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- 1791: Albert Camus
- ... died at the height of his fame, in an automobile accident near Sens, France on January 4, 1960. Camus's deepest philosophical interests were in Western philosophy, among them Socrates, Pascal, Spinoza, and Nietsche. His interest in philosophy was almost exclusively moral in character. Camus came to the conclusion that none of the speculative systems of the past could provide and positive guidance for human life or any guarantee of the ...
- 1792: George Bizek
- ... by Prosoer Merimee. The opera was prepared for the Opera- Comique and in the tradition of that theater included spoken dialogue. The opera was not well received at first but it held the public's interest. It went on for thirty one performances. The Carmen that we know today has evolved over many years and at the hands of many composers and musicians. For example, the original version included spoken dialogue ...
- 1793: Lucas: King of Film
- ... chased girls and raced cars throughout high school, and barely made it through (Moritz 258). Soon after high school, Lucas attended Modesto Junior College in California and continued to work on cars as his main interest (Moritz 258). In Smith, Lucas is quoted saying, "I was a hell-raiser; lived, ate, breathed cars! That was everything for me"(84). Lucas even worked on pit crews for race cars when he met ...
- 1794: Zeno of Elea
- ... of which have survived until the present. While these arguments seems simple, they have managed to raise a number of profound philosophical and scientific questions about space, time, and infinity, throughout history. These issues still interest philosophers and scientists today. The problem with both Zeno's argument and yours is that neither of you deal with adding the infinite. Your argument suggests that if one adds the infinite, the sum will ...
- 1795: Gauss
- ... is held to be Gauss's greatest accomplishment. Gauss discovered on March 30, 1796, that circle, using only compassses and straightedge the first such discovery in Euclidean construction in more than 2,00 years. His interest turned to astronomy in April 1799, and that field occupied his attention for the remainder of his life. Gauss set up a speedy method for the complete determination of the elements of a planet's ...
- 1796: Carl Friedrich Gauss
- ... is held to be Gauss's greatest accomplishment. Gauss discovered on March 30, 1796, that circle, using only compasses and straightedge the first such discovery in Euclidean construction in more than 2,000 years. His interest turned to astronomy in April 1799, and that field occupied his attention for the remainder of his life. Gauss set up a speedy method for the complete determination of the elements of a planet's ...
- 1797: Karl Gauss: Biography
- ... went on to the University of Gottingen, and by 1799 was awarded his doctorate from the University. However, by that time most of his significant mathematical discoveries had been made, and he took up his interest in astronomy in 1801. By about 1807, Gauss began to gain recognition from countries all over the world. He was invited to work in Leningrad, was made a member of the Royal Society in London ...
- 1798: Apollonius of Perga
- ... and found in Book 10 of Euclid's Elements. Lastly, from references in Ptolemy's Almagest, it is known that Apollonius introduced the systems of eccentric and epicyclic motion to explain planetary motion. Of particular interest was his determination of the points where a planet appears stationary. Bibliography 1. Boyer, Carl B. , The History of Analytic Geometry (1956) McGraw - Hill 2. Heath, Thomas L. , Manual of Greek Mathematics (1921; repr. 1981 ...
- 1799: The Life of Aristotle
- ... translation, to the Islamic world. The 12th-century Spanish-Arab philosopher Averroλs is the best known of the Arabic scholars who studied and commented on Aristotle. In the 13th century, the Latin West renewed its interest in Aristotle's work, and St. Thomas Aquinas found in it a philosophical foundation for Christian thought. Church officials at first questioned Aquinas's use of Aristotle; in the early stages of its rediscovery, Aristotle ...
- 1800: Napoleon
- ... the duchy of Warsaw, and others. Through Napoleon experience through these battles he became more of a leader, and was becoming more effective in motivating his soldiers, "There are but two lever for moving men, interest and fear" (II pg. 67) Outside of his military life Napoleon characterized his regime above all with a strong executive under the control of a single charismatic figure who appointed and dismissed ministers, generals, prefects ...
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