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- 14671: Charles Babbage: The Pioneer Of The Computer
- ... or law. In 1837 he published his Ninth Bridgewater Treatise, to reconcile his scientific beliefs with Christian dogma. Babbage argued that miracles were not violations of laws of nature, but could exist in a mechanistic world. As Babbage could program long series on his calculating machines, God could program similar irregularities in nature. Of all his roles, Babbage was least successful as a politician. He had himself to blame. He was ...
- 14672: Lasers And Their Applications
- ... intrusion, this device is also used in many commercial and home based alarm systems. Research is currently being done to develop offensive military weapons a concept that has been in the works since the cold war. In March of 1983 President Ronald Regan first proposed the development of an antiballistic missile defense system to provide the United States total protection from nuclear attack. The goal was to intercept incoming missiles in ...
- 14673: Karl Marx: Communism
- ... on his ideas of government, society, and economics. He had too small of an amount of support for his ideas. They might have been a realistic idea when he was around, but in today's world they are fantasy. His beliefs are a good look at what could be if things were different, but they aren't, so his ideas are lost to the history
- 14674: John Quincy Adams
- ... XYZ affair peace commissioners retuned from Paris with stories of bribery and deceit, Adams built up the armed forces and took many national security measures. Jefferson and the Republicans and Hamilton and some Federalists wanted war with France for economic reasons, but Adams kept his nerve and when the opportunity was there he sent another peace commissioner to France and defused the crisis. Because of his opponents, he has forced out ...
- 14675: Sinking Of The Titanic
- ... artifacts that were found resemble many things still used today. The sinking of the Titanic still amazes people today. When the people boarded one of the largest luxury liners, people came from all over the world just to see it. Then four days later the ship that was supposed to be unsinkable, sank causing people to think that anything was possible. Some people want to raise the wreckage, but others want ...
- 14676: Nathaniel Hawthorne Weaves Dreams into Reality in Much of His 19th Century Prose
- ... all its inconsistency, its strange transformations, which are all taken as a matter of course; its eccentricities and aimlessness, --with nevertheless a leading idea running through the whole. Up to this old age of the world, no such thing has ever been written. (Par. 4) Hawthorne lived in an era of Christian premise which disallowed him to verbally voice observations and subsequent opinions of his perceptions regarding man's sinful and ...
- 14677: Harper Lee
- ... expand on. She then quit her job with the airlines to turn all of her energy to her writing. This short story expanded into perhaps one of the most popular novels, and screenplays, in the world. The surprise is, she submitted the work for publication in 1957, and it was rejected. She spent the next 2 years in the rewriting and revising the book, which was eventually published in July, 1960 ...
- 14678: Lou Gehrig
- ... coveted "Triple Crown" of the majors, the Most Valuable Player award, made 2,721 safe hits for a life time batting average of .340. His magnificent playing helped the Yankees win seven pennants and six World Series championships. Though he had begun in the big leagues as a clumsy, poor-fielding first baseman, "Larruping Lou," as he also came to be known, over came his faults through perseverance, patience, tireless practice ...
- 14679: Social Darwinism
- ... publication, and in 1845 a second edition was published under the name Journal of Research into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World (henceforth referred to as the Journal). Darwin Discovers Evolution It appears to be that only sometime in 1837 did Darwin first start to entertain the idea of evolution seriously. The proof for this lies in ...
- 14680: Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... Jr. In this report, I am going to talk about a man who was a great civil rights leader in this Nation. A man who dedicated his life to trying to end racism, poverty, and war. He was a fighter for equality among blacks and whites alike. He changed the lives of many people, whites and blacks alike, and was a hero to hundreds of thousands of people. This man is ...
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