Cavendish

16.6 VOCABULARY: Galen, Cavendish, Paracelsus, Vesalius, Descartes, Scientific Method, Bacon, Spinoza, Pascal 1. Galen. Galen was a physician of Greek descent and was well known for his influences on the medieval medical world. Galen mainly did experiments on animals rather than humans which caused his humanistic generations to be inaccurate. Galen was able to take color of a patient’s urine to be able to tell what was wrong with him/her. 2. Cavendish. Margaret Cavendish is considered to be one

Margaret Lucas, later known as Margaret Cavendish, was born around 1623 near Colchester, Essex. Margaret came from a large aristocratic family, she was the youngest of eight and was crowded with four sisters and three brothers. She was raised by her mother, Elizabeth Lucas, after her father, Thomas Lucas, died when she was two. Margaret, like many girls from her time period, did not attend school, though she did have access to private scholarly libraries and was tutored by her siblings. Her brothers

“The English physicist and chemist Henry Cavendish determined the value of the universal constant of gravitation, made noteworthy electrical studies, and is credited with the discovery of hydrogen and the composition of water. “ (http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ca-Ch/Cavendish-Henry.html) The Cavendish Experiment was the first exerpiment to calculate the earths gravitational constant. His experiment resulted in the following

that are different from other gods and goddesses. She has the ability to turn people into animals with spells and concoctions (Russel 203-207). Her knowledge of magic also gives her the ability to take someone’s life (Cavendish 66-67) with poison (Joe) or transformations (Cavendish 66-67). However, Circe’s powers can be resisted by an herb called moly ("Circe in Greek

left New Zealand university with three degrees. He was already established as a outstanding experimental researcher. In 1895, Ernest Rutherford attended the university of Cambridge's cavendish laboratory in London. Ernest was the first research student at Cambridge. Ernest Rutherford's first experiment at Cavendish laboratory was a easier and simpler way of detecting radio waves. Ernest Rutherford made a vast discovery with uranium. He discovered that if u place uranium near foil, there was one type

time writers used nature to describe things from a different perspective. Margaret Cavendish “Song by Lady Happy, as a Sea-Goddess” uses the environment throughout the poem. This poem explains how loneliness can cause you to become desperate in ways that are unexplainable. The narrative of this poem is a women who is alone on an island or area surrounded by water, she uses siren in order to lure people in. Cavendish portray the fishes as the individuals the narrator lure in from the sea. “On silver

When discussing the lives of soldiers and war, it varies by each war. Certain wars could be similar to older wars, such as World War II, while others could be unique, such as the Civil War. In terms of three different wars, the Vietnam War, the Civil War, and the war in Afghanistan. For similarities between the wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan both share the “overseas” feeling, and had caused homesickness due to being extremely far away from home. Another thing that the Vietnam War and Afghanistan War

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a contemporary astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and television host. He is best known for starring in numerous television shows explaining the universe in terms of physics. He states, “During our brief stay on planet Earth, we owe ourselves and our descendants the opportunity to explore — in part because it 's fun to do. But there 's a far nobler reason. The day our knowledge of the cosmos ceases to expand, we risk regressing to the childish view that the universe figuratively

to be my subjects, they may imagine themselves such, and they are such, I mean in their minds…; but if they cannot endure to be subjects, they may create worlds of their own and govern themselves as they please” (1785). In this passage, Margaret Cavendish exposes her own idiosyncratic philosophy concerning her position in society as a woman, female author and a member of a court that was ostracized. By prolifically writing about herself, she attempts to exercise her right to a voice and uses it as

Margaret Cavendish is a good example of this. She published The Description of the New World, Called the Blazing World in 1666 as a hybrid genre of fantasy and philosophy in which she explored her opinions and rationale behind many Enlightenment discussions, including