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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 ...
Edward Young's Conjectures on Original Composition was pivotal in the formulation of Romantic notions of inspiration. He said that genius is "the god within" the poet who provides the inspiration. Thus, Young agreed with psychologists who were locating inspiration within the personal mind (and significantly away from the realm either of the ...
David Hackett Fischer (born December 2, 1935) is University Professor of History Emeritus at Brandeis University.Fischer's major works have covered topics ranging from large macroeconomic and cultural trends (Albion's Seed, The Great Wave) to narrative histories of significant events (Paul Revere's Ride, Washington's Crossing) to explorations of historiography (Historians' Fallacies, in which ...
In an example provided by Post et al., a car designer might choose to provide the variety through the use of a different color for the car door handles while enforcing unity by placing similarly-shaped handles on a single line that can be visually extended to the headlights ("continuity").
Michael J. Fox had his family by his side during one of the most pivotal moments in his career.. The actor, 63, shared a photo on his Instagram on Monday, Jan. 6 after he received the Presidential ...
c. 50 – Aulus Cornelius Celsus died, leaving De Medicina, a medical encyclopedia; Book 3 covers mental diseases.The term insania, insanity, was first used by him. The methods of treatment included bleeding, frightening the patient, emetics, enemas, total darkness, and decoctions of poppy or henbane, and pleasant ones such as music therapy, travel, sport, reading aloud, and massage.
Buckeyes fans, though, should take solace that Ohio State produced enough key plays in timely moments to survive one of the nation’s elite defenses. Yeah, this wasn’t the same Ohio State team ...
Fresh off his third-ever Golden Globe win for his role as Oswald "Oz" Cobb in TV's "The Penguin," Colin Farrell honored some of the other greats to play "Batman" franchise villains.