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Week 8 - chronicle entry Hanem Ibrahim

My Goal for this weekis learning abou the books that changed the world .

Targeted information goals:

What are the most important books that changed the world?

How these books did change the world?

Are they still having the same effects on todays life?

References

1- English Bible History(2008) http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-

history/martin-luther.html

2- Olmert, Michael (1992) The Smithsonian book of books.- Washington,D.C : the Smithsonian books. 319p.

3- This, Share (2007)Top 10 Books that Changed the World

http://listverse.com/2007/07/24/top-10-books-that-changed-the-world/

Summary

There are many books that changed the world. These books had greateffects on the humans life since each one of them found its way to the spotlights. All the Holy Books (The Torah, The Bible, and The Koran) are on

this list of the most affecting books on the humans life, and they still havegreat impacts on people.(Olmert,1992). There are other books that opposedsome religious ideas, from these books that had such a great influence thatreally changed the world like The Ninety-Five Theses on the Power andEfficacy of Indulgences which written in Latin by Martin Luther in 1517,that book was widely regarded as the primary catalyst for the ProtestantReformation. Luther used these theses to display his displeasure with someof the Roman Catholic clergy's abuses, most notably the sale of indulgences;this ultimately gave birth to Protestantism. (English Bible, 2008) There arealso The Analects Confucius it is a radical text that have been thedominant influence on Chinese thought and culture ((This, 2007). The Holy

books did already changed the world, and they will stay affecting peopleslife till the end of the world. Beside the religious books in the list of the booksthat changed the world, there are many scientific books that madedifference in lot of old scientific theories, The Kanon in Medicine(Olmert,1992). is a 14-volume Arabic medical encyclopedia written by aPersian scientist and physician by Avicenna (Ibn Sn) and completed in1025. This book brought together the knowledge and theories of AncientGreek, Persian, and Indian medicine (largely forgotten otherwise) and

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combined it with contemporary 11th century understanding. It laid thefoundations of modern medical science. It is considered the firstpharmacopoeia, and among other things, the book is known for theintroduction of systematic experimentation and quantification into the studyof physiology, the discovery of the contagious nature of infectious diseases,

the introduction of quarantine to limit the spread of contagious diseases, andthe introduction of evidence-based medicine, experimental medicine, clinicaltrials, randomized controlled trials, efficacy tests, clinical pharmacology,neuropsychiatry, physiological psychology, risk factor analysis, and the ideaof a syndrome in the diagnosis of specific diseases. Other scientific booksthat had a great influence on the world The Philosophi Naturalis PrincipiaMathematica (Mathematical principles of natural philosophy) by IsaacNewton is one of the these scientific books that changed the world, the three-volume work was first published on 5 July 1687. It laid the foundation formuch of modern physics and mathematics. It contains the statement ofNewtons laws of motion forming the foundation of classical mechanics This

book On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1859) is considered aseminal work in the field of evolutionary biology. It proposes that over time,through natural selection, species evolve. It was a highly controversial bookas it contradicted many religious views on biology at the time. Darwins bookwas the culmination of evidence he had accumulated on the voyage of theBeagle in the 1830s and expanded through continuing investigations andexperiments since his return to England. From the other books that have agreat impact on the economic life in this world, Communist Manifestowhich was written by communist theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels(1848) This work has become one of the most influential political tracts inhistory. The Manifesto suggested a course of action for a proletarian

(working class) revolution to overthrow. The Republic of Plato, whichwas written in approximately 380 BC. It is one of the most influential worksof philosophy and political theory, Platos contrast between the imperfectworld of mortals and the perfect corms of immortal souls had a great deal ofinfluence over Christianity and Islam and Western philosophy in general.(This, 2007)

There are many other books that had a great impact on different places onthe world , these books changed theories, and thoughts, it affected the wayof our life on this world .