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his control. Gorbachev’s autobiographical book, “On my country and the world” (first published on 1999) will be used as a primary source along with the book “The collapse of a single party system, written by Graeme Gill and published by the Cambridge University Press.”. Both sources were written during the 1990s, giving an explanation of the Soviet Union’s framework, history and decline from differing perspectives while still agreeing on certain points. B-Summary of…

Advice to Young Leaders Response Paper #3: Erasmus and Hobbes Both Thomas Hobbes and Erasmus, although born of different time periods, were political philosophers with humanist training. However, their similarities to not end there, as they both sought to provide a comprehensive framework for leadership through their works of The Education of a Christian Prince and Leviathan respectively. While Hobbes and Erasmus hold similar views on the structure of a state and that of man, they sharply…

The demarcation of science Introduction The demarcation problem is the one that tries to distinguish “science” from “non-science”-which is a misnomer-. In the present day science and technology are the heart of our modern society. To solve that problem we need to know, what is science, and what is non-science. Many areas of our lives rely on the definitive answer to the demarcation issue. All non-science is not pseudo-science. According to Hansson (1996) Pseudo-science has to be unscientific and…

Introduction In 1999, Neil Davidson and Simon Galbraith founded Redgate Software, a software company, in Cambridge, United Kingdom. They founded the company with the goals of working together to do something that was self-satisfying and to make a technical contribution by creating software tools (Chapman, 2013). The name Redgate was named after the street in Florence, Italy, Via Porta Rossa, where Neil Davidson once lived in (Red Gate Software Ltd, 2016). Redgate kick-started the company by…

As I sat criss cross on my bed under a dim light fixture, I started my interview with Jess Martin. Most people see Jess as a substitute teacher, but knowing her outside of school she has many more qualities and an amazing background. Jess Martin grew up in various Virginia cities near Washington D.C. with a colossal size of a family. Jess has made many substantial decisions along the road long, thrilling road of growing up. Jess made hard decisions early on in her life that showed that she…

Beccaria, Cesare. On Crimes and Punishments. Translated by Henry Paolucci. Indianapolis: Bobbs- Merrill, 1963. This book describes Beccaria 's dissatisfaction with capital punishment. He argues that torture should not be used against someone is who not proven guilty. Beccaria explains that the purpose of punishment is to prevent the offender from committing the crime again, and to instill fear into others from committing the same crime. Imprisonment and banishment policies are…

One of the most iconic and famous mathematician known for his great work was Isaac Newton. Newton is credited and considered as one of the most intelligent minds of the 17th century. He has made a big contribution to the scientific revolution, by developing theories on Calculus, Light, and Celestial mechanics. Newton also made many big discoveries that have changed the world and how we see it. Born into a farmer’s family on January 4, 1643 in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England is where Isaac…

forgot the eat, drink, and sleep because he was so invested in his writings and studies. Newton was dragged into politics as he was elected into the parliament of Cambridge University; he only spoke once in his time in parliament and for the purpose of asking a window to be opened. After sometime moving around and doing his work at Cambridge, Newton was elected president of the Royal Society and for a straight twenty-five years remained president; he was even knighted by Queen Anne. 4.…

his afterlife to find ways to better himself. I believe that this quote pertains to me because my goal is to travel around the world and expose myself to all the possibilities that I can become. I plan to study abroad at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Here I plan to…

women, I was able to delve more deeply into it. I remembered that in Grade 10 Canadian History, we had been shown photos and video of the 111th Overseas Battalion of South Waterloo departing from downtown Cambridge, and with that, I decided to switch my focus to my hometown of Preston (Cambridge,) ON. My first time looking at the Online archives I found it difficult to decipher what was written in some cases- I’m not sure whether it would have been easier to handle the documents in person, but…