A River The poem “A River” is written by A.K. Ramanujan. In this poem‚ the poet has compared and contrasted the attitudes of the old poets and those of the new poets to human suffering. He has come to the conclusion that both the groups of the poets are indifferent to human sorrow and suffering. Their poetry dose not reflect the miseries of the human beings. He has proved this point in the present poem. The river Vaikai on whose bank the historic city of Madurai stands has been mentioned
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more extreme and more stunning. Nobody knew that these acts were going to make Harry Houdini one of the best magicians on the planet. Almost everyone knows that Harry Houdini was a famous magician‚ but how did he get that far? Harry Houdini was originally born as Ehrich Weisz in Budapest‚ Hungary. When he was about eight years old‚ him‚ his mother‚ and his siblings moved to America for a better life. His father’s work wasn’t the most successful‚ so Ehrich had to start work at a very young age. But
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be famous or just be the average teenager? Although many people say they do not want to be famous‚ I would love to. I would like to be famous for many different reasons. The main reasons I would want to be famous is all of the following: you would have lots of friends‚ get to travel around the world‚ be a role model‚ and also be a millionaire. AH‚ the glamorous life. Celebrities have it made. First‚ I think being famous would be awesome because of the money. In the business of being famous the
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René Descartes: "Father of Modern Mathematics" 1596-1650 December 13‚ 2004 René Descartes was born in La Haye‚ Touraine (France) in March of 1596 and died at Stockholm on February 11‚ 1650. René‚ the second of a family of two sons and one daughter‚ was sent to the Jesuit School at La Flêche at the early age of eight. Since he was of poor health he was permitted to lie in bed till late in the mornings‚ a custom which
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General information about Murmansk Murmansk is a unique city. See if you can find it on the globe. It is on the top of Europe. For centuries it was believed that it would be impossible to live here because of the severe climate. But it took a mere 80 years for the biggest city on the planet situated North to the Arctic Circle to be built on the shore of the Kola bay. For many years this ice-free port was a leading Soviet freight port‚ a base for fishing fleets‚ a major naval base‚ and the main home
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Around when and where was the first guitar made?The first guitar was created in Rome and was brought to Spain around forty AD. The modern guitar is a far descendent from the first guitar made in Rome. In the beginning it only had four strings. The six string guitar was created later and was more popular elsewhere in Europe. How important is guitar in modern day life?Guitar in modern life is very important. Almost everyone in the world listens to music; guitar is a big part of music. Because guitar
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Interesting Information about Technology That All Students Need to Know About Technological revolutions in history have significantly impacted the established products‚ methods and practices in architecture practice and techniques. In particular‚ technological inventions in information technology including telecommunication embedded computing‚ ubiquitous computing and mass- customization have significantly revolutionized architectural designing techniques‚ construction and products. The impact of
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knowing‚ it would not be worth living.” –Henri Poincare Jules Henri Poincare was a famous French mathematician born in Nancy‚ France on April 29‚ 1854. He is known for contributing to works in pure and applied mathematics‚ mathematical physics‚ as well as celestial mathematics. He founded the mathematical theory of dynamical systems‚ or qualitative dynamics and formulated the Poincare conjecture that is one of the most famous mathematical problems today. Some people even credit him as a co-discover of
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Secret Mathematician: Sophie Germain Please Don ’t Copy This Exactly! For Information Only. Sophie Germain‚ born to wealthy parents and coming of age during the French Revolution turned to the study of mathematics as a way to cure her boredom. She quickly became a sneaky mathematician hiding her studies first from her parent’s and later from the mentors she most admired and respected. She had to pose as a male to be taken seriously in her studies. As Sophie grew older and fell in love with
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Archimedes Archimedes of Syracuse (c.287 BC - c. 212 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician‚ physicist and engineer. Although little is known about his life‚ he is regarded as one of the most important scientists in classical antiquity. In addition to making important discoveries in the field of mathematics and geometry‚ he is credited with producing machines that were well ahead of their time. The Ancient Roman historians showed a strong interest in Archimedes and wrote several biographies relating
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