The king was proven right by Archimedes’ studies. Archimedes once made the statement, "Give me a long enough lever and a place to stand, and I will move the earth." After he made this statement, King Hiero asked him to prove it. This challenge was in regards to a huge ship in the harbor that couldn't be launched by all the men of Syracuse. Archimedes launched the ship with the help of a large lever, proving his statement. Some of his other inventions were the watering screw, and the miniature planetarium
Sophie Germain- a Woman Brave Enough to Study Math in the Time of Men. On April 1, 1776, a genius was born. That Genius was Sophie Germain- scientist, mathematician, and one of the most incredible women to ever walk this earth. Amanda Swift, a graduate of Agnes Scott College, said, “Sophie Germain was born in an era of revolution. In the year of her birth, the American Revolution began. Thirteen years later the French Revolution began in her own country. In many ways Sophie embodied the spirit of
Political trust Trust in political system of a society is “political trust”. Political trust is related to general social trust. It means that civic engagement and interpersonal trust contribute to overall social and political trust (Castells, 2009, p. 287). Political trust is happened in two levels: macro-level trust or “organizational political trust” that is the trust of citizens in government policies and micro-level trust or “individual political trust” that is the trust of citizens in individual
The Study of Meaning In linguistic approach, meaning is about a message expressed, communicated, or conveyed by the source or the sender, to be perceived and inferred by the observer or receiver, in the presented context. With meaning, ambiguity may inevitably appear that is confusion about the conveyed information, as its context may lead to altering interpretations in meaning. There are several definitions of several words in several languages. Semantics observes how meaning is transferred through