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- 1561: The Invention of the Computer
- The Invention of the Computer Only once in a lifetime will a new invention come about to touch every aspect of our lives. Such a device that changes the way we work, live, and play is a special one, indeed. A machine that has done all this and ... Soma, 46). After Babbage, people began to lose interest in computers. However, between 1850 and 1900 there were great advances in mathematics and physics that began to rekindle the interest (Osborne, 45). Many of these new advances involved complex calculations and formulas that were very time consuming for human calculation. The first major use for a computer in the U.S. was during the 1890 census. Two men, Herman Hollerith and James Powers, developed a new punched-card system that could automatically read information on cards without human intervention (Gulliver, 82). Since the population of the U.S. was increasing so fast, the computer was an essential tool in tabulating ...
- 1562: Computers-how They Affect Our Lives
- Only once in a lifetime will a new invention come about to touch every aspect of our lives. Such a device that changes the way we work, live, and play is a special one, indeed. A machine that has done all this and ... for such a device. After Babbage, people began to lose interest in computers. However, between 1850 and 1900 there were great advances in mathematics and physics that began to rekindle the interest. Many of these new advances involved complex calculations and formulas that were very time consuming for human calculation. The first major use for a computer in the US was during the 1890 census. Two men, Herman Hollerith and James Powers, developed a new punched-card system that could automatically read information on cards without human intervention. Since the population of the US was increasing so fast, the computer was an essential tool in tabulating the totals. These ...
- 1563: Ethnocentrism
- ... them on their voyage [ which were few]. A big part of appreciating anything is knowing what it is you are trying to appreciate. John Blackthorne went into this expedition searching to find land that he new was there. A place he studied and learned about. John new what he was looking for which made the land easier for him to appreciate once it was found. For the crew, on the other hand, their purpose for finding the new land was not for educational reasons or for appreciating anything but for starting trade and a money flow right away, they didn't even believe their were anything called the Japan's in the ...
- 1564: The Internet
- The Internet The term "Internet" is defined as a collection of local, regional, and national computer networks that are linked together to exchange data and distribute processing tasks. It is the world's largest computer network.* Their are various opinions about the internet, some of us live by it using it continuously. However, there are those who think the internet is the worst thing that ever happened the world, and that the technological revolution has gone too far. Regardless, the fact is that the number of users of the internet is increasing by the millions yearly. In only a couple of decades, the internet has had quite an impact on the individuals of the world Where did all this technology begin, and how did it take the world by storm? The history of the Internet begins at the height of the cold war in the 1960's. People at ...
- 1565: Cuban Missile Crisis
- ... a humiliating retreat or a nuclear war. To adopt that kind of course in the nuclear age would be evidence only of the bankruptcy of our policy- -or of a collective death-wish for the world" (Walton 142). -President John F. Kennedy Although it is regarded as a highlight of President John F. Kennedy's career, the Cuban Missile Crisis may not have been the heroic act it appeared. Contrary to his own statement as quoted above, his choices in dealing with Khruschev and the Communist threat in Cuba put the world in extreme risk by forcing Moscow to choose only total surrender or total war. Due to fear, mistrust, and the desire to show political strength, JFK brought the Untied States and the world as close as it has ever been to global catastrophe. War was avoided, but there is room for doubt that this dangerous gamble was necessary to create peace. On April 17, 1961, an invasion ...
- 1566: Realism, Globalism, Pluralism
- Realism, Globalism, Pluralism Insurrection, revolution and aggression are often regarded as diplomatic failures. Ruptures that fascinate our political sensibilities until another transgression, more gripping than the last occurs enthralling the part of the world that survives. Regrettably, the foibles of diplomacy are far reaching in their issue thus the course of global politics is besieged by adversity. Consequently, misgivings enter upon any allusion to international politics and its theoretical ... the theories of international relations emerge. Realism, Globalism, Pluralism. Seemingly obscure words such as these are easily explained. The realist views the state as the principle " unitary actor encapsulated by a "hard shell" facing the world as an integrated unit", concerned with specific issues of national security and sovreignity as stated in their foreign policy. Policies which accentuate national interests unlike the foreign policy of pluralists who have an expansive foreign ... arrangements however, have been superseded in recent times by ideas of transnationalism, a theory closely developed by both pluralism and globalism. The benefit of transnationalism is that it is a more accurate depiction of the world as it stands today. The focal point of such ideology is of course subject to change depending on the particularities of high and low politics. Such a view means that issues such as environmental ...
- 1567: Amazing Quran
- ... Now, modern science has discovered that this smallest unit of matter (i.e., the atom, which has all of the same properties as its element) can be split into its component parts. This is a new idea, a development of the last century; yet, interestingly enough, this information had already been documented in the Qur'an which states: " He [i.e., Allah] is aware of an atom's weight in the ... theory a way for us to prove whether you are wrong or not." Such a test was exactly why the scientific community listened to Einstein towards the beginning of the century. He came with a new theory and said, "I believe the universe works like this; and here are three ways to prove whether I am wrong!". So the scientific community subjected his theory to the tests, and within six years ... know." They chose, as it happened, a non-Muslim who is a professor of embryology at the University of Toronto. His name is Keith Moore, and he is the author of textbooks on embryology - a world expert on the subject. They invited him to Riyadh and said, "This is what the Qur'an says about your subject. Is it true? What can you tell us?" While he was in Riyadh, ...
- 1568: A Study Of The American Revolu
- ... disturb their parents they could do anything they wanted. While when it became convenient the parents, Britain, came in and started putting restrictions on them. As many in their position, the colonists rebelled against the new found interest in the societies they labored to build, that for so long went unnoticed. The following paragraphs will explain in detail how Britain s neglect of the American colonies and it s use of ... lead to the war. In order to understand why the colonists felt threatened by British control, we must first know who these early people were and what they looked to accomplish by settling this vast new country. The founders of what we now know as the United States were middle class Englishmen and women. These people took a great risk by leaving the security of their homeland to an uncertain future in the New World . There was no promise of even surviving through their first winter. Regardless of the obstacles facing them, these people pressed forward in search of economic and religious freedom. Freedom from a country, whose ...
- 1569: Philosophy - Plato
- ... Aristotle was the Academy's most outstanding student. (Internet) The internal affairs of the academy ruled the next 20 years of Plato's life and he wrote nothing. Many Greek youths were attracted to the new school. Plato then went to Syracuse to supervise the education of the ruling prince. Plato was not certain about the success of this adventure although he felt he could not refuse this opportunity of putting ... interest at the end of his life was to guide human effort as indicated in his last dialogues, the Laws. (Allen) Many students of the Academy were reaching into positions of power in the Greek world. Plato planned a trilogy at the end of his life, the Timaeus, the Critias, and the Hermoncrates. (Allen) THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE Plato's theory of knowledge can be found in the myth of the cave ... is all they had ever seen so that is what they believe to be real. One day a man escaped the cave and went outside. With the sun he saw what was real in the world and realized all he ever saw were just shadows. He went back to the men in the cave and told them all this. He told them that they ANAYA--3 too could see the ...
- 1570: Galileo and Newton
- Galileo and Newton Galileo believed the physical world to be bounded. He says that all material things have "this or that shape" and are small or large in relation to other things. He also says that material objects are either in motion or at rest, touching or not touching some other body, and are either one in number, or many. The central properties of the material world are mathematical and strengthened through experimentation. Galileo excludes the properties of tastes, odors, colors, and so on when describing the material world. He states that these properties "reside only in the consciousness." These latter properties would cease to exist without the living creature so the mathematically defined properties are the most accurate in describing the material ...
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