Gods and Generals

The Canterbury Tales is a compilation of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer around the 14th century. Chaucer was the son of a middle-class merchant, he was constantly around the docks as a kid, so he picked up a lot of lower working class jokes, humor, and mannerisms. When he grew up he worked in the royal court, so he got to also see upper-class life in this time. So Chaucer, knew how every class acted, and he knew that they were not so different, despite their social stratification. Although…

One of my favorite philosophers in Sophie's World was Democritus. Democritus discovered atoms, tiny invisible blocks he thought that everything was made of; eternal and immutable. Democritus was also a materialist, someone who believes that nothing exists but physical matter. The philosopher, Alberto Knox, has asked Sophie “Why is Lego the most ingenious toy in the world?” The next day, he sends her a green packet talking about Democritus. Lego blocks are a great deal like atoms. Democritus…

because he believe that the roots are the most corrupt parts of the church. He writes a story about a Pardoner who is supposed to be a good image for the church but is instead completely opposite from what he should be. When he is introduced in The General Prologue as well as in The Pardoners Prologue and Tale, Chaucer swirls some satire into his few lines of this character. “Then priest like in my pulpit, with a frown, I stand, and when the yokels have sat down, I preach, as you have heard me…

to some characters than others by using Horatian satire, and to the others he uses Juvenalian satire to be cruel and show his disgust with them. In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer uses forms of satire to reach is intended audiences throughout the “General Prologue”, the “Pardoner’s Prologue and Tale”, and the “Wife’s Prologue and…

John Sinclair Dr. Philip Carlson General Physics I 11/28/2015 Physics Worldview Paper 6.67408 × 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2. This number is the universal gravitational constant. It is an empirical physical constant denoted by the capitol letter G. The gravitational constant was first used in Newton’s law of universal gravitation [1] which states that any two bodies attract one another with a force which is directly proportional to the product of the two masses, and inversely proportional to the square…

Bang theory] first appeared in scientific form in 1931, in a paper by Georges Lemaître […]” (Soter & deGrasse Tyson 2000). 2. “In 1927, Lemaître published in Belgium a virtually unnoticed paper that provided a compelling solution to the equations of General Relativity for the case of an expanding universe” (Soter & deGrasse Tyson 2000). 3. “[…] he served as an artillery officer [in World War I] and witnessed the first poison gas attack in history” (Soter & deGrasse Tyson 2000). 4. Soter and…

His job description alone reveals that he is not a pious man; in fact, he is rather the opposite. His personality is mainly depicted in the General Prologue through the description and satire of his job; this omission of a distinct non-physical description suggests how closely intertwined the Pardoner is with his work. His vocation alone suggests he is greedy, as well as sneaky, underhanded and…

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character’s and their actions. Chaucer specifically satirizes the Miller in the General Prologue, Miller’s Prologue, and the Miller’s Tale to present his opposing views on education and religion by developing the Miller’s appearance, ignorance, and immaturity undesirably. Throughout literature, undesirable features are given to characters authors disdain, dislike, and satirize. In this case, Chaucer uses the General Prologue. Miller’s Prologue, and the Miller’s Tale to satirize the Miller’s…

although they might stumble explaining quantum field theory over cocktails. A second reading is recommended. Mr. Rovelli and Mr. Galfard concur on the fundamental paradox that vexes our current grasp of the physical world: the disconnect between the general theory of relativity, in which space and time are continuous, and quantum theory, in which space is granular and the unidirectional arrow of time dissolves into a mishmash of contiguous instants. How gravity manifests itself in this latter…