World War I

scientific theory to support his desire for atheism.  But alas, with no other theory in place,  th  intelligent individuals of 18  century France were forced to use creationism to explain the world  in its beauty and organization.  This, as previously stated, was not a problem for Voltaire.  His  issue was the moral implications that separated religious groups, often to the point of war with  one another.  Religious intolerance was a subject he dealt with in many of his works, especially  Candide. The religious characters in this work were mostly negative with the exception of 

DANS LA GUERRE (1914-1918): ACCEPTER, ENDURER, REFUSER INSIDE THE WAR (1914-1918): ACCEPTANCE, ENDURANCE, REFUSAL Colloque organisé par l’Historial de la Grande Guerre Conference organized by the Historial de la Grande Guerre. Péronne, 7-9 novembre 2008 The dichotomy between ‘consent’ and ‘coercion’ has acquired a certain importance in recent debates on the experience of societies during the First World War. This conference hopes to reformulate the problem of the popular involvement in

Introduction I want to talk about today deals with this fabulous drink: “The coca cola”. Do you know how old coca cola is? More than a hundred years! And since, this drink has become famous all over the world. To tell you the coca cola story, we will talk about its invention at first, then its evolution and to finish the consequences of its success. I) Invention of coca-cola. It was invented in 1886 by a pharmacist called John Pemberton. Pemberton used to test medical formulas until one

Swiss Patent Office(Office des brevets suisse), where he worked on new inventions. The devastation of World War I turned him into an active pacifist (pacifiste). While visiting America in 1933, the Nazi party came to power in Germany and Einstein renounced his German citizenship (citoyenneté) for the second time. He chose to stay in America, accepting a position at Princeton University. During World War II, Einstein knew the Germans were working on the atomic bomb. He informed President Roosevelt of

soon in this world, even a journalist can’t know the reality of the world he has to describe so he may wonder what about us, simple spectators of what happen. We all know that George Clooney is a fervent defender of the civil rights and against the war in Iraq and by this way against the policy of George Bush. Thus we can think that this film is also a mean to criticize the numerous mistakes made by his president during the last five years. In others words his involvement into Iraq War, his opposition

twelve centuries, about a dozen empires and a vast territory, stretching from Spain in the west to the islands of Indonesia in the Pacific Ocean. It is impossible to provide a comprehensive treatment of the history of Islam in a brief space. However, I have attempted to present here, and in related pages that are linked or planned, a concise (relatively) treatment of the essential facts that everyone should know about Islam, the Arabs and the Middle East. Islam arose in the Arabian peninsula, and its

Axelrod is a member of the American National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His honors include a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for the period 1987 through 1992. Under what conditions will cooperation emerge in a world of egoists without central authority? This question has intrigued people for a long time. We all know that people are not angels, and that they tend to look after themselves and their own first. Yet we also know that cooperation does occur and that

map Geopolitics is associated to territories = art. 4 different areas: - Land = most important - Sea (78% of the earth) - Air = important since WWI (i.e. military activities) - Space, since 1950’s (i.e. Cold War) History, geography, economy, demography and social characteristics (language, religion) are very important geopolitics. This term was used the 1st time by a Swedish professor, Rudolf KJELLEN (19th century) concerning the German process of unification

well paid and high status occupations. But through the 20 th century, opinion’s changed as the workforce moved to office job and women acquired a better education because of a civil war. In 1914, the World War I allows women entering in the workforce because there was a high demand of production in Europe. World War II had a similar impact but at a very higher level. On one hand, thousands of women joined the military in non combative positions and were paid like men on the same job. On the other

“Do we live in a global age?”… This sentence brings out two major characteristics: the need to provide additional tools for understanding the world today, and concern about the prospects offered by the current capitalism. The new century has opened is marked both by continuity, and both by profound changes. Jacques Chirac (former President of France) has said: “Globalization is a new face of the human adventure.” This illustrates the fact that globalization is due to men and is part of our present