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About The Significance of Aristotle

Aristotle is considered to be one of the most important figures in Western thought. He was one of the first of the great thinkers to systematize philosophy and science. His thinking on physics and science had such a profound impact that it continued to influence even medieval thought, which lasted until the Renaissance. Even more [...]

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About The Life of Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany. When he was just an infant and barely six weeks old his family moved to Munich. The Einstein’s were a family that highly prized education so when he was old enough Albert began his education at the Luitpold Gymnasium in Munich. Later, [...]

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About John Adams

John Adams was an amazing man. He helped to bring independence to our country. He risked his life and everything that he had in order to get that independence. Let’s look at his life and some of his many accomplishments. John Adams was born on October 29, 1735. He was actually named John Adams, Jr. [...]

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About Abigail Adams

For those of you who don’t know who Abigail Adams is, she was the wife of the second President of the United States, John Adams. John Adams was also Vice President under George Washington, making her the first Vice President’s wife. She had an amazing life filled with many different accomplishments. Here is a little [...]

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About Jonas Salk

Jonas Edward Salk is the scientist who is credited with ending an era of fear. While the onset of polio epidemic could create widespread fear and even panic Jonas Salk was the man who was able to develop the vaccine that brought it to a halt. Jonas Salk is best known for the research and [...]

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About Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson has written some of the most popular works of literature to appear in the last two centuries. Robert Louis Stevenson’s most famous books are Treasure Island and Kidnapped, two of the most famous and best written adventure books to ever appear. However, the life of Robert Louis Stevenson is just about as [...]

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About Aesop

While Aesop’s fables have been some of the most popular stories around for centuries upon centuries, we basically know absolutely nothing about Aesop himself. We do know that he was Greek, and he was probably born in Thrace. Thrace is the region of southeastern Europe that has now been split between two modern day countries: [...]

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About Edward Lear

Most people don’t know anything about Edward Lear and his life. However, just about everybody is more than familiar with what Edward Lear was best at: his limericks. Edward Lear is most famous for his incredible and his hilarious limericks, along with the extraordinary illustrations that go along with them. However, knowing a little bit [...]

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About Wilson Snowflake” Bentley”

Wilson Bentley, resident of Vermont, became the first known photographer of the snowflake. He perfected a way of catching the snowflakes perfectly on black velvet so he could capture photos of them before they actually melted. The discovery that “no two snowflakes are alike” come from the discoveries of Wilson Bentley. Wilson Bentley, also known [...]

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About Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch Post Impressionist artist whose paintings have become world renowned and are among some of the most popular and expensive pieces of art work available for purchase. He was supported financially by his brother Theo to which they shared a lifelong friendship. He created more than 2000 of his works [...]

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