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John Taylor Gatto - the teacher who resigned after being named Teacher of the Year

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He was named New York City Teacher of the year in 1989, 1990, and 1991, and New York State Teacher of the Year in 1991. "When voicing his acceptance speech to this latter, on that momentous day, January 31,... published 18 months ago

6 comments    family technology education

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The history of PI (part I)

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Archimedes (285-212 B.C. ?) used a very sophisticated process for his time to achieve the calculus of PI since of course algebraic and trigonometrical notations were unknown. His approach consisted of... published 17 months ago

5 comments    education history science

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Nazi Education

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The following quotations is the 1983 book, Nazism: A History in Documents and Eyewitness Accounts, 1919-1945, edited by J. Noakes and G. Pridham in cooperation with the Department of History and Archaeology at... published 18 months ago

3 comments    family education children

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How Sir Isaac Newton became Master of the Royal Mint and profited from it Financially

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Bimetallism: on the origin of the Gold Standard In Great Britain, Sir Isaac Newton, the famous scientist, was also the master of the mint; he overvalued Gold so that Gold became a standard in that country. ... published 13 months ago

0 comments    education finance history

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Near Death Experience Testimonials

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"To doubt everything, or, to believe everything, are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." -- Henri Poincar published 16 months ago

10 comments    life science spirituality

Alfred Dreyfus65

How Henri Poincaré defended the case of Alfred Dreyfus during the anti-Semitic era in France

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You will better understand why I am an admirer of Henri Poincar published 13 months ago

0 comments    education history science

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Becoming a Black Belt with Shewhart/Deming's Theory of Profound Knowledge

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"Management is prediction." "A goal without a method is nonsense." "Without theory, there are no questions." "The process is not just the sum of its parts." "The problem is that most courses teach what is... published 17 months ago

2 comments    technology education science

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Self-Introspection: thinking about how oneself thinks

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I often think about how I think because I believe that's the way I can improve my mental process. So I was surprinsingly happy to discover that Henri Poincaré - the great French Scientist who was the... published 17 months ago

3 comments    education politics science

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Federation of American Scientists: Impact of Weather Manipulation by Military on Global Warming ?

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Since we hear about Impact of Humans on Global Warming I wonder why we never hear about impact of Weather Manipulation by Military on Global Warming whereas there is a huge evidence on the site of fas.org the... published 17 months ago

0 comments    technology education politics

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