Academic Writing Samples - Page 30

By Robert C. Davis In 1817, the American sea captain, James Riley, published An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig “Commerce,” Wrecked…

By Dr. Raphael Calel The United States has in recent years become a stronghold for climate change skepticism, especially since the country’s declaration in 2001…

By Je Wilson In the frontispiece to his father’s book, The Origin of Medicine, published in 1648, there is an engraving of a young Francis…

By Leon Botstein Marking anniversaries of the birth and death of historic figures, particularly in music, is somewhat akin to commemorating annually the date of…

By Frank Delaney Her appeal is so powerful that museums hold her in permanent exhibition—and some of them even commemorate her solely. Hollywood has trawled…

By Henry Giardina The story of cinema begins in violence. The first motion picture camera was constructed by Etienne-Jules Marey, a French scientist who, in…

By Niki Russell In September 1726, news reached the court of King George I of the alleged birth of several rabbits to Mary Toft (1703-1763)…

By Christopher S. Celenza “Comedian,” admittedly, is not the first word you associate with Machiavelli—and “funny” is not a word normally applied to Lucretius. And…

By Ian Stewart Edwin Abbott Abbott, who became Headmaster of the City of London School at the early age of 26, was renowned as a…

By Christine A. Jones Unlike the Brothers Grimm, who recently metamorphosed from children’s story collectors to godfathers of gore for the fairy-tale series, Grimm, Charles…

By Christine A. Jones In the seventeenth century, Europeans who had not traveled overseas tasted coffee, hot chocolate, and tea for the very first time.…

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford The quest to find the Garden of Eden sounds like an occupation that should have fallen by the wayside well before the…

By William C. Carter Although Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff’s translation of À la recherche du temps perdu is considered by many journalists and writers to…

Hillary Rodham Clinton might become the first female President of the United States of America—formerly being the First Lady, a senator, and the Secretary of…

By Christopher Klein A dense ocean of humanity lapped up to the doorstep of John L. Sullivan’s gilded liquor palace. Heads craned and tilted as…

Popular success came late in life to Robert Bridges—not that he much cared. When the journalists finally descended on his house in the summer of…

The publisher Leonard Smithers (1861–1907) launched, bankrolled, or otherwise helped the careers of an impressive variety of names: Richard Burton, Aubrey Beardsley, Aleister Crowley, Ernest…

It is difficult to form a correct idea of a desert without having seen one. It is a vast plain of sands and stones, interspersed…

Geronimo (1829-1909), whose given name was Goyahkla, sometimes spelled Goyathlay, is one of the most famous figures in the history of the American Indian resistance…

How old are the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence? Many might trace their origins to the mid-twentieth century, and the work of people such…