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    Leonhard Euler Essay

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    Petersburg Academy of Science in Russia and also worked in the Russian Navy from 1727 to 1730 as a medical lieutenant. At the Academy, Euler served as professor of physics in 1730. Three years later, he became a professor of mathematics. Euler wrote many articles during his lifetime. His book “Mechanica” earned him worldwide fame as a prominent mathematician. It depicted Newtonian dynamics in the form of mathematical…

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    Presentism is the view that all, and only, things that exist in the present, the now, exist. To determine whether something is part of the present means that you have to find what exactly determines the present. The common objection for presentism is by the use of the Special Theory of Relativity, or more specifically the relativity of simultaneity. The Special Theory of Relativity is a well confirmed physical theory of the measurement of non-accelerating frames of reference in all inertial…

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    Ancient Greek Essay

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    Mathematics: The Greatest Legacy from Ancient Greece to the Modern World The greatest legacy of Ancient Greece to the modern world is mathematics. Ancient Greece was the source of great mathematicians like Archimedes, Pythagoras, Euclid and Eratosthenes who provided the modern world with a strong base to the knowledge we have today. They gave the modern world hydrostatics, the volume of a sphere and the calculation of pi which is used to design impressive sea vessels, industrial tanks and…

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    People like Feynman – they never cease to fascinate me. I find people who have a thorough understanding in two or more subjects highly interesting. They are able to see things with more than one approach, like using two different lenses to see the world, red and blue for example. Through those lenses you can see the world “protruding”. Most people will find it odd how one can be an expert in conflicting topics. Philosophy is infamously known to be often frowned-upon by scientists. Feynman is…

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    Earnest Everett was born on August 14, 1883, in Charleston, South Carolina. Everett Earnest was an African-American scholar and instructor who spearheaded numerous zones on the physiology of advancement, including preparation, test parthenogenesis, hydration, cell division, drying out in living cells and favorable cancer-causing radiation impacts on cells. Earnest's legacy of achievements tailed him long after his demise, on October 27, 1941. Ernest folks were Charles Frazier and Mary Matthews…

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    Copernicus Research Paper

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    Copernicus was the most prominent astronomer in history of the world. He landed in the Renaissance period in North Poland from 1473 to 1543. Copernicus was cared for by his paternal uncle and attended multiple universities before, he died in 1543. Copernicus brought up the idea of a heliocentric solar system, and wrote a book that is still considered the best book ever written on astronomy. He has prompted the work of many scientists after him and we still believe in a heliocentric universe.…

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    well educated (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Lenin). His father worked as a Russian public figure in the field of public education. His father, Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov, came from a family of serfs. Despite this, he was able to study physics and mathematics at Kazan Imperial University before teaching at the…

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    William Oughtred was born in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England in 1574 and died on June 30, 1660, in Albury, Surrey. He was not only an English mathematician and an inventor; he was a vicar of Shalford and then became an Anglican priest. He received schooling from Eton School where he received a bachelor’s degree in 1596 and master’s degree from King's College in 1600. He is considered one of the greatest mathematical teachers and the world's great mathematicians from the seventeenth century. He…

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    Have you ever needed to do a certain simple task, but wished there was a machine to do it for you? The purpose of a Rube Goldberg machine is to create a complicated system in order to complete a tiny, simple task. What is a Rube Goldberg machine you may ask? A Rube Goldberg machine is an over- engineered contraption that uses a chain reaction to accomplish simple tasks such as turning on the music, pouring a glass of water, etc. This specific Rube Goldberg machine’s task is to move the last…

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    Day Of The Dead Analysis

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    Sarang Patel Mrs. Kopko Day of the Dead: Issac Newton Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, cosmologist, scholar and physicist (depicted in his own day as a "characteristic savant") who is generally perceived as a standout amongst the most powerful researchers ever and a key figure in the logical upheaval. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ("Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"), first distributed in 1687, established the frameworks of traditional mechanics…

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