G. H. Hardy Essays

  • Srinivasa Ramanujan

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    mathematics summing geometric and arithmetic series. Ramanujan was shown how to solve cubic equations in 1902 and he went on to find his own method to solve the quartic. It was in the Town High School that Ramanujan came across a mathematics book by G. S. Carr called Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure Mathematics. Ramanujan used this to teach himself mathematics. The book contained theorems, formulas and short proofs. It also contained an index to papers on pure mathematics. By 1904 Ramanujan

  • Watching A Disappearing Number in Theater

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    allowed actors to enter and exit the stage. Although it didn't fit at first, it became effective as the play progressed and the acting style became more non-naturalistic. Screens were also used to alternate between scenes of Ramanujan in India and G.H Hardy in Cambridge. The use of imagery was key in the final scene, where Al lets go of the past and moves on. The sand poured out by each character symbolized the passing of time and connected the past and present, which was the key to the whole play.

  • War of the Worlds by Herbert George (H.G.) Wells

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    War of the Worlds is a novel written by Herbert George (H.G.) Wells in the year 1898. It is a story of and alien invasion that takes place in London, England and how humanity as a whole come together in the toughest possible situation, against the odds, and in the face of adversity, and still come out victorious despite the countless numbers of dead. Destroyed buildings and landmarks. And at times loss of hope. In this report, I will be discussing three of the most important terms of the book: conflict

  • What Is Time Travel Essay

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    We Like It, We Love It, We Want Some More of It: The Allure of Time Travel Time travel has been a growing theme in literature and film since the Father of Science Fiction, H.G. Wells, introduced the idea in his 1895 novel, The Time Machine. Since the novels release, writers and movie producers have drawn from Well’s imaginative ideas and expanded it to unexpected hype. Time travel has evolved over time from a dream into something that many believe is possible. The hundreds of successful movies and

  • The Red Room

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    The Red Room I am writing an essay, based on the story ‘The Red Room’, and will try to explain what makes it such a good mystery story. Some of the main reasons for why it’s a great story include the vocabulary and words the author has used and the setting that the story is created in. The author uses gothic language, giving the story more suspense; he also sets the story in a haunted setting which builds up tension. The story was written by HG Wells, between the turn of the 20th century

  • Time Machine by H.G. Wells

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    Time Machine by H.G. Wells Works Cited Missing In 1895, Victorian Britain was very much Great Britain- 'the workshop of the world.' Since the Industrial Revolution technological advancement had changed the face of the country (shape, structure and appearance). Heavy industry demanded fossil fuels and therefore there was a heavy demand for mine workers. Growing transport demands led to new roads being built. Life in 802,701 seemed very different to that of 1895, it was a time of easy going

  • HG Wells: A Brief Biography Of H. G. Wells

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    Biography Herbert George Wells (or H.G. Wells for short) was born on September 21,1866 to a lady’s maid, and a gardener. HG Wells and his parents Sarah and Joseph, lived in Brombley, England. When HG Wells was seven years old, he had broken his leg. With all of the free time he had, he read and read. Wells had read so much, that he had a fascinating imagination, so filled with thoughts and ideas that he began writing his own little books by the age of ten. When HG Wells was thirteen, his parents

  • Superiority Complex

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    hide their feelings that’s why we have psychologist to help people who use this defensive mechanism. The author of The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells, used literary elements of irony and foreshadowing to portray the theme that there are people in this world who have a superiority complex that makes them believe that they are always in control no matter what. H. G. Wells was seen as the father of miniature war gaming. Works Cited Abrams, Dennis. H.G. Wells. New York: Infobase Learning, 2011. “Wells

  • Comparing Nature of Man in Island of Dr. Moreau and Lord of the Flies

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    Nature of Man Exposed in Island of Dr. Moreau and Lord of the Flies Throughout the natural history of mankind, the human race has always held a notion of its predominance over all other creations of nature. Man has long believed that he is somehow morally superior to all other creatures, motivated by a higher source than basic instincts. Yet, the history of man is marked by an interminable string of events that would seem to contradict that theory: war, genocide, segregation, suppression, tyranny

  • Science as Savior and Destroyer in The Victorian Age

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    R.  The Natural History of H. G. Wells.  Athens, Ohio:  Athens University Press.  1982 Stevenson, Robert Louis.  The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.  1886.  New York:  Dover Publications, Inc.  1991. Wells, H. G.  Experiment in Autobiography:  Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (Since 1866).  1934.  Boston:  Little, Brown and Company.  1962. Wells, H. G.  The Island of Dr. Moreau.  1897.  New York:  Bantam Books, 1994. Wells, H. G.  The Time Machine.  1895. 

