Essays Tagged: "Turin"

Guido Fubini- This essay is about a famous mathematician.

variables. He taught courses on these analysis topics at both the Politecnico and the University in Turin. During World War I, Guido studied the accuracy of artillery. These investigations led him on ... ations led him on to work on acoustics and electricity.Guido was forced to retire from his chair in Turin. He had no wish to leave Italy but he had two sons who were engineers and, always a man who wa ...

(2 pages) 127 0 4.2 Mar/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Surgery in the Renaissance

is crude form of surgery was proven to be obsolescent when Ambroise Pare, a surgeon at the siege of Turin, discovered a more efficient and less painful way to dress wounds. He used a mixture of egg yo ...

(3 pages) 72 1 4.8 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Ambroise Pare (1510-1590)

Ambroise Pare (1510-1590)Turin, France 1537- It was a day of discovery and advancement for medicine and science today, in the ...

(2 pages) 14 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

The effects of the first world war on Italy and the growth of Fascism

were introduced. Throughout the war inflation increased and food became scarce leading to riots in Turin in 1917.The military disaster at Caparetto was seen by interventionists as the failure of the ...

(2 pages) 54 1 4.8 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The History to Egypt Intro

o Stone simply lists the kings one after the other, without any apparent need of grouping them. The Turin Kinglist, which is more recent, has grouped the kings according to their descendance or origin ...

(2 pages) 43 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History > Ancient Egypt

The Shroud of Turin.

INTRODUCTION:THE SHROUD OF TURIN.Scientist and people who studied Theology have been wondering if it is true, many kinds of inv ... ld make you doubt about it but you never know if you don't search for the answer.Body.The shroud of Turin as many know claims to be the piece of linen in which Jesus Christ was wrapped in when he was ... ck. This piece of cloth is called Edessa and it is said that this is now what we call the shroud of Turin.But why do people have many hypotheses? The reason why people have so many guesses about this ...

(3 pages) 14 0 1.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Amedeo Avogadro.

Amedeo Avogadro was born on 9th August 1776 in Turin, Italy. He graduated to become a lawyer but later he became interested in science. In 1800 he ...

(2 pages) 23 0 3.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Amedeo Avogadro.

Amedeo Avogadro was born on 9th August 1776 in Turin, Italy. He graduated to become a lawyer but later he became interested in science. In 1800 he ...

(2 pages) 14 0 1.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Kinder Surprise

factured by many companies worldwide such as Produzioni Editoriali Aprile, a small company based in Turin, Italy.•Paper: the little papers with printings are gotten from Finland since there are m ...

(3 pages) 16 2 5.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

The Shroud Of Turin

Christine Russell Religion 1 9-10-01 Shroud of Turin The Shroud of Turin is believed to be the actual burial cloth of Jesus. Some people think that ... hers believe that it was a random fluke of nature. No one has been able to prove that the Shroud of Turin contains the image of Jesus himself through history or through science. However, there is a lo ... proof that leads us to believe the image is of Jesus.In 1977 forty scientists studied the Shroud of Turin for over ninety-six hours as part of a scientific research group called Shroud of Turin Resear ...

(2 pages) 1173 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Shroud Of Turin

Shroud of Turin The Shroud of Turin is believed to be the actual burial cloth of Jesus. Some people think that ... hers believe that it was a random fluke of nature. No one has been able to prove that the Shroud of Turin contains the image of Jesus himself through history or through science. However, there is a lo ... proof that leads us to believe the image is of Jesus.In 1977 forty scientists studied the Shroud of Turin for over ninety-six hours as part of a scientific research group called Shroud of Turin Resear ...

(2 pages) 1106 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

The economic geography of the Italian region "Piedmont" (Piemonte)

benefits that will be listed and analysed in the coming chapters. The region’s capital city is Turin (Torino) that hosts half of Piedmont’s population. Piedmont also has a remarkable industr ... the performance of the region to those of the other Italian regions. In addition, the capital city, Turin needs an extra chapter to introduce in more detail as it has a high influence on the region ...

(27 pages) 3372 0 0.0 Sep/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics