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- 3381: Louis Pasteur
- ... and developed vaccines for many diseases, including rabies. Pasteur was born on December 27, 1822 in Dole, France, and grew up in the small town of Arbois. As a young boy, Pasteur showed no particular interest in science. His talents were mainly drawing and painting. At age thirteen, he could draw remarkable pictures of his sisters, mother, and the river that ran by his home. During his youth, he developed an ...
- 3382: Lord Kelvin
- ... that time when Joule first introduced it, interconvertability pretty much cut across the grain of scientific belief. At the time heat was thought to have been a fluid of some kind. Kelvin also maintained an interest in the age of the sun and calculated values for it. The assumption was that the sun produced its radiant energy from the gravitational potential of matter falling into the sun, including meteorites and even ...
- 3383: Liberalism: Hervert Spencer
- ... to the tradition of independence and dissent so long cherished by his family. Spencer s education was informal, unconventional, and highly deficient in the more traditional studies of literature and history. His father encouraged his interest in the science and tecnology, and Spencer became an engineer. However, he practiced his profession for a few years, because he became increasingly interested in political economy, sociology, biology, and philosophy. He was a subeditor ...
- 3384: Lenonard Bernstein
- ... love for music, but I doubt she knew what a great impact this gift would have, not only on Leonard, but also on the world of music. After the young boy began to show an interest in the instrument, a neighbor offered to give him lessons, which lasted for about a year. After that year, Bernstein was no longer satisfied with his teacher, so he went out to find another one ...
- 3385: Kosovo And Milosevic
- ... Finding life in this condition solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short, men turn to civil society, or the state, for the security on a collective basis that they lack individually However, Milosevic s own self interest and greed for power has made cooperation impossible even though he has been called upon by the international community for a dialogue and has several peace offers made to him. Therefore, I feel that in ...
- 3386: Katherine Anne Porter
- ... having a child, Marjory, the family's help, whisks him off to his grandmother's house. While there for a summer, Stephen goes through many changes. His Uncle David, gives him balloons as presents, which interest Stephen greatly because of his deprived childhood. Soon after Stephen arrives at his grandmother's house, he begins to go to school where he becomes fond of a girl named Frances. Stephen begins to steal ...
- 3387: Julius Caesar
- ... more. The pirates bought into his clever explaining and upped his ransom to fifty talents. While he was their prisoner, he would read them books of Roman and Greek literature. When they didn't show interest for him and his books, Caesar promised to hunt them all down and put them to death after he was ransomed. The pirates should have killed him right there instead of laughing at him while ...
- 3388: Joseph Haydn
- ... beautiful new palace built by Prince Nicholas. During this time, Haydn did not maintain his usual volume of symphony production, as he composed less than ten between 1766 and 1770. However, Haydn experienced a renewed interest in writing string quartets. He composed three groups of six quartets between 1771 and 1772, which he published with the opus Nos. 9, 17, and 20. Haydn's work underwent a transition between the years ...
- 3389: John Locke 2
- ... years. Locke taught and lectured in subjects such as Greek, rhetoric, and Moral philosophy. Lockedisagreed with many of the topics that were taught at the university. Locke, after reading books by Descartes, acquired a strong interest in contemporary philosophical and scientific questions and theories. In 1666, Locke accidentally met with Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st of Shaftesbury, and from then on, this lifelong relationship and association helped to change the course ...
- 3390: John Dalton 4
- ... of water vapor to dry air. The increase in pressure was the same as the pressure of the added water. By doing this experiment, John established a relationship between vapor pressure and temperature. John s interest in gases arose from his studies of meteorology. He had weather equipment that was with him at all times and he was constantly studying weather and atmosphere. He also kept a journal throughout his life ...
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