  • Utopian Society Research Paper

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    A perfect world we all would like to have one, but it’s hard to do. Society is never perfect, it will always have it’s problems. Problems separate society from society so everything is not the same, and you don’t get bored with it. Problems make the world interesting. Living with freedom, has it’s benefits. Imagine, feeling love, feeling pain, so you don’t mess up again, seeing the beauty of the world. It’s important to realise that in a Utopian society basically has emotions, colors, even the freedom

  • Personal Narrative: My Time Traveling To The Future

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    When I time traveled to the future, it was weird because I went with my sister and with my best friend Layla, but first I will tell you the beginning of the story. When Layla and I were sitting at our desks until our teacher Mrs. Saver showed us a new book called time travel. We both wanted to read the book so we asked Mrs. Sarver if Layla and I could read the book together and Mrs. Sarver told us yes, but we can’t joke around or mess around with each other or she will separate us. When Layla and

  • Anthony Sowell Attachment Theory

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    Anthony Sowell was born on August 19, 1959, in the middle of Cleveland’s industry boom, but in the 1970s it quickly started to fail. Sowell was raised in poverty stricken East Cleveland by his single mother, Claudia Garrison. Sowell was one of seven siblings, being raised by Garrison along with one of Sowell’s sister’s seven children. One of Sowell’s nieces who goes unnamed accounts her and her twin sister being forced to strip by Garrison and would whip with an extension cord until then bled. Sowell

  • Analyzing The Question Of Humanity In The Time Machine By H. G. Wells

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    The question of human nature is one that has confounded humanity since humans first became aware of their own sentience. We have spent many a millennia trying to precariously balance ourselves between light and dark, good and evil, and this is not likely to ever change. In The Time Machine, H.G. Wells tackles this question of human nature by relating these two extremes of humanity through the virtuous Eloi and the malevolent Morlock, and the Time Traveler internalizes each of these extremes and

  • Review of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine

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    Review of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine Science fiction is literary or cinematic genre in which fantasy, typically based on scientific discoveries or developments, environmental changes, space travel, or life on other planets, forms part of the plot or background. Examples of scientific films would be Star Wars, I robot, Matrix, Star Trek and many more. In a scientific film you will find unusual weapons, fast weird looking cars, aliens, lots of machines and funny costumes, all this things

  • Social Class In H. G Wells The Time Machine

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    The Industrial Revolution in Victorian England has steered the world into a new economy through the rapid growths of technology, education, and capital. H.G Wells, a socialist raised man, scorns the developments of capitalism in his stories and books. In The Time Machine, H.G Wells embodies the class inequality of the nineteenth century through the actions and behaviors of the Morlocks and the Eloi to warn humans the danger of continuous capitalist mistreatment of the working class for the benefits

  • The Time Traveller by H G Wells.

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    The Time Traveller by H G Wells. 'Time Travel' For my English Coursework Wide Reading Assignment I have read two S F novels. Even though they were written over 50 years apart they are similar in some ways and different in others. Both the books were based around 'time travel'. The first was the Time Traveller by H G Wells. A scientist had discovered a way to travel through time and when he travels to the future he finds that civilisation has broken down. The other book I read was 'The

  • Does H. G. Wells Create A Utopia Or Dystopia?

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    The author of Divergent said that, “If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's no conflict, there are no stories worth telling - or reading!” (Veronica Roth). Roth is stating that utopian and dystopian literature is based on discussing conflict from the story, so it is necessary for there to be conflict worth talking about in the story. This rule of telling a story worth reading has stayed true throughout our

  • The war of the worlds

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    The war of the worlds This essay will discuss how chapter four ‘the cylinder unscrews’ is important to the novel as a whole. ‘‘The war of the worlds’’ was written by Herbert George Wells, the novel was written in response to several historical events. The most important one was the unification and militirisation of Germany. ‘The war of the worlds’ was written in 1894 which later in 1983 was aired on radio broadcast by Orson Wells. The novel is about Martians invading earth because they can

  • Herbert George Wells

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    literary world, it is for his contribution to the realm of science-fiction that he will always be remembered. H. G. Wells is known as "The Shakespeare of Science-Fiction." He is one of the writers that gave credibility to a rising new genre of science-fiction, or Scientific Romance as it was first called in the late 19th century (the genre was not called science-fiction until 1929, (Wells, H. G. The War of the Worlds: viii)). Herbert George Wells was born on September 21, 1866, in a "shabby home," as