in his cabin‚ but she still had to work for her master. On one of her first return trips to Maryland‚ she went to John’s cabin to ask to go North with her; finding out that he had married someone else
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Jay Gould was born on May 27‚ 1836 in Roxboro‚ New York. His parents were Mary More and John Burr Gould. As a child‚ Gould studied at local schools and the Hobart Academy in New York. His father was a farmer but Gould decided not to follow his footsteps. Jay Gould’s first job was working as a bookkeeper for a blacksmith. While working for the blacksmith he was able to see how the business world worked. The blacksmith then started to offer Gould half interest in the blacksmith shop. As Jay grew
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John Milton Cage Jr was born on September 5‚ 1912 to John Milton Cage and Lucretia ("Crete") Harvey in Las Angeles‚ California. Neither of John’s parents went to college (Inamori Foundation ‚ 1990). However‚ his father was an inventor and his mother was the founder of the Lincoln Study Club and later became the editor of the Woman’s Club for the Los Angeles Times. John describes his mom as a “sense of society.” John went to Pamona College for two years when he realized that college was not for
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with their loved ones. This gives a sense acceptance and makes the dying feel more comfortable and allows them to take the happy thoughts and images of those around them with their spirit as they go into the afterlife. The poem “Dog’s Death‚” by John Updike shows a family’s love and admiration for their family pet. Their dog wishes to die in peace and quiet‚ but the family rushes off to the vet to try and save her life. The poem “Do not go gentle into that good night‚” by Dylan Thomas is focusing
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which then developed his interested in music. Years later after his family moved to Tijuana it was then he began to play with the guitar‚ the instrument that would lead to his greatness. He was fascinated and surpassed his guitar heroes; they were John Lee Hooker‚ T. Bone Walker‚ and B.B. King. In 1961 Santana moved from Mexico to San Francisco‚ United States. In 1965 he graduated from Mission High school to then supported his family by getting a job as a dishwasher. He loved the San Francisco
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