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LegacyShares! The blog that keeps on sharing.

Welcome to the blog.

What is LegacyShares?

Well, LegacyShares is a blog created for the sole purpose of sharing. What could I share? Anything, from quotes to ebooks to tutorials and jokes, to movie recommendations and TV series.
Note: almost all posts are random in correlation with each other. So you might see a song in one post, a discussion on biology on the next.

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Paulo Coelho – The Alchemist

Can’t believe I haven’t posted this yet.

Paulo Coelho’s enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and inspiring wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. No one knows what the treasure is, or if Santiago will be able to surmount the obstacles along the way. But what starts out as a journey to find worldly goods turns into a discovery of the treasure found within. Lush, evocative, and deeply humane, the story of Santiago is an eternal testament to the transforming power of our dreams and the importance of listening to our hearts.

Download Link:
The Alchemist.epub

Enjoy!

The Hot Jupiter

Did you know? WASP-33 B is the hottest known planet. Called a ‘Hot Jupiter’ because it is about as huge as Jupiter is, and is way closer to its star than Jupiter is to the sun, even more than Mercury is.

But you know what’s even hotter? WR 104.

It’s a star about 8000 light-years away from us. It’s mass is about the equivalent of 25 of our suns. And when it dies, when it collapses, the energy it will produce will be stronger than the entire amount of energy our sun will emit in its entire life time.

Gamma-ray bursts are quite narrow, so we are safe. But in the case that it does hit earth, even an exposure for ten seconds will wipe away a huge part of the O-zone layer, and will probably lead to mass-extinction and starvation; from 8000 light-years away.

Algebra I and II Essentials For Dummies

For those of you who need that extra push to review for that Algebra exam.

With its use of multiple variables, functions, and formulas algebracan be confusing and overwhelming to learn and easy to forget.Perfect for students who need to review or reference criticalconcepts, Algebra I Essentials For Dummies provides contentfocused on key topics only, with discrete explanations of criticalconcepts taught in a typical Algebra I course, from functions andFOILs to quadratic and linear equations.

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Passing grades in two years of algebra courses are required for high school graduation. Algebra II Essentials For Dummies covers key ideas from typical second-year Algebra coursework to help students get up to speed. Free of ramp-up material, Algebra II Essentials For Dummies sticks to the point, with content focused on key topics only. It provides discrete explanations of critical concepts taught in a typical Algebra II course, from polynomials, conics, and systems of equations to rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions.

This guide is also a perfect reference for parents who need to review critical algebra concepts as they help students with homework assignments, as well as for adult learners headed back into the classroom who just need a refresher of the core concepts. The Essentials For Dummies Series Dummies is proud to present our new series, The Essentials For Dummies. Now students who are prepping for exams, preparing to study new material, or who just need a refresher can have a concise, easy-to-understand review guide that covers an entire course by concentrating solely on the most important concepts. From algebra and chemistry to grammar and Spanish, our expert authors focus on the skills students most need to succeed in a subject.

Algebra II Essentials For Dummies

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Mediocrity.


Picture from AsumFace, DeviantArt.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
-Albert Einstein

This is true, when you look at historic examples. Galileo, for example, when he insisted that the sun was the center of the solar system, and not the Earth, he was met with this ‘violent opposition’. A heliocentric view of the universe was contradictory to the views of the Catholic Church at that time, even if he offered ‘advanced scientific proof’. He defended himself and the Copernican ideas.

Pope Paul V instructed Cardinal Bellarmine to deliver this finding to Galileo, and to order him to abandon the Copernican opinions. On 26 February, Galileo was called to Bellarmine’s residence and ordered

… to abandon completely… the opinion that the sun stands still at the center of the world and the earth moves, and henceforth not to hold, teach, or defend it in any way whatever, either orally or in writing.

— The Inquisition’s injunction against Galileo, 1616

And even though how much the people have threatened him, he still held true to his ideas.

They say a great idea can turn into something even more innovative, such as a spark can blaze into a great inferno. But, anyone can snuff out a spark.

Isaac Asimov – The Foundation Series

For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Sheldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future–to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire–both scientists and scholars–and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for a fututre generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.

But soon the fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. Mankind’s last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and be overrun–or fight them and be destroyed.

The Foundation Series – Epub and Mobi