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    William Herschel was a British scientist and astronomer who lived and studied during the late 18th century. He had a particular fascination with space and everything it contained, and he made it his goal to understand “the construction of the heavens”. The search for new astronomical objects during Herschel’s time was huge, and at one point during his studies, he began to become very intrigued by the discovery of nebulae. This interest of Herschel was partly due to the studies of another fellow astronomer in France by the name of Charles Messier. Messier was a comet hunter and accidently stumbled across several nebulae during his searches. These discoveries greatly piqued Herschel’s interest to continue to search the skies. However, on the…

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    Sir William Herschel

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    Bible 10/26/2015 Mrs. Hunter William Herschel Sir William Herschel was born in November 15 1738 and died august 25 1822 but in his life he was a great man and he did great things he obsessed with the heaven and this dived him to become a German scientist and made breathes in the science and life and he was knighted because of great breathes. Sir William Hershel went in to the field of astronomy. Ever since he was a young boy he was obsessed with the heavens he wanted know what was up in the…

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    What was the motivation that led to the discovery? William Herschel was an accomplished musician in 18th century England. After achieving musical success his interests turned to the stars. He and his sister Caroline began cataloguing stars, keeping track of their positions, movements and taking many notes. Caroline is credited with keeping the notes organized and up to date. William began building telescopes to see more stars. (1) While surveying stars through his 7ft reflector telescope on…

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    live because of the ice cap melting due to global warming. It is predicted that in the year 2050, two thirds of the polar bears would be extinct. In order to prevent this from happening, we must understand why polar bears are endangered species and also understand the science behind global warming. Global warming is the increase in atmospheric pressure due to increase in carbon dioxide levels. Cars and factories that rely on the combustion of coal and petroleum release high levels of CO2 into…

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    William Herschel discovered the first planet in recorded times, we know it as Uranus. Herschel interestingly enough was actually a musician and an amateur astronomer when he first laid eyes upon Uranus. Herschel does not credit his discovery to chance, rather it was a result of his diligent studies of the heavens that allowed him to discover the planet. At the time Herschel had been surveying the skies at night trying discover all the double stars, he was using his home made telescope which was…

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    Discovery of Uranus William Herschel had a few motivations that led to his discovery of Uranus. However, “[he] spent most nights observing nebulae, looking for double stars, and searching for signs of life on other worlds.” (Ruskin 282) He basically discovered Uranus by accident supposing at first that it was a comet. After sharing his find with other astronomers, they questioned whether it was a comet at all. One astronomer named Nevil Maskelyne “suggested that [it] might be a planet” but it…

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    In Death of a Salesman by, Arthur Miller, Willy has a desire to be a good father to his son were his dad was not. Willy believes that if he can instill the correct values into Biff so he can be like himself or more successful. The problem Willy is confronted with is that he cares too much as if he is trying to emulate his life in Biffs. Compared to Willy Charley takes a position of hands off while still teaching Bernard to be a good student and by working hard because it will pay dividends later…

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    Lady Macbeth: Evil or Mentally Ill William Shakespeare is a playwright who explored the possibility of some characters being mentally ill before their time in The Tragedy of Macbeth during Renaissance drama. Lady Macbeth was married to Macbeth, the King of Scotland. The witches’ prophecies made Macbeth change his loyalty against the king. Macbeth told his wife about his prophecies. Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth tried everything they could do to keep the throne. As Lady Macbeth did for…

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    knowing what celebrities went through to get there. With that being said, what do you value most in life? Is it the little things that can be by the past or the important things? In life people tend to put so much value on the little things. For example, like William Carlos Williams hold his red wheelbarrow to so much standards. He feels as though so much depends upon it. When we focus on the little things, we tend to get side-tracked as William Carlos Williams shows in his “Red Wheel” poem and…

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    simple man was William Carlos Williams. He was born in America as a Puerto Rican-American who then with hard work and determination became a well-practiced doctor. He however is better known for his works of poetry that challenged the traditional way of writing poetry. In Williams’s book of poetry, The Wedge, is prefaced by an introduction that introduces his readers to his controversial ideas concerning poetry and what it should represent in today’s modern times. He wants his readers to break…

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