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David Livingstone was a missionary to the African natives and a famous explorer who traveled all over the African continent. He was born on march 19th, 1893 to Neil and Agnes Livingstone. They lived in the town of Blantyre located in Scotland. As a child, David loved nature and in his spare time would explore the countryside looking for different types of plants and animals. He also read many scientific books. His father, who was a very strong Christian, read many theological books. He was…

In Paul Auster’s novel The Book of Illusions, the main character, David Zimmer, embarks on a journey of discovery after the loss of his wife and children. He becomes obsessed with silent film star Hector Mann and delves into Mann’s world, doing research on him in order to write a book about this presumed dead actor’s films. Zimmer’s life is irreparably changed by the segment of one of Mann’s films that he sees late at night. However, it is not only his films that affect Zimmer, but also the…

David Hilbert mathematician, was born January 23, 1862, Konigsberg Germany And died February 14, 1943 Gottingen Germany(Britannica.com) Hilbert background of childhood is he came from money. His father Otto was a reputable city judge and his mother Marla was interested in philosophy and astronomy(thefamouspeople.com) Since he was a child he excelled in mathematics and had interest in language. In 1872 he joined Friedrichskolleg Gymnasium, when he graduated he decided he was to stay…

When studying any form of history, it is necessary to assess all of the sources, whether they be primary or secondary, in order to receive a better evaluation of the credibility and information provided in the text. It is important to study primary sources in history because they can be directly related to the topic and time period that you are addressing and, when thoroughly studying the author, the intent, and background information, you can have a firsthand experience compared to a textbooks…

David Hilbert was a world renown mathematician. He was known for his discoveries of the invarient theory and the axiomatization of geometry. One of the many known ideas that he helped formulate was the cornerstomne of the the amazing functional analysis. Hilbert made great contributions to the mathematic fields in Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus. Hilbert also published these mathematical problems called Hilberts Problems. These were decade defining as they were unsolved mathematical problems.…

Brief bio: David Hume was an outstanding philosopher historian, economist, and essayist from Scotland. He was an important figure in the Scottish enlightenment, and, along with John Locke and George Berkeley, one of the three main figureheads of the influential British Empiricism movement. He was born on 26 April 1711 and died on the 25 August, 1776, at the age of 65 either due to bowel or liver cancer. Hume was a fierce opponent of the rationalism of Descartes, as well as an atheist and a…

HUME’S SKEPTICISM ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD AROUND US AND HIS THEORIES ON CASUALITY AND THE ‘PRINCIPLE OF INDUCTION '. DAVID HUME (1711-1776) is considered as one of the more notable philosophers’ representative of the empiricism. In its critical to the concept of causality, Hume denied it saying that this principle had an existence objective. He supports the idea that cause and effect are factors that not are united by ties needed; if not, these have an arbitrary…

Many of our standard societal interactions rely on the assumption that people are responsible for their actions. When someone does something good, he or she can be rewarded in some way for this act, such as getting a promotion or a medal of honor. Conversely, when one commits a wrongdoing, he or she can be punished, like when a criminal is put in jail. These interactions work because the person in question is assumed to be responsible for their actions; in other words, he or she freely chose to…

In his book “Debt, the first 5000 years”, David Graeber introduces us to a novel theory about the development of human relationships, money, commerce, and markets. The author himself has direct experience in Anthropology, although limited in comparison to other great ones in the field such as Claude Lévi-Strauss, he did study tribes in Madagascar and had other relevant first-hand encounters with the science. By making use of his past mentioned knowledge, but also by drawing parallel ideas and…

Mariah Monks 24-Hour Assignment Renowned historian David McCullough spoke about the waning emphasis on history education and the futility of modern political discussions Wednesday night as the Distinguished Lecturer for the Kinder Institute of Constitutional Democracy at the University of Missouri. McCullough addressed a crowd of nearly 1,200 at Missouri Theatre on Oct. 7. A book signing followed the hour-long lecture titled “The History You Don’t Know: Lessons from the American Founders.”…