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Lazzaro Spallanzani
Number of Words: 703 / Number of Pages: 3
... of experiments tested various rituals for
rendering infusions permanently barren and finally found that they
remained free of microorganisms when put into flasks that were sealed and
the contents boiled for one hour (Lazzaro...1).The entrance of air into
the flask through a slight crack in its neck was followed infusoria. He
reported no spontaneous generation in strongly heated infusions protected
from aerial contamination. In 1765, after cutting up thousands of
earthworms and exploiting the ability of the aquatic salamander to regrow
its tail, he resolved to investigate reproductive phenomena in a ...
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Albert Einstein
Number of Words: 1621 / Number of Pages: 6
... already begun to stir. A favorite toy of his was his father's compass, and he often marvelled at his uncle's explanations of algebra. Although young Albert was intrigued by certain mysteries of science, he was considered a slow learner. His failure to become fluent in German until the age of nine even led some teachers to believe he was disabled.
Einstein's post-basic education began at the Luitpold Gymnasium when he was ten. It was here that he first encountered the German spirit through the school's strict disciplinary policy. His disapproval of this method of teaching led to his reputation as a r ...
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Bill Clinton
Number of Words: 623 / Number of Pages: 3
... about what constituted high crimes and misdemeanors. The 146th congress had to determine that for themselves, and in early January of 1999, William Jefferson Clinton was impeached.
As the focus then turned to the Senate, many debates arose. Did the President’s sexual indiscretion deserve to get him removed from office? Other options such as censorship were debated, but whether or not other options could even be discussed brought disagreement. In the end, the Senate voted against removing Clinton from office, but whether that will be the last of this matter, only time will tell.
Fifty years ...
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A Martyr's Victory In A Spiritual Sense
Number of Words: 630 / Number of Pages: 3
... during this war with Japan, but even
more costly was a civil war that followed. Bishop Ford exemplified the virtue
of fortitude, by not leaving the war-torn country and staying to try to pursue
good.
During this time of war, many would wonder what was the reason for him
to stay in China, and what was his why to live? In the Novel A Mans Search For
Meaning, Nietzsche says "he who has a why to live can bear with almost any
how". If Ford had left the country during the time of war, there would have
probably been no hope for the war refugees that didn't have the option to stay
or go. His why to li ...
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Charlie Chaplin
Number of Words: 511 / Number of Pages: 2
... in the world. A sign of this was when he was five years old and sang for his mother on stage after she became ill and taken for crazy. The audience apparently loved him and hurled their money onto the stage. By the age of ten, Charles was a skilled singer, acrobat, juggler, pantomime, and comic improvisor. From the ages of twelve to fourteen, Charlie's places of employment included a barbershop, stationary store, doctor's office, glass factory and printing plant. Many average boys his age didn't even have a job. Charlie's big escape from poverty was through theatre, whereby the age of sixteen ...
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James Clerk Maxwell
Number of Words: 1673 / Number of Pages: 7
... himself to research. In 1871 he moved to Cambridge, where he became the first professor of experimental physics and set up the Cavendish Laboratory, which opened in 1874. Maxwell continued in this position until 1879, when illness forced him to resign. Maxwell had many theories.
II COLOR VISION
Maxwell's first important contribution to science began in 1849, when he applied himself to examining how human eyes detect color. He built on the ideas of British physicist Thomas Young and German scientist Hermann Helmholtz on color vision. Maxwell spun disks painted with sectors of red, green, and blue to ...
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Donato Di Niccolò Di Betto Bardi
Number of Words: 293 / Number of Pages: 2
... about 1400. Between 1404 and 1407 he worked in the
workshop of the Gothic sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti, who had won the
competition to create some bronze doors for the cathedral baptistery.
Donatello created two marble statues in a new style for the church
of Or San Michele in about 1415. In these statues, 'St. Mark' and 'St.
George', for the first time since Roman classicism, the human body was
shown as a functioning figure with a human personality--in sharp contrast
with medieval art. Donatello's well-known statue 'Zuccone' ("pumpkin"
because of its bald head) of 1425 for the campanile, or bell tow ...
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