Pisa

Introduction In 1686, in the book, Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis, Sir Isaac Newton penned his three laws of motion. In the first law he states that, “Every body perseveres in its state of rest… unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon.” (p. 83) His second law builds upon this principle, “The alteration of motion is ever proportional to the motive forces impressed.” (p. 83) Newton’s third law, perhaps the most famous, serves to tie the three…

Walk into a beginning drawing class and almost definitely one will see numerous boxes and students feverishly drawing lines to a vanishing point trying to recreate three-dimensional boxes in perspective in the second dimension. Think of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. or nearly any State house in state capitals and marvel at the domes that top these works of architecture. As one thinks on these things, the towering achievements and lasting effects of Fillipo Brunelleschi cannot help but…

force. He made a trip outside of Florence to review military development ventures and portray city designs and geographical maps. He outlined plans, conceivably with noted representative Niccolò Machiavelli, to redirect the Arno River far from equal Pisa keeping in mind the end goal to deny its wartime foe access to the ocean. Aside of him improving the military engineering, his well known inventions: The Flying Machine. An innovated man such as Da Vinci ahead of his time, with drawings and…

I) The world is rapidly changing, new technologies emerged everyday, machines do all the work, degrees now aren’t worth anything. That risen a big question: How do you prepare our children to adapt the future world?” II) Value the creativity. (Sir Ken Robinson’s talk + Why creativity now) a. Sir Ken Robinson in his speech presented his point of what we need for education “My contention is that creativity is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.” b.…

The story of Snow White, a lovely girl who ate the poison apple that was given by the absurd queen. She was put to a deep sleep, but with the care of the dwarfs, the princess survived until the prince came to the rescue. This story is happening in our society, but it is a morbid version. Our princess, education, has been poisoned by the deadly poison apple, No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Unlike Snow White, we do not have dwarfs to take care of education, and to this day, our prince, our savior…

While he was in prison he had met the Arthurian adventure writer Rustichello of Pisa, with who he would collaborate on a manuscript in 1298 called “Description of the World.” It has since become better known as “The Travels of Marco Polo” With the help of notes taken during his expedictions, Marco Polo admiringly described Khubilai…

Outside of the coverage on Knox's promiscuous image, her lack of an emotional response towards the death of her friend lead to an increase of reporting on her behavior, of which many journalists labeled her as a psychopathic “she-devil” (Cooper, 2011). Much has been made of the fact that Knox was seen giggling and performing cartwheels during her first visit to the police station following the discovery of her roommates heinous murder. During that visit a friend of Kercher's expressed that she…

Writers, teachers, and researchers have been debating whether participating in high school sports is benefiting or hindering high school education. Amanda Ripley cites foreign countries performing better than the United States in international standardized testing as an example supporting their idea for the problem high school sports poses, since many high schools in foreign countries do not sponsor scholastic sports. European students usually play for club teams outside of school. Ripley also…

When it comes to the education process of the United States, there are frequent changes and controversy over how the policy should dictate requirements. The education policy is the collective laws that govern education operations including school and class sizes, choices for school and major, teacher qualifications for a course, tuition costs, government financial support regulations, content of classes, requirements for passing and graduation, and the values of the school in general. It can be…

One of the most interesting things about architecture is how the cultural ideas of a certain time period shape architectural form. Culture reflects the ideals and the entire way of life of a group of people. As cultural ideas change over time, so do the buildings that go with it. While there are broad periods where many cultures had a set of shared beliefs, each region had its own twist on the physical interpretation of those values. Romanesque architecture emerged from a time of religion…