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    This was a test to see if he had faith in god, but not just to see if god existed. Abraham believed that no matter what happens to Isaac, he will have Isaac back at the end. Since Abraham withstood the test, at the last minute when he went to sacrifice isaac, he was allowed to sacrifice a ramp instead. Therefore, Kierkegaard described Abraham as the knight of faith because his action was not universal. He did everything as god commanded without…

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    Today’s modern research is finally beginning to prove Einstein’s theory absolutely correct. Scientists from around the world have stated that Einstein’s interpretation of the expansion of the universe has evidenced right with “incredible accuracy” and is handling to support the scientists to conclude and comprehend the unfathomable hastening of the universe. Is Einstein’s Theory of relativity really all what it adds up to be? Does it really matter?? The most important discovery in Physics…

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    Why did you lock up Isaac Newton?he didn’t do anything wrong he just creating a new math discovery called calculus.what is his backstory?how did he create this?,or why would he create this? You may be wondering about Isaac Newton’s backstory?well I tell you how it all went down.Isaac Newton was born december 25,1642 Woolsthorpe,Lincolnshire.He was born only with a mother and a step father ,since his father had died before he was born.Then he was three his mother left him with her grandma when…

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    Tycho Brahe died and left all his observational data to Johan Kepler. These records provided Kepler with the information necessary to disprove the Ptolemaic theory by stating that planets orbit around the sun. This data laid the groundwork for Sir Isaac Newton and his theories regarding planetary…

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    Introduction It was during his regular job as an American historian of science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that Thomas Kuhn realized that theories which were ones believed to be true, were actually not really true, since they were at some point replaced by others, which were also believed to be more true than the previous ones(Bertie.ccsu.edu., n.d.) For instance, the common belief that the earth is at the center of the universe was eventually replaced by Galileo Galilei’s…

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    was one of the four influential men, who direct the shift from the older optimistic view two the modern outlook in which this optimistic hope is lost. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born June 28, 1712 to Isaac Rousseau and Suzanne Bernard. He had an older brother, who had run away from home while Isaac was still a child. His mother died a few days after Rousseau was born, at age ten his father left him to be raised by his Aunt and Uncle. At sixteen Rousseau left Geneva for Annecy in 1728. There he…

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    After reading the book on enlightenment it goes into many details and is explain very well. For example the enlightenment was started back in the 18th centuries, however it gave many people the opportunity to find many reasons of truth without being guided by others, and it showed people a different route instead of just one. One of the main targets during this period of time was religion. Why? Because religion dealt with having your own belief and with comes with learning new point of views…

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    Isaac Newton, born on January 4, 1643 in Woolsthrope, England was one of the most influential minds the world has ever seen. In his early life he was the only son of a farmer. Born premature, tiny, and weak Newton was not expected to live. At the young age of 12 he demonstrated innate intellectual abilities. After completing basic education, Newton attended the University of Cambridge’s Trinity College where his prowess for mathematics, physics, chemistry, and other subjects began to come to…

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    Archimedes Accomplishments

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    Archimedes was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, engineer and inventor. Archimedes was the first big mathematician, as well as consider the best mathematician of that era. Archimedes was born in the Greek city-state of Syracuse. His father, Phidias, was an astronomer. The fact that his father was an astronomer made him motivated to do all the inventions he did. He was really close to King Hieron and his son, Gelon. He worked for them, when he lived in Alexandria. He invented the sciences…

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    Archimedes War Hero

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    Archemetes the War Hero William Catanese Archimedes is considered one of the most known mathematicians, physicists, engineers, and inventors of ancient times. Although much of his life is unknown, he is still a great contributor to mathematics, in which he did modern calculus and associated mathematics to physical occurrences, Founding Hydro statistics, which include an exclamation of the principle of the liver. Archimedes has also originated an exact number for pie, explaining the spiral it's…

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