NHD Introduction

Ryan Prasetyo
Mrs. Garcia-Thompson
Art History
11/9/2008

Sir Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton was born on Christmas day in 1642 in Woolsthrope, Lincolnshire. When he was barely three years old, his mother sent him to his grandmother’s in order for her to remarry and raise a second family with a wealthy rector from nearby North Witham. After her second husband died, she came back in 1653 and Newton was taken from his studies to fulfill his duties as a farmer. Fortunately, he failed and returned to school to prepare for his entrance to Trinity College, Cambridge. From humble beginnings, he had a great impact in the fields of physics, mathematics, and alchemy. Without doubt, Sir Isaac Newton is one of the greatest minds the world has ever known.

Who's To Blame?

The animals are to blame for the pigs' rise to power. One of the reasons why the animals are in this situation is because they let themselves be intimidated and silenced by the dogs. After Snowball was expelled from Animal Farm, four young pigs sought to speak out against Napoleon, but were too afraid. As their fellow animals were executed before their very eyes, they did nothing to save them. Another reason why it is the animal's fault is because Boxer is Napoleon's advocate and they all respect him. The animals love Boxer because he always wakes up earlier than everyone just to get a head start on the day's work. Adding onto his original maxim of "I will work harder!" he also says "Napoleon is always right." A third reason why it is the animal's fault is because they work for Napoleon. Even after they realized that they weren't getting nough food and it required them to do a lot of extra work, they still built it anyways. After their second windmill was destroyed by the humans, they're stupid enough to try to rebuild it a third time. The animals let the pigs take advantage of them and that is why their situation is so bad.

Annotation #2

1. Provendido, Shayne "Albert Einstein Vs Isaac Newton." Albert Einstein Vs Isaac Newton. 9 Nov. 2007. EzineArticles.com. 24 Oct 2008 <http://ezinearticles.com/?Albert-Einstein-Vs-Isaac-Newton&id=825148>.

2. In this article, Shayne told about how Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist, mathematician, alchemist, and natural philosopher. He was considered to be one of the greatest minds the world has ever known. In his written study named Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, he described the 3 laws of motion and the universal gravitation. The discoveries of the 3 laws of fundamental laws of planetary motion was only understood when Newton discovered the laws of Gravitation and motion. He also described the principles of conversation of momentum and angular momentum. He also invented the reflecting telescope and developed a theory of color based on his observation that a prism decomposes with light into a visible spectrum. He formulated a law of cooling and studied speed of sound. He also demonstrated the Generalized Binomial Theorem, which developed the "Newton Method." He shared the credit of developing Calculus with Gottfried von Leibniz. Sir Isaac Newton also devised an equation called Inverse Square Law of Attraction, which states that the force of gravity is related to the inverse square of the distance between the two objects.

Annotation #1

1. The Miraculous Year. Sir Isaac Newton. Oct/14/08

2. When most people think of him, they think that he invented and discovered all these theories and principles by himself. Take calculus for example. Credit went to a number of mathematicians, especially the German Gottfried von Leibniz. However, Newton did give important contributions to the field. In 1666, he discovered how to find the slope of a curve at any point, by a process he called "fluxions."

Newton's work in optics, the study of light, was equally significant. For decades people have been debating the nature of light. He used a prism to find that white light is a combination of differently colored rays. Up to that point, everyone thought that colors were slight modifications of white light, not components of it. Although he changed people's perspective at his time, the greatness of his discovery would not be recognized until the 20th century. He allowed scientists to learn that different substances radiate different colors in he spectrum when they burn. They've been able to determine the chemical composition of stars by observing which colors they produce.

The innovations of calculus and optics would have made the year 1666 famous enough, but it was also the year when he would conceive his greatest idea: the concept of gravity. Gravitation, the invisible force exerted between objects, was by no means original to him. Minds like Johannes Kepler, the German astronomer, had speculated on the attraction of interstellar bodies. But Newton did not publish the idea immediately. He did not publish any of his great discoveries right away. His "fluxions" didn't come out until four decades later; his work in optics waited six years to be published.

The Most Dangerous Game

In "The Most Dangerous Game," I believe that Richard Connell gave Rainsford a value for liberty over equality. One of the reasons why I believe this is because he is a hunter. In the beginning of the story, he tells Whitney, "You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher." He also shows his apathy towards animals by asking "Who cares how a jaguar feels?" He then judges Whitney by saying he is soft and not being real. My beliefs are confirmed when he is forced out of the mansion and has to play Zaroff's game. His determination to stay alive drives him to value liberty to the extreme. He sets various traps to kill Zaroff as he is being hunted. He kills Ivan with a native trick he had once learned in Uganda. Once he eludes Zaroff, he couldn't just walk away; he came back at night to kill him. Then Rainsford sleeps well in Zaroff's bed with no regrets on what he had done the past 3 days. As I had stated in the first sentence, Rainsford values liberty over equality.

Sir Isaac Newton

I choose Sir Isaac Newton for my NHD Project because I am interested in Physics.
This person is important to history because without their efforts, we would have been set back a prolonged period of time to figure out many principles and theories in optics, mathematics, and physics .
For this week's research, I found an article here and I will read and summarize it for next week.

What is Service Learning?

A structured, volunteer work experience where students provide community service in non-paid, volunteer jobs to give them opportunities to use knowledge and skills learned in school while making a contribution to their communities.

If I were to help the community, I would try to get a few of my friends to raise money for my church. Maybe we could open up a lemonade stand, or other tedious assignments for a small amount of money.