Polymath

Europe due to the beauty that was rising up in Florence. These structures were the first big step to get people to realize that they had been missing out on the beauty of individual achievement. Florence created a city-state that educated people polymath and focused them on the rebirth of idea's that had been lost during the Medieval Ages. Filippo Brunelleschi developed a new age of thinking and creation that many of up coming Renaissance Artist would follow. Society had realized from…

Many more scientists grew to have an affinity towards the golden ratio. One such scientist was the polymath Leonardo Da Vinci, who was known to integrate the divine ratio into his paintings. Other great associations were inherently linked to the Phi. An example of this occurred between 1571 and 1630 when Johannes Kepler discovered the elliptical nature of the planets around the sun. Quasicrystals discovered by Dan Shechtman were one of the most modern applications of Phi that are still being…

accomplish more than those before us, society will always present the possibility to match or surpass our ancestors’ achievements. However, Leonardo da Vinci achievements cannot be matched or surpassed by anyone in today’s society. Leonardo was a polymath and achievements in today’s era require specialization in every professional arena. A doctor in today society is not simple a doctor for all that ail you, there are Anesthesiologist, Dermatologist, Plastic Surgeon among many others. The same…

As Arabs were travelers and tradesmen they carried their ideas, inventions and enormous amounts of freights to where ever they travelled to. They got the idea from India, China, Ancient Egypt etc. Some say the knowledge gap was occurred due to deliberate conspiracies. This was mainly because they never wanted their offspring to know what Muslims have contributed to their advancement and just wanted to show the European superiority. After the industrialization, secularization started to exist in…

Nature versus Nurture Nature versus nurture debate talks about what determines the human behavior, either the environment in which a person is brought up or the genetic tendencies that is inherited. Meaning of Nature: Nature refers to the human traits (inscribed on genes) one gets biologically through their parents which can never be changed by any means. Our personality traits and abilities are in our nature. It is genetic inheritance and other biological factors which drive the human…

cautery and phlebotomy, should be assigned to the assistants. A successful performance of cataract couching was therefore the highest recognition conferred to the class of assistants but not to the physician. Similarly, al-Razi (d. 925), a Persian polymath, did not mention surgery as a practice that he undertook himself in his Books of Experiences, and implied that others performed it. Yet in emergency occasions, as in the treatment of abdominal wounds, a rare number of physicians such as…

There are many inventors in golden ages that they made great achievements Such as: 1: Aljazeri 2: Abas Ibn Frnas 3: Mariam Alesterlabi 4: Ibn Alhitham 5: Abu Alkasm Alzahrawi *Aljazeri: He was an Arab Muslim polymath, mathematician, inventor, engineer, and artist. He had born in 1136. He invent engineer tools, also he converted the circular movement to the straight movement device. He invents the machine that tells the time. We until now still use his invention in our industry, because it…

Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452-May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath, having been a scientist, engineer, mathematician, painter, sculptor, architect, writer, etc. Leonard da Vinci was born as the illegitimate son of Piero da Vinci and a peasant girl named Caterina in Vinci, Italy, just outside of Florence. Leonardo was educated by Verrocchio, a Florentine painter. He is often considered to be one of the greatest painters of all-time. Leonardo da Vinci has frequently been described as the model…

In my opinion, the Renaissance is revolutionary. Revolution is defined as a far-reaching and drastic change. During the 1400s and 1500s in mainly Italy there was a major change that took place in all aspects of life. This was called the Renaissance and it was a movement that helped rebirth culture as well as the arts. This movement changed the medieval times and had forced a feudalist system on its people. The medieval times were a dark period in European history, which saw a major decline in…

The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci is one of the world’s most famous paintings . Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath who adored multiple subject areas such as architecture, painting, music, literature etc. When The Last Supper was being created da Vinci used specific materials like tempera and oil plaster. The location of the painting is at Santa Maria delle Grazie Milan, Italy completed in 1498. The subject of the painting is about Christian iconography of two main ideas from the Gospel…