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voltaire on science
what is the main idea of this passage?
sir isaac newton is the greatest scientist of this era.
light comes from the sun in fewer than seven
minutes.
according to your cartesians [followers of descartes),
everything is performed by an impulsion, of which we
have very little notion; and according to sir isaac
newton, it is by an attraction, the cause of which is as
much unknown to us. at paris you imagine that the earth
is shaped like a melon, or of an oblique figure; at london
it has an oblate one. a cartesian declares that light exists
in the air; but a newtonian asserts that it comes from the
sun in six minutes and a half. the very essence of
things is totally how furiously contradictory
are these opinions!
the followers of descartes know more than those
who follow newton.
people still don't understand how the world works.

Final exam: us history playlist project instructions: in lieu of a final exam you will have a project that is due thursday june 20 @ 11.59pm this exam is worth 60 points. you may choose to complete the traditional exam or this exam. they are worth the exact same score i will simply exempt one, and give you credit for the other you are to create playlist of songs from each era we studied this year you will have anywhere from 10.12 songs depending on how you view the year you may do it on powerpoint word prezi spotify, itunes or anything else you can think of assignment find a song that you can relate to a histoncal era we discussed in order to earn full credit you must submit the name of the song and artist 2 the lyrics to that song either a portion or all with the lyrics highlighted that you feel remind you of something we studied i will not go searching for these make sure you include them 3 a 3-5 sentence paragraph that explains why these lyrics remind you of the era we studied. this is your chance to make connections to what you have learned prove me to me you understand what was going on in the world during this time period see rubric for grading specifics these same songs mo mendy's example: see next page (note: the example is for a us history course you may not i would do an image like this yours would have more songo)