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- 2141: Albert Einstein
- ... the popular press. Einstein returned to Germany in 1914 but did not reapply for German citizenship. Einstein received the Nobel Prize in 1921 but not for relativity rather for his 1905 work on the photoelectric effect . He worked at Princeton on work which attempted to unify the laws of physics.
- 2142: Charles Manson: Orgins of a Madman
- ... figures. "It wasn't a very difficult process. He was dealing with lonely insecure people in need of a father figure, people who didn't have much ego to begin with. What he did, in effect, was to tear down that ego and substitute himself, thus gaining enormous control over his followers." 2 To his girls, Charles Manson was a "beautiful man who loved us all totally." Later, a group of ...
- 2143: Inventor Project April 1, 1996 Albert Einstein
- ... theories in physics. My first theoretical paper was on Brownian motion. The paper discussed the significant predictions I made about particles that are randomly distributed in a fluid. My next paper was on the photoelectric effect, which contained a revolutionary hypothesis on the nature of light. I proposed that under certain circumstances light can be considered as consisting of particles, and I also hypothesized that energy carried by any light particle ...
- 2144: Albert Einstein
- ... where he had originally studied. It was not until 1914 that Einstein was tempted to return to Germany to become research director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics. World War I had a strong effect on Einstein. While the rest of Germany supported the army, he felt the war was unnecessary, and disgusting. The new weapons of war which attempted to mass slaughter people caused him to devote much of ...
- 2145: The Life and Work of Anthony Burgess
- ... Mrs. F. Alexander by Alex and his three droogs in A Clockwork Orange." (Stinson 9). Out of all these influences of Burgess's life on A Clockwork Orange, Burgess's love of music, and its effect on his writing are perhaps the most evident. As mentioned earlier, Burgess originally wanted to go to school for music, but he was not accepted due to the fact that he had failed physics (Stinson ...
- 2146: The Life of Anne Frank
- ... 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 ...
- 2147: Adolf Hitler
- ... you can see Adolf did not idealize his father very much, and his death in 1903 actually came as a relief to Adolf. Adolf really idealized his mother, whose death in 1907 had a traumatic effect on him. So as you can see Adolf lead a very mixed up childhood. As Hitler grew up, he failed as a student in the classical secondary schools. This led Hitler to new opportunities, for ...
- 2148: Abraham Lincoln
- ... party's state convention that year he warned that "a house divided against itself cannot stand" and predicted the eventual triumph of freedom. Meeting Douglas in a series of debates, he challenged his opponent in effect to explain how he could reconcile his principles of popular sovereignty with the Dred Scott decision (see Dred Scott Case). In his reply, Douglas reaffirmed his belief in the practical ability of settlers to keep ...
- 2149: Abigail Adams
- ... that was bigger than the original building to make room for the children, servants, and visitors. When I say servants it means that they were probably slaves but were called servants to avoid the dehumanizing effect that the word 'slave' can mean. Their house was a sight of luxury in the eyes of the common folk in the parish. Though they lived well, the Smiths had no fortune. Abigail's father ...
- 2150: Woman of the Year: 1953-Queen Elizabeth II
- ... that we here in Britain, by accident rather than design, have stumbled back to the original, the true and abiding function of monarchy, which lay in the magical power of kings...to represent, express and effect the aspiration of the collective subconscious.” (Time Almanac 1994, 4). The Queen Elizabeth Island named in honor of Queen Elizabeth II. It is located in Canada, north of Lancaster Sound and Melville Sound. The total ...
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