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    My Ambition In Life

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    Do not take this the wrong way when I say that I do not care what it is you are trying to achieve. Let me explain. I mean I do not care if your goal is to graduate high-school with a certain GPA, start a clothing line, release your own book, learn an instrument, master a language, or even if it’s getting a certain someone in your life. Only you have the power to make that dream, goal, and ambition come to life. Grant Cardone taught me to commit first, and figure the rest out later. Just jump in!

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    The Middle Ages, and all of prominently configured ancient times differ from modern social traditions, relevantly due to the broad differenced in culture, technology, religious and sciences. The Renaissance Ages were moreover considered as the years of transition, where contemporary scientific discoveries were placed into affect, and enhanced political systems were inaugurated to battle against the “sovereign” yet malignant rulers who were determined to save their thrones in their Empires, and engaged

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    Galileo Galilei was an Italian scientist who was also an astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, and an inventor. His history was very interesting to learn about as him growing up. For his famous work, he has been known as the “father of modern science” because of all of his achievements that he has accomplished. During his years, he has discovered many things like facts about the solar system and also invented items that we use today. Ultimately, Galileo Galilei was a successful individual who inspired

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    During this period of history, new forms of science and scientific discovery were in their infant stages on the world stage. However, the ideas of Magic and Sorcery were still established in the minds of the people. Because of this, the ideas and theories of new scientific discoveries were often compared to or mistaken as witchcraft (Lace, 1995). Lace (1995) cites Historian Lacey Baldwin Smith, who elegantly explained this relationship as " A strange composite of the old and new, chemistry and

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    Wow! Talk about variety. In this piece of writing, information is essential. When we talk about the sun, it is the big yellow circle that comes out once a day and makes us sweat. Here in this detailed literature written by Steven Szokolay is compelling. The particulars written by Szokolay are captivating, such as his analysis about the Sun and time, something as essential as time is captivating when a reader is trying to connect the dots. Time is simple; it comes and goes, but always forward. The

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    The Enlightenment Essay

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    Newton’s publication of Principia Mathematica in 1677, as well as the Glorious Revolution, paved the way for the beginning of the Age of Enlightenment. Promoting critical thinking about the world and about humankind, the Enlightenment based itself primarily on scientific questioning and empirical analysis. Scientists and philosophers of the eighteenth century questioned the traditional ideas about the universe, society, and culture, and rejected the Aristotelian worldview, skeptical because of its

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    Life prior to the 1700s was bleak. Before the eighteenth century, any progress made in the scientific field was frowned upon. The government was still theocratic, and any notion brought before it that contradicted with what the elitists of society thought was true was proclaimed blasphemous. There were many men and women who had proceeded to discover new and incredible things that could benefit the world and its inhabitants greatly. Sadly, many of them will never be recognized due to their government’s

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    Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei was one of the best Physicist and Philosopher on the Scientific Revolution. Galileo had such an impact on the Scientific Revolution that people called him, “The Father of Science”. He is famous for his improvement to the telescope and the Military Compass. Galilei was the first to observe the phase of Venus and the four major moons of Jupiter. Galileo is still known for his many inventions and discoveries, so that why he’s considered one of the best in the Scientific

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    Henry Cavendish was a well known scientist during the 1700’s. He is most famous for the discovery of hydrogen, although he calculated the characteristics of many gases, and the structure of air in the atmosphere. Henry Cavendish was an english physicist and chemist, a son of Lord Charles Cavendish, he was born at nice, France Oct. 10, 1731. He later died at the age of 79 on died February 24, 1810 in London, England. At age 11, Cavendish attended school at hackney in 1742 and later went to peterhouse

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    There are a lot of important chemists that have made plenty of contributions to the world and, Joseph Swan is one of them. You may not have even heard of him before unless you are a very dedicated Chemist, Pharmacist, or are a electrician or photographer. If you haven’t then it’s okay because now you can say you have. There isn’t one single chemist that is unimportant but, I’m going to tell you why it is that Joseph Wilson Swan is still a relevant subject today in science. Swan was born at Pallion

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