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Fantomina and the Rambler
- By Douglas Shepard (Editor in Chief, RarityGuide.com)
- Published 11/30/2009
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juxtaposing “Fantomina” by Eliza Haywood to the standards set by Samuel Johnson
in his essay, “Rambler #4”, which focused on the genre “Fiction”, one will find
an interesting agreement emerge between the two. While fiction, “Fantomina”
deviates from the common practices of the era, but alludes to them as though to
give credibility with the familiar market. In doing so though, Haywood better
meets the standards laid out by Johnson in his essay.
Morphology Analysis
- By Douglas Shepard (Editor in Chief, RarityGuide.com)
- Published 11/21/2009
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A short example of morphological analysis, breaking down new words in the English language, examining their roots and what means were used to originate them.
Srinivasa Ramanujan: Numerical Imagination
- By chronodev (Ron)
- Published 11/19/2009
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Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) was one of India’s greatest
mathematical figures. He was a child prodigy, with a natural instinct
for mathematics. As though he could see how everything comes together.
He was particularly interested in modular functions and number theory.
Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra: a mathematician, a rabbi, a philosopher, a poet, a linguist and an astronomer
- By chronodev (Ron)
- Published 11/19/2009
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In this essay I will write about a mathematician, a rabbi, a
philosopher, a poet, a linguist and an astronomer. No, this essay is
not about a big group of people, but rather one very intriguing figure,
Abraham Ibn Ezra, who excelled in all the above listed professions. And
while this essay will focus mostly on his works in the field of
mathematics, there is a connection between all the above fields of
study, and this mixture which Ibn Ezra had in him affected how he
viewed the field of mathematics.
Children on the Internet and Blogging/Social Networking Websites
- By chronodev (Ron)
- Published 11/19/2009
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This essay will discuss the safety issues concerning children using
blogging and social networking websites which have become increasingly
popular. The consequences of children browsing the internet has long
been a controversial issue, however, as I will show, with Blogging and
Social networking sites those issues rise a step further because of the
nature of those sites and the information posted on them. I take a
particularly close look at MySpace.com which has grown exponentially
over the last year and has practically become a phenomenon with over 60
Million registered users, most of them teens. There is a lot of
controversy about safety issues of children/teens using MySpace.
Cloud 9, Major Barbara & the Modern World
- By Douglas Shepard (Editor in Chief, RarityGuide.com)
- Published 11/19/2009
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An Essay examining connections between the plays Cloud 9, Major Barbara and the modern age.