Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac Patrick Ennis Mrs. Carter Research Monday‚ December 9‚ 1996 "Physical Laws should have mathematical beauty." This statement was Dirac’s response to the question of his philosophy of physics‚ posed to him in Moscow in 1955. He wrote it on a blackboard that is still preserved today.[1] Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (1902-1984)‚ known as P. A. M. Dirac‚ was the fifteenth Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge. He shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1933 with
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir‚ The Great Bathers 1884-1907‚ and Paul Cézanne‚ The Large Bathers 1906 depict the same theme‚ they have the same outdoor scenery‚ both were produced on oil paintings‚ all the figures are naked women in Nature around river and trees‚ but there are too many contrasts between them. Firstly they were painted in different centuries and they have different size and the number of figures depicted in each painting is different as well. Renoir depicts five young girls‚ bathing in a
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Paul Gauguin was born in June 7‚ 1848‚ Paris‚ France and died May 8‚ 1903‚ Atuona‚ Hiva Oa‚ Marquesas Islands‚ French Polynesia. He is one of the leading French painters of the Post-impressionist period‚ whose development of a conceptual method of representation was a decisive step for 20th-century art. From 1891 he lived and worked in Tahiti and elsewhere in the South Pacific‚ where his art work Under the Pandanus setting at. Under the Pandanus was painted shortly after Gauguin arrived on the
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music presentation‚ the focus was on how some musicians‚ despite adversity‚ were able to overcome their obstacles and go on to produce some of the best music the world has ever heard. To start things off‚ Dr Bartnick brought up a man by the name of Paul Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein was an Austrian born pianist who was widely known in the 1900’s for his ability to play the piano with one hand. While serving in WWI the then young Wittgenstein lost his arm to a grenade‚ and by many standards‚ he was
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human existence. Specifically‚ the life experience of Karol Wojtyla‚ who later became Pope John Paul II‚ significantly enriched and affirmed his belief in the Catholic Christian tradition. Born in 1920‚ Wojtyla endured great challenges throughout his life. By the age of 21‚ he had experienced the tragic loss of his entire family. In October 1978‚ he was elected as Pope‚ choosing the name of John Paul II. He accomplished much while serving as a Pope. In May 1981‚ he endured another almost tragic life
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Paul Gilroy is a professor of American and English literature whose major area of research interest is the Black Atlantic diasporic culture. As a scholar of Cultural Studies and Sociology‚ he has done significant studies on race‚ racism and culture which have been greatly influential in the recent times. Gilroy’s book The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness (published in 1993) marks a landmark in the study of diasporas. In The Black Atlantic‚ which is a critique of cultural nationalism
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Jean-Paul Sartre was a 20th century intellectual‚ writer‚ and activist. He was born June 21‚ 1905‚ in Paris‚ France. As a child Sartre was a small cross-eyed boy‚ who did not have much friends; he would spend most of his time dreaming and thinking. Some say his background as a child led to his success as an adult. Later in his life he studied at the École Normale Supérieure and became Professor of Philosophy at Le Havre in 1931. Between 1931 and 1934‚ he taught high school in Le Havre‚ Lyon
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PETER PAUL REBUNS JUNE 28‚1577 – MAY 30‚ 1640 History of the Artist The most sought-after painter in northern Europe during the seventeenth century‚ Peter Paul Rubens‚ was also a diplomat‚ linguist‚ and scholar. His dramatic artistic style of the seventeenth century is now called "baroque‚" a term apparently derived at a later time from ornate jewelry set with irregular pearls. At its most exuberant‚ the baroque involves restless motion‚ startling color contrasts‚ and vivid
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love to have all the time‚ but you can’t especially back in the day. The government have restrictions and punishments that don’t allow you to be 100% free or to be completely subjective. “Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.” (2) Jean-Paul Sartre is in not so many words‚ outlining the fact that when someone does something to impair your freedom‚ it’s what you do to counter it is what gets you your freedom back. For example‚ the government starts taxing the people‚ they don’t much like
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oCan Paul Simon‚ Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney Have Anything in Common? Paul McCartney will be awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the White House on June 2‚ 2010 by the Library of Congress. Many of his contemporary songwriters will be present for the event. Photo Credit What do Paul Simon‚ Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney have in common other than popular icons of music: the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The Gershwin Prize is one of the many honors awarded by the Library
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