Alexander von Humboldt

probably be inferred from the intellectual status of Felix’s grandfather, the Mendelssohn family was intellectually disposed. Therefore, Mendelssohn’s father sought an intellectual environment: the noted naturalist and romantic philosopher Alexander von Humboldt and the prolific mathematician Dirichlet (one of the greatest number theorists and mathematical analysts of the nineteenth century) frequented the Mendelssohn establishment. I would argue that this intellectual environment deeply impacted

One of the greatest scientists of the industrial age was named Joseph Louis Gay- Lussac. He was born on December 6, 1778, in St. Leonard located in central France. His parents named Antoine Gay-Lussac and Leonadre Bouriquet also gave birth to four other children, he however was the eldest of the five children. Joseph Gay-Lussac was born in the French Revolution, and it had greatly affected his early childhood. Two of his greatest roles was taken away from him due to the social and political disruption

influential geographers who applied their research to changing and solving some of the greatest issues of their time. The granite base for the Geography we know today was founded on the spatial thinking of the early German geographers. Among them was one Alexander

That way, it would help one comprehend the topic of slavery concerning both sides of the party—the slave as well as the shareowner. Document 7 contains an excerpt from the published book of Alfred von Kremer, an Austrian scholar-diplomat, ex-ambassador to Egypt and the United States, in 1863. Alfred von Kremer is more neutral towards the subject of slavery, though still hinting his thoughts of the prejudice world. For or against the topic, slavery was still there, and was a big part of history.

though many countries came together to discus an issue, “the Congress of Vienna was more successful than many other peace meetings in history” (Beck, 241). The most influential of these representatives was the foreign minister of Austria, Prince Klemens von Metternich (Beck, 238). An additional great influential representative was the French foreign minister Prince Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, who was sent behalf of the French monarchy

Re: Application for Staff Scientist Position in Marine Science Dear Dr. Torchin, I am very excited about the possibility of joining at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)) in the position of Staff Scientist in Marine Science, as advertised in Naturejobs. My research interests fit extremely well with the requirements of this post and with existing staff scientists associated with the STRI. I have extensive research experience in the interdisciplinary field of Marine Sciences

in 1997 from Duke University. He teaches courses on Christian traditions and in an article from the University or Oregon it says “Prof. Shoemaker has been awarded research fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.” (REL). These are only a few of the fellowships that Shoemaker has received over the years. On top of his degrees and fellowships, Shoemaker

2. Outline the main short-term and longer-term economic consequences of the Black Death. Which was the most significant? The devastating consequences of the Black Death, which was at its peak between 1346 and 1353, did not cease after the period had ended. The Black Death caused the death of about a third of Europe’s population, with some places, such as Florence losing as much as two thirds of its population. With a smaller population, Europe saw a short-term rise in jobs available for peasants

After thirteen years of discomfort, Effy Redman can finally smile. Although there is no definitive cure for her facial paralysis condition, Moebius Syndrome, a plastic surgeon has fulfilled her long-awaited wish to express what “others in the world around [her conveyed] every day” (Effy Redman). Don’t actions like this undeniably capture the essence of true heroism? YES, this clearly denotes the virtuous qualities of heroes that plastic surgeons possess. Philip Zimbardo, the world renowned psychologist

Review and Critic of "Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth" In Henry Nash Smith's novel Virgin Land: The American WEST as Symbol and Myth Note 1. the book traces the evolution of different ideas about the American West from colonial times through the formation of the frontier thesis by Frederick Jackson Turner. Henry Nash Smith, received the first doctorate in what remains a relatively new field. Virgin Land's signal contribution was its nuanced analysis of the powerful myths