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- 6141: Archimedes
- ... second invention was the compound pulley. The third invention was the way of finding the volume of something by displacement as demonstrated in the story above. Most historians would agree that more important than his great mechanical inventions were his mathematical discoveries. The mathematical works that have been presented to us by Archimedes could be classified into three groups. The first group consists of works that have as their major objective ... sun'?s rays and set Roman ships a blaze. The theorems that Archimedes discovered and worked on raised Greek mathematics to a whole new level. He undertook difficult problems in both mechanics and mathematics with great preserverence. Archimedes'? theorems, postulates, and inventions are still part of society today. These are some of the reasons that some scolars rank him with the greatest mathematicians in history.
- 6142: Who the Book is About: Hans Christian Andersen
- ... spoken language. Andersen traveled extensively in Europe, Asia, and Africa and continued to write novels, plays, and travel books, but it was more than 150 stories for children that established him as one of the great figures of world literature. Hans Christian Andersen died April 4, 1875. We did not only lose a good man, but a great storyteller, author, novelist, playwright, and hero. 1. The subject of the book is worthy of being written and read about because it talks about a good man that children loved. It wasn't all because ...
- 6143: Benedict Arnold
- ... he “deserved”. He recalled a similar battle in history where James Wolfe conquered a city, and Benedict hoped to be just as successful. But he did not want be successful because it would supply a great military foothold, but that Wolfe’s name was immortalized in military history, “And mine, too. My name, my fame” he had thought to himself (67). Arnold was later assigned a post in Philadelphia where he ... in the army he did not fight for the country but rather himself, and if it did not benefit him then it was not worth fighting for. He deceived everyone along the way, even the great George Washington. And as Washington said when Arnold defected, “Gentlemen, whom can we trust now?” (169). It was certainly not Benedict Arnold.
- 6144: Mohandas Ghandi
- ... minds of the people around him. With all that can be said about Ghandi, I would like to focus upon his economic impact in Britain and India. Britain’s self-glorifying empire building was a great hindrance on the Indian economy. Britain employed the “Mother Country” system in Indian. This is where the raw materials of the colony (i.e. India) are harvested and shipped to the Mother country (i.e. Britain.) The raw materials are manufactured into goods that are shipped back to the colony where they can be sold for a great profit. Britain had a firm grasp on the cotton market in India. The Indians were forced to sell their raw cotton to the British, and the British would manufacture it into clothes that were sold ...
- 6145: Leonardo Da Vinci
- ... he went so far as to devise his own special formula of paint. His style was characterized by scattered shadows and subtle hues and marked the beginning of the High Renaissance period. Just like many great original efforts, Leonardo’s artistic style was largely unpopular for the next quarter century. Later Da Vinci became the court artist for the Duke of Milan. He completed only six pieces during seventeen years in ... code and give up trying to interpret it. Da Vinci also drew up blueprints for the airplane wing. His prints show the wing frame and basic shape. If built correctly Leonardo's airplane wing has great possibilities for flight. If nothing else, the wings would prove as a gliding mechanism. If Da Vinci could have tested some of his ideas, I am convinced that he would work on any flaws there ...
- 6146: Mozart: Portrait Of A Genius
- ... What he meant by this was that people should not separate the difference between Mozart the artist and Mozart the man. In time, individuals continued to show kindness to Mozart and his family, but the great majority of acquaintances quickly lost interest in the performances. Mozart shows contradictions in his personality--he is the creator of music which is in a way “sublime, pure, and immaculate.” Mozart’s attitude toward court ... as “Mozart’s years of apprenticeship.” The reason is because during this time, ‘genius’ was present ever since the beginning, especially in Mozart’s youth experiences. ‘Genius’ meant that Mozart could do something that the great majority of people are unable to do. He developed an acute sensitivity to tone differences, a highly perceptive musical conscience, and as a small child, he first displayed “an unusual absorption in whatever took hold ...
- 6147: Marco Polo's Influence
- ... of girls to keep their feet smaller, even Odoric of Pordenone, a missionary who visited China 20 years later, described the practice in detail. He also didn't make notice in his book about the Great Wall of China. Even though it wouldn’t have interrupted his path, he had been in China for 24 years, and therefore, should have noticed, considering he was a city dweller. There were a lot ... when he wrote his book was to share his experience with people about China, which had different results that we can judge good or bad. Even though some of the later consequences were not exactly great or intentionally done, Marco Polo is still worth mentioning in our history books.
- 6148: Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was a great man who rose from extremely humble beginnings in Kentucky to become the president of the United States. Abraham Lincoln’s views on slavery rooting from his childhood as well as his life extending to his ... Stefoff 115). Lincoln had achieved one of the greatest lives a man could have. He battled poverty, debt and personal grief to win the nations highest office and abolish slavery. In Conclusion, Lincoln was a great man.
- 6149: Julius Caesar
- Julius Caesar The story of Julius Caesar begins in February, 44 BC where Julius Caesar re-enters back into Rome after defeating Pompey the Great, one of his old enemies. Throughout the entire play of Julius Caesar, act 1 was the most significant and substantial part of the play. It assembled and established the main themes, conflicts and moods for ... reasons. Most important was that scene one brought out the introduction of the central theme. This play begins with a triumph victory and a tense political situation. Julius Caesar had just won over Pompey the Great, and his people were commemorating and celebrating in glorious victory. But not every person showed much gratitude towards Caesar. There were certain nobles within the political establishment that were intense and badly fierce about the ...
- 6150: Mark Antony
- ... 31 BC. Antony was born into an important Roman family. In 54 BC, he became a cavalry officer under Julius Caesar. In 48 BC, Antony helped Caesar defeat a rebel army led by Pompey the Great at the Battle of Pharsalus. In 44 BC. Caesar was assassinated by a group of Roman aristocrats led by Marcus Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. Antony succeeded Caesar as ruler of Rome. But in 43 ... of the Roman Cavalry. He was commander and chief of the army and from 54 B.C. to 50 B.C. He fought in Gaul serving under Julius Caesar. During the War between Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar in 48 B.C., Mark Antony lead the left wing of Caesar’s army at the Battle of Pharsalus. In 47 B.C. when Caesar was visiting Africa, Antony was left to ...
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