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in schools kids are learning and admiring what he had discovered so long ago. But more importantly galileo didn’t let religion get in the way of discoveries even through the countless threats posed by the catholic church. Galileo was born in Pisa,Italy on February,15 1564,first of seven children by Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia Ammannati. His father was a well known lutenist and composer who wanted his son to have a career in medicine.In 1581 Galilieo began

thinking in science. Galileo Galilei, who is generally known only by his first name, was born in Pisa, Italy, on February 15, 1564. His family belonged to the nobility but was not rich. His father sent him to study medicine at the local university. Galileo, however, soon turned to a career in science. In 1583 Galileo discovered the law of the pendulum by watching a chandelier swing in the cathedral at Pisa. He timed it with his pulse and found that, whether it swung in a wide or a narrow arc, it always

Galileo was born February 15, 1564 in Pisa in the Duchy of Florence, Italy. He was the first of six children born of Giulia Ammannati and Vincenzo Galilei, a musician and music theorist. His family moved to Florence in 1574 where he started his education at the Camaldolse Monastery in Vallombrosa. In 1583, Galileo attended the University of Pisa to study medicine; he was exposed to an Aristotelian view of the world. In 1585, he left the University of Pisa before earning his degree. After he left

The United States is considered by many to be a world leader who excels in every arena. In education, however, the U.S. has fallen behind other countries in Europe and Asia, such as China, Korea, and Finland. These countries outperform the United States when it comes to education. In order for the United States to continue to compete in the world economy it has to improve its system of education to compete in changing times. The United States education system is inferior to many foreign countries

currently happening in the U.S. We must fix the future and change the system of public schools to help future generations of kids get a better and more fair education. So the US is low in school ranking in general. At www.brookings.edu showed that ‘The PISA test scores did not bring great news about the American education system, as the United States continues to hover around the international mean for reading and science literacy. On the mathematics literacy section, the U.S. even notched its lowest

started to be build, the tower started to lean. The reason for this is because the foundation of the tower was built on dense clay mixture and so the soil was weaker that the soil of other constructions of the size of same size as the Leaning Tower of Pisa. For this reason, the tower began to

Summary The prologue and Chapter 1 of “The smartest kids in the world and how they got that way” describes the origin of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), which is an international assessment that measures critical thinking skills (Ripley, 2013, p.15). The chapters revealed the countries that had the top scores and explained what certain countries did in response to those scores. Overall, Ripley (2013) demonstrated curiosity in the educational systems of Finland, Korea and

different rulers. It then developed into its own political entity with rulers of its own. In the twelfth century, each Tuscan city was beginning to gain its own independence. By the time the Middle Ages came around, major Tuscan cities such as Florence, Pisa and Siena began to gain wealth because of their abundance of trading, banking, manufacturing, and of course agriculture. After living in Florence, and the Tuscan region for almost four months now, I have no doubt that Tuscany is home to some of the

Topic: Seven Wonders of the Medieval World Specific Purpose: In today’s society culture is being lost to technology and money each of the seven wonders is an attribute to a culture, and this is why people should to know it. Thesis Statement: Seven Medieval wonders of the world are structural representations of the cultures that built them. Attention gain material: There are more than one world’s seven wonders. Credibility statement: “As the great civilizations of antiquity warped, the memory of

Over the course of history, domestic politics have been shaped by international forces. Forces like war and trade; empire and colonies; migration and the spread of ideas. Globalization and Neoliberalism plays an important role in impacting politics in all states. “Globalization is a system in which human beings are no longer part of isolated communities that are linked through narrow channels of diplomatic relations of trade”(O’Neil,2017, pg.346). Globalization creates a division between international