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Washington's Crossing is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book written by David Hackett Fischer and part of the "Pivotal Moments in American History" series. It is primarily about George Washington's leadership during the 1776 campaign of the American Revolutionary War, culminating with George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River and the subsequent campaign, with the Battle of Trenton, the ...
Since the publication of Creasy's book, other historians have attempted to modify or add to the list. The Battle of San Jacinto. In 1899 The Colonial Press published Decisive Battles of the World by Edward Shepherd Creasy with a Special Introduction and Supplementary Chapters On the Battles of Gettysburg 1863, Sedan 1870, Santiago and Manila 1898, by John Gilmer Speed (Revised Edition)
Abeka Book, LLC, known as A Beka Book until 2017, is an American publisher affiliated with Pensacola Christian College (PCC) that produces K-12 curriculum materials that are used by Christian schools and homeschooling families around the world. [3] [4] [5] It is named after Rebekah Horton, wife of college president Arlin Horton.
Decisive Moments in History (German: Sternstunden der Menschheit, lit. 'Stellar Moments of Humankind') is a 1927 history book by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig . [ 1 ] It started off with only five miniatures in its first edition and grew to a collection of 14 with later editions.
This is a list of mathematics history topics, by Wikipedia page. See also list of mathematicians, timeline of mathematics, history of mathematics, list of publications in mathematics. 1729 (anecdote) Adequality; Archimedes Palimpsest; Archimedes' use of infinitesimals; Arithmetization of analysis; Brachistochrone curve; Chinese mathematics ...
SAT Subject Test in United States History: U.S. History: 624: 115: 66,967 Formerly American History and Social Studies SAT Subject Test in World History: World History: 615: 109: 15,542 Formerly European History and World Cultures SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 1: Mathematics: 599: 116: 66,058 Formerly Math I or IC.
This is a timeline of pure and applied mathematics history.It is divided here into three stages, corresponding to stages in the development of mathematical notation: a "rhetorical" stage in which calculations are described purely by words, a "syncopated" stage in which quantities and common algebraic operations are beginning to be represented by symbolic abbreviations, and finally a "symbolic ...
October 15 – American Civil War: The Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley sinks during a test, killing Horace Lawson Hunley (its inventor) and a crew of seven. [8] October: Red Cross. October 26–29 – The Resolutions of the Geneva International Conference are signed by sixteen countries meeting in Geneva agreeing to form the International ...