Isaac Jogues

“My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.” -Stephen Hawkings. This is exactly what Stephen Hawking is working to do by piecing together parts of the universe. Stephen Hawking was born on January 8, 1942, in Oxford, England. When Hawking was young, he showed a strong passion for science and the sky. When he was 21, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS. ALS is a very progressive disease…

ever wonder why the planets stay in orbit? Or do you ever wonder how calculus came to be? Well, you can thank Isaac Newton for these things. He was a scientist and mathematician and was a big help in the 17th century. Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643, in Woolsthorpe, England, United Kingdom, and died on March 1, 1727 in London, England, United kingdom at the age of 85. Isaac Newton studied for a degree in law. For college he enrolled in King’s school in Grantham, which is a town in…

As a diverse conglomerate of living, pensive intellectuals, and humans, we live in an ever-changing society that faces conflicts and controversies on a daily basis. Those altercations could last for quite a short time or could span over multiple days, months, years, or even decades. In addition, they might take on a grandiose and visceral importance to the masses, or instead, they may act as a common issue, like interpersonal and intrapersonal conflicts. Conflicts of interests are a defining…

in the 16th century, Sir Isaac Newton and James Gregory stood out the most. Isaac created the three laws of motion, and James had important results on infinite series expansions of various trigonometric functions. Some other scientists from the 17th century were Galileo Galilei, Willebrord Snell, and Nicholas Cabeus. Some other mathematicians from the 17th century were Ole Roemer, John Collins, and Robert Hooke. These are only some scientists and mathematicians but Isaac and James had better…

In Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard’s pseudonymous author, Johannes de Silentio attempts to explain faith by examining the biblical story of Abraham who was told, by God, to sacrifice his son, Isaac. With this objective in mind, we quickly come to bear that this explanation cannot so evidently be made since faith cannot be verbally expressed. Through a close inspection of the role of silence in faith, I will provide the interpretation that one cannot speak when acting in faith because in faith…

It’s an honor that I successfully invited Plato, one of the Big Three of Greek philosophy, to Cemetery News for an interview. Editor: Mr. Plato, you used to firmly believe that there were two realms and forms only existed in the realm of forms. Forms were incorporeal, intangible and insensible while objects in our world, which was the material realm, were imperfect replica of those forms (Lindberg 13); forms are regular geometrical shapes like triangles (Lindberg 26). Now that you’ve read some…

In the movie, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, by Steven Spielberg, there are two dominant groups of beings: flesh-and-blood humans, and nuts-and-bolts humans (also known as mechas, or mechanical people). In this dystopian future-world, humans produce and destroy mechas as they like because to some, a mecha is only a machine and cannot feel emotions or pain, even if they can show outward manifestations of emotions and pain. David is a mechanical child that is programmed to not have this…

This paper talks about Newton and Leibniz’s controversy to calculus along with how their view of calculus differs from today’s view. It also discusses the controversy of the invention of calculus and about whether or not Leibniz had stolen Newton’s methods and notions or if he came up with it himself. The article also mentions Newton and Leibniz’s opinion over the whole controversy and about today’s view of the controversy that happened between the two. It also talks about their methods in…

Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientific minds in the 17th century Newton was known as a natural philosopher instead of a scientist, he became famous all around the world. Isaac is " secretive, withdrawn, obsessive, ruthless, bitter, and perhaps in need of therapy, All of these things apply to Isaac Newton.(pg.13) It's not his fault though when he was just a baby his father died so he never knew his father. Also his mother deserted him when he was eight years old, he wasn't even…

In today’s world hearing about a new discovery seems like an everyday thing. With development of new technologies and constant advancements in the sciences there is constant talk of the next new thing and millions of ways to advertise it to gain exposure. In 1503, this was not the case. Discovery came at a slower pace and those who explored the realms of the unknown had to convince everyone else that their discovery meant something. Those who were successful in their efforts were celebrated…