... to find in an operational research problem and to model the layout of the building but also to make the design of the building aesthetically pleasing by application of the Golden Ratio, for example. The pyramids of ancient Egypt are probably the most well known example of the application of mathematics to historical architecture but mathematical ratios were also used in ... the construction of many buildings in both the classical Greek and ancient Roman empires. A diagram4 showing the dimensions of the golden rectangle as used in the construction of the Parthenon is given on the next pa...

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... life. Jews were distinguishing themselves everywhere: in science, in scholarship - and in politics. One may date the two decades from the turn of the century through the mid-1920s as a golden age of Italian Jewry, when they loomed largest in national life. By the end of that period, there had been more than 40,000 Jews in Italy. Two dozen Jews ... ...

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... many coups and revolution attempts that happened over the first years of the republic. It showed that the regime was certainly unpopular with the German people, particularly compared to the Golden Years', where there was no major unrest. A further effect of the revolution attempts was the publicity gained by extremists. Hitler in particular was unknown before the Munich Putsch but that ... ...

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... its welfare promises and many right wing Germans strongly resented the Republic for signing the Dawes and Young plans. I think that the years 1924-29 were only seen as the "Golden 20s" because of the drastic contrast to the years of crisis and turmoil of 1918-23. ...

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... to no other challenge. The unfruitful management and deal making of the Weimar Republic, such as the failure of the Schleicher Plan, trade deficit, unemployment, and food shortages, gave Hitler a golden opportunity to gain followers and attempt to grasp Germany's government. With the improper administration of the Weimar Republic, and the Great Depression of 1929, Germany exhausted from suffering was desperate ... ...

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