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- 16061: Plato's Symposium: The First Three
- ... Phaedras, Pausanias, and Eryximachus) each possessed an undermining philosophy unique unto themselves. Phaedras began with the nature of love, followed by Pausanias and Eryximachus whom both discussed the ethics and application of love in the world with coinciding speeches. Though at first glance one would think that these oratories were solely about love, under analysis one finds that they make judgments on the society in which they live and attempt to ...
- 16062: Maria Mitchell
- ... devoted amateur( most astronomers of that time were amateurs) astronomer, introduced her to mathematics and the night sky. He also encouraged her toward teaching and passed on a sense of God as in the natural world. By the time Maria was sixteen, she was a teacher of mathematics at Cyrus Pierce's school for young ladies where she used to be a student. Following that she opened a grammar school of ...
- 16063: Maroons
- ... chief sorceress and Obeah woman, who is still celebrated in Jamaican folklore, also led the windward Maroons. Hunter died in 1734, shortly before the reinforcements he so often requested finally arrived. A protracted five-year war followed, finally resolved as on so many other occasions, not by the surrender of the Maroons, but by negotiation. The Leeward and Windward Treaties of 1739 recognized Maroon freedom and granted land to Maroon communities ...
- 16064: The American Basketball Association
- ... the NBA which made the combined league even greater. With the tradition of the NBA and the flair of the ABA, a new league was created which would become the greatest sports institution in the world. During the first combined season of the NBA, four of the top ten scorers and ten of the twenty-four all-stars were from the ABA. The first combined finals had five starters from the ...
- 16065: Margret Atwood
- ... that she has won for her literature. Through out her life she is surrounded by and that what makes her a talented writer and what makes her a popular writer and known through out the world. In short, Atwood seems to please most critics and readers. Her way of weaving words and creating worlds fascinates her audience and leaves the reader in awe and that what makes her the greatest Canadian ...
- 16066: The Fibonacci Sequence
- ... of this organization is to exchange ideas and "stimulate" (4) research on Fibonacci numbers and related topics. The organization publishes the Fibonacci Quarterly and operates a Fibonacci Bibliographical and Research Center. (3) Mathematicians around the world have shown much interest in Fibonacci and his sequence. "Fibonacci numbers and rations appear to be lurking happily ever after all over the place just waiting to be discovered." (1)
- 16067: Greek Myths
- ... In this document the word "myth" will be defined as a story of forgotten or vague origin, basically religious or supernatural in nature, which seeks to explain or rationalize one or more aspects of the world or a society. Furthermore, in the context of this document, all myths are, at some stage, actually believed to be true by the peoples of the societies that used or originated the myth. Our definition ...
- 16068: Producing Steel
- ... air to burn the impurities in molten iron. OPEN HEARTH FURNACE Siemens brothers in the middle of the nineteenth century made this method in the country of England. This instrument supplies Three quarters of the world steel. The metal in the furnace is contained in a shallow bath, which is surrounded by walls and a roof of brick for fire. Moving doors are which raw materials a crane that is a ...
- 16069: The Differences Between, I Feel Certain; I Am Certain; It Is Certain
- ... the language of numbers. Literacy is for us a tool to express feelings, emotions, beliefs, and ideas, all of which are beyond its own sphere of influence. Literacy is used to explain ourselves and the world in which we live. Numeracy is used to explain numeracy, it exists only for its own sake, and is therefore able to give us truth about itself. These three statements all attempt to utilise literacy ...
- 16070: Stereograms
- ... attempting to view stereograms. Works Cited Cooper, Rachel. How to See In 3D. Andrews and McMeel Publishing. Kansas City, MO. 1995 N.E. Thing Enterprises, ed. Magic Eye: A New Way of Looking at the World. Andrews and McMeel Publishing. Kansas City, MO. 1993 Internet site. Magic Eye Web Page. URL: http://www.magiceye.com. Rachel Cooper, webmaster. 1999 Internet site. Vision 3D Web Page. URL: http://www.vision3d.com. Dr ...
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