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    the Greek tradition of geometry‚ and they felt uncomfortable with concepts to which they could not give a geometric meaning. This is why‚ two century’s after Bombelli’s Algebra‚ we find Euler writing in his Algebra of 1770" In the beginning of chapter two‚ my favorite part‚ Nahin talks about the "constructions dealing with the square roots of positive lengths". He talks about the impossibility of doing a geometric construction. He says that i was invited to make solving problems easier and more

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    n Juggling Fire Chapters 17(The Snow Queen)‚ 18(In the End)‚ and the Epilogue is the end to Rachel’s journey through the Yukon Territory. In chapter 17‚ the snow queen‚ Rachel and Brooks are living off “...oats‚ flour‚ and rice until [Rachel’s] mom gets [there].” Rachel and Brooks have to “...walk… down the only trail‚ until the the rivers freeze solid.” When traveling the trail Rachel makes sure that her and Brooks stop every once in awhile to scan the horizon for any movement that maybe bears

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    Summary of Key Points: This chapter is based on two types of stories which are story line and testimonies. Story lines as the socially shared tales that are fable-like and incorporate a common scheme and wording (124). Testimonies are accounts in which the narrator is a central participant in the story or is close to the characters in the story (124). The book talks about four major story lines of color-blind racism. The first one is “The Past Is the Past‚” which mean that people must put the past

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    The stories in Chapters eight and nine not only provide a more concrete look into Chris’ sanity‚ but also allow us to more deeply understand his person and his purpose. In Chapters eight and nine when are introduced to the stories of Gene Rosellini‚ John Waterman‚ Carl McCunn‚ and Everett Ruess. Each man had a different story however obviously the same skeletal structure. Gene had began his journey into the wild as an experiment “in knowing if it was possible to be independent of modern technology”

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    Marjane is a headstrong‚ independent‚ and outspoken woman who was born in Iran‚ on the edge of the Caspian Sea. She grew up in Tehran‚ where she studied at the Lycée Français‚ before leaving for Vienna. In the book Marjane plays the role of a very curious and smart child. Marjane follows her parents’ footsteps and their views on the revolution taking place in Iran‚ but as she gets older her view on life changes a lot. Marjane is a character who gets herself into trouble with some of her various actions

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    these unfortunate people. What Kozol describes deeply in the book throughout true incredible stories goes beyond our expectation. Especially in chapter 5‚” Distancing ourselves from pain and tears” which is one of the center of the book‚ the author raises more concern about our attitudes toward poor homeless people. What Kozol means by “distancing” in the chapter is that people do really care about homelessness. They do understand and feel guilty about what homeless people are suffering day by day. Because

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    discusses how different people keep in God close to their heart when they are making the harsh‚ physical and emotional demanding journey to America. In chapter 7 of Migration Miracle‚ Hagan discusses how many of these migrants and their families’ use something called La Promesas or promises; in hopes that God will be a helping hand their journey. In this chapter‚ we see many unorthodox ways that people use in order to give praise to their religion. A couple of ways that the migrants and their families used

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    Encountering God Chapter One: In the first chapter of “Encountering God” the author Diana Eck starts by explaining that the book is her experiences in encountering different religions. “All of us have rivers deep within us‚ bearing the waters of joining streams.” I loved this starting quote it feels like she is open to any view. She knows that different beliefs are a good thing‚ and that we all have to experience different people because we need to be mixed together for us to grow and form our own

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    Boeker Ghost Soldiers The novel‚ Ghost Soldiers is a great book written by Hampton Sides. It depicts the true horrors of war‚ friendship and hope. The story takes place in the Philippines during the Japanese takeover of the island from 1942 until the year 1945‚ after the outbreak of World War II‚ when the Japanese assaulted the Philippine islands and captured it. This resulted in many prisoners of war. The American armies ran out of supplies and were tired from fighting and it led to the surrender of

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    In chapter one this short chapter lays the foundation for Machiavelli’s book. All kinds of authority‚ he says‚ can be divided into two large categories the republics and the principalities. Principalities can be either hereditary passed down from father to son or they can be new states acquired through military force or political fortune. Machiavelli continues by admitting that hereditary principalities are much easier to govern than those that are newly developed since the prince who rules by

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