Albert Einstein
.... and became lecturer there. The
next year Einstein received a regular appointment as associate professor of
physics at the University of Zurich. By 1909, Einstein was recognized throughout
Europe as a leading scientific thinker. In 1909 the fame that resulted from his
theories got Einstein a job at the University of Prague, and in 1913 he was
appointed director of a new research institution opened in Berlin, the Kaiser
Wilhelm Physics Institute.
In 1915, during World War 1, Einstein published a paper th .....
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George Washington Carver
.... of agriculture.
For the rest of his life, Carver put together a laboratory, made useless
and over-farmed land farmable, and continued research. Much of the land in
the South had been over-farmed. All of the soil's nutrients had been
depleted by the cotton and tobacco plant. Carver improved soil with his
own blend of fertilizers. He also advised farmers to plant peanuts and
sweet potatoes, he told them this would help the soil. So many farmers did
this and were stuck with peanuts and sw .....
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Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years Of Movie Magic
.... and special effects, which along
with his cameos, are what he is most often associated with. Hitchcock led
a long and prosperous life in the movie industry, starting as a teenager
and making movies up until his death in 1980, while working on the 54th of
his career (Sterrit 3).
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1889 in London,
England. As a child his parents were very strict with him and they imposed
severe and unusual punishments upon him, as what they considered to be
discipl .....
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Alfred Tennyson And His Work
.... invited him to join. The members of this group would
remain Tennyson's friends all his life.
Arthur Hallam was the most important of these friendships. Hallam,
a brilliant Victorian young man was recognized by his peers as having
unusual promise. He and Tennyson knew each other only four years, but
their intense friendship had a major influence on the poet. On a visit to
Somersby, Hallam met and later became engaged to Emily Tennyson, and the
two friends looked forward to a life-long companionshi .....
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A Memorable Experience In Photography
.... breakthrough in the field of photography came during the Spanish
Civil War. His most famous picture was a snapshot of a courageous man in
the act of falling(Capa18). His own special talents and course of world
happenings, led him into a role as a professional photographer of
war(Images of War20). To really admire and understand Capa, you must have
a fascination for dramatic and emotional pictures of war. There probably
has been thousands who admire the work he does. Well you can include me
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Anne Boleyn
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carried out these plans by not allowing Anne to marry the man that she
truly loved. Anne was bitter about this decision that she had no say in.
Anne's second love was the love of being queen. Being queen seems to be
one of her childhood dreams, which is understandable, because many girls
dream of being a princess or a queen when they get older. Anne's final and
strongest love was the love for her daughter. Elizabeth was the most
important thing in Anne's life, and she would have done anything t .....
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Anne Bradstreet: The Heretical Poet
.... comprehend what kinds of human activities and behaviors were acceptable
and how Bradstreet deviated from these behaviors.
Bradstreet was not truly unorthodox in that she did not dissent
from accepted beliefs and doctrine. She was a woman of the 17th Century
and lived in a male dominated, intensely religious society. She lived
within the limitations not only of the beliefs and standards of her society,
but of her sex. A woman's place was definitely in the home in Colonial
America. The experiences of .....
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The Life Of Anne Frank
.... saboteur, they simply grab five hostages and line them up
against the wall. You read the announcements of their death in the paper,
where they're referred to as 'fatal accidents.'"--October 9, 1942
"All college students are being asked to sign an official statement to the
effect that they 'sympathize with the Germans and approve of the New
Order." Eighty percent have decided to obay the dictates of their
conscience, but the penalty will be severe. Any student refusing to sign
will be sent to a German .....
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The Life And Work Of Anthony Burgess
.... the life and experience of its author. In a
series of five books, Burgess also focused on his life experiences.
Enderby's Dark Lady was the fifth in the series, and that will be the
second book focused on in this paper. Anthony Burgess's work in A
Clockwork Orange and Enderby's Dark Lady strongly reflects significant
events or influences in his own life.
Anthony Burgess was born John Burgess Wilson in Manchester, England
in early 1917. (Stinson 1). Both of Burgess's parents were members of the
theatr .....
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Albert Einstein
.... position.Einstein was never concerned about money.Publishers from all
parts of the world offered him huge amounts of money for an autobiography.He
never accepted any of their offers.Einstein was married twice.He was seperated
from his first wife after he arrived in Berlin.During World War I he married his
first cousin,Elsa.She shared his life with him until she died in Princeton in
1936.He had two sons from his first marriage.He also had two stepdaughters from
his second marriage.In 1933 while Einstein .....
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Geoffrey Chaucer
.... affects on his writing was immense.
London of that time was not the London of today. It was a walled city,
guarded against invasion, but long enough time had passed since such a
threat had approached that the defenses had loosened. Houses perched upon
the walls, and Chaucer in fact, lived for a time in a house built over
Aldgate, (one of the gates of the city).
London was a city less than three-quarters of a square mile in size: It
ran east and west along the Thames less than one and a half miles, and
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The Work Of Poet And Philosoher Archibald Lampman
.... Lampman formed a group through-out collage that met
frequently to write and discuss. Close friends like that influenced him to
write such popular pieces as "Heat" and "A sunset at Les Eboulements" and
yet in his darkest moments we get the main topic of this essay "The City of
The End of Things". Like most great poets, Lampmans moods and feelings had
a direct effect on the nature and topic of his poetry. Lampman chief
poetry was done after a great joy in his life, or a great sadness. Sadly,
Archibald was .....
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Biography Of Arthur Clarke
.... married, and still, to this day, is a
bachelor.
Clarke is a very successful writer. In fact, he is considered to be
one of the most successful science fiction authors ever! He has written
many books, including: Hammer of god; 2001, a space Odyssey; Prelude to
Space; The Sands of Mars; Islands in the Sky; Against the Fall of Night;
Childhood's End; Expedition to Earth; Going into Space; and Earthlight.
Arthur has also written a few Nonfiction books, like Interplanetary Flight,
and The Exploration of Space .....
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Authors: M. Rowlandson, J. Edwards, T. Jefferson, W. Irving, And J. Cooper
.... as people continued to become more open minded...for America was
giving them the freedom to do this, along with many other freedoms.
Thomas Jefferson, America's 3rd president, and an accomplished one at that.
Jefferson helped bring into exhistance the Declaration of Independence.
He also bought a huge amount of land from Napolean, known as the Lousiana
Purchase for 15 Million dollars, what a deal! Napolean definately needed
money to finance his little war, tsk tsk.
A real thinker in the enligh .....
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Famous Explorers Of Africa
.... was a 27 year old man who was fascinated by the stories
told about peoples travels to Africa. His readings of Mungo park also
stimulated his fascination. Callie had entered a contest for the first
person to reach Timbuktu and reach back. He had reached Timbuktu. During
Callie's trip he did not find it easy to prove to the French Authorities
that a young man with no experience could discover Timbuktu. On his way
back Callie had joined a Arab Caravan preparing to cross from Western
Sahara to Morocco. Callie .....
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