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    Plays started to get imperative in old Greece and two sorts of plays, which were composed and performed, were comedies and tragedies. A drama in antiquated Greece was typically a play that stamped or made fun of a certain point, individual, or assembly of individuals. One renowned comic drama essayist was Aristophanes. He composed the play The Birds and Lysistrata. A tragedy in aged Greece generally demise with an ethical or social issue, human enduring, and finished in a disaster. Three…

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    For example in the 4th century, BC, Archimedes of Syracuse began using mathematical analysis in practical and definite mechanical problems (Cook and Ronald 76). For example the Byzantine siphon was made to discharge fire from warships. The romans learnt much of their civil engineering from other…

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    Plays began to become important in ancient Greece and two types of plays which were written and performed were comedies and tragedies. A comedy, in ancient Greece, was usually a play that marked or made fun of a certain topic, person, or group of people. One famous comedy writer was Aristophanes. He wrote the plays The Birds and Lysistrata. A tragedy, in ancient Greece, usually dealt with a moral or social issue, human suffering, and almost always ended in disaster. Three famous Greek tragedy…

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    Montessori Method Essay

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    In this summary, I am going to talk about the difference between Maths in the Montessori Method. Although the children who attend Montessori preschools have had numerous years working on the concepts of numbers, heights, weights and much more, the children do not begin working with the maths material from the Montessori curriculum straight away. Instead, each child is prepared indirectly for the use of the Maths way of thinking through the Montessori Area of both Sensorial and Practical Life…

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    Galileo Galileo Galilei is one of the early men that helped to develop and discover the world, as we know it today. The man, who most people simply just call Galileo, was a brilliant mathematician, astronomer, and scientist. Galileo was born on February 15th, 1564 (Galileo Galilei). He, his parents Vincenzo Galilei and Guilia Ammannati, and his five siblings were in the middle class but Galileo was still given the opportunity to attend the University. Galileo was encouraged to study medicine…

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    Siemens diversified efforts in alternative energy starting in the mid 1980s. Alternative-energy generation technologies remain a major priority within Siemens, with a primary emphasis on wind and solar application. However, Siemens has grown to become the second largest employer in Germany with 427,000 employees worldwide in 2009. The three main sectors are industry, energy, and health care. These three main sectors were divided into 15 divisions. These three main sectors together comprise…

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    Eureka Essay

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    Eureka! Do you remember that pleasant feeling when a brilliant idea flashed into your head? Over 2000 years ago in ancient Greece, a physicist Archimedes was trying to solve a problem of physics. One day, while taking a bath, he suddenly got an inspiration, and discovered a breakthrough principle. He got so excited about this discovery that he leapt out the bathtub, ran through the streets without his clothes, and cried out, "Eureka!”: in English, “I’ve found it!”, the word to express our…

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    prevails. Hence the origin of the name forensics, from the Latin word forēnsis which means “in the Forum”. Today, forensic means using full range of science to provide answers to questions of legal interest, relating to criminal or civil proceedings. Archimedes (287-212 BC) is marked as the founder of forensics; his legendary “eureka” can be considered the first use of forensic anthropology. He decreed that the crown is made entirely of gold (as worded false claim). He came to this…

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    different locations of the body to determine thickness. Hydrostatic weighting uses a tank to determine a persons underwater weight, which can then calculate the body density and percentage of body fat (Shape Up America!). It uses the concept of Archimedes principle which says that an object more dense than the water will float and and object less dense than the water will sink. Lastly, the bioelectrical impedance analysis uses electricity to measure the resistance of electrical current flow…

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    been imagined as a myriad of different weapons. This overwhelming prevalence of this particular idea is perhaps more astounding due to the fact that our civilization has been enthralled by the concept for nearly 2,500 years (Wilson, 2015). In fact Archimedes was one of the first known individuals to experiment…

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