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- 3401: George Brenard Shaw
- ... London in 1892 and Arm's and The Man performed in London & New York, in 1894. While he was not writing, Shaw discovered Karl Marx and read his book Das Kapital, during which, grew his interest in history & civilization. After reading Why are the Many Poor?, he joined the Fabian Society on 16th May 1884, later becoming one of it s leaders. By joining the Fabian Society he met his life ...
- 3402: Gailileo 3
- ... great verbal as well as mathematical skill. He seemed to make a lot of by making his opponents look like fools. Moreover not all of them were fools. -2- These eventually followed some expressions of interest by the Inquisition. Prima facie, Copernicanism was in contradiction with Scripture, and in 1616 Galileo was given some kind of secret, but official, warning that he was not to defend Copernicanism. Just what was said ...
- 3403: Galileo 2
- ... from speculative physics to careful measurements, discovered the law of falling bodies and of the parabolic path of projectiles, studied the motions of pendulums, and investigated mechanics and the strength of materials. He showed little interest in astronomy, although beginning in 1595 he preferred the Copernican theory that the earth revolves around the sun to the Aristotelian and Ptolemaic assumption that planets circle a fixed earth. Only the Copernican model supported ...
- 3404: Fritz Haber
- ... did not have either reason specifically in mind when performing his research. His dedication to science and the search for solutions to a chemical problem inspired his work. He said later of his work: "The interest of a wider circle has its source in the recognition that ammonia synthesis on a large scale represents a useful...way to satisfy an economic need. This practical usefulness was not the preconceived goal of ...
- 3405: Frank Lloyd Wright 3
- ... in the modern style, is considered one of the greatest figures in 20th-century architecture. Wright was born June 8, 1867, in Richland Center, Wisconsin. When he entered the University of Wisconsin in 1884 his interest in architecture had already acknowledged itself. The university offered no courses in his chosen field; however, he enrolled in civil engineering and gained some practical experience by working part time on a construction project at ...
- 3406: Fidel Castro 2
- ... opposed, Washington recognized his government. Batista had already broken ties with the Soviet Union and became an ally to the U.S. throughout the cold war. He was continually friendly and helpful to American business interest. But he failed to bring democracy to Cuba or secure the broad popular support that might have legitimized his rape of the 1940 Constitution. As the people of Cuba grew increasingly dissatisfied with his gangster ...
- 3407: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- ... marred by alcoholism and financial difficulties, troubled by lost love, and frustrated by is lack of inspiration. Fitzgerald was the son of well-to-do Midwestern parents. He was a talented child with an early interest in writing plays and poetry. As a young man, he emulated the rich, youthful and beautiful, a social group with whom he maintained a lifelong love-hate relationship(_______). His first stories appeared in Princeton University ...
- 3408: Florence Nightingale
- ... In Ontario, her model for nursing education did not take effect until 1974, when nursing education separated from the hospitals and became part of the College curriculum. Nightingale made notes continuously throughout her life. Her interest in statistics and her careful attention to detail came together to complete many writing. Her book Notes on nursing: What it is and is Not, was published in 1859, was a success and widely read ...
- 3409: Francios Rabelias
- In Italy, early 1300s, a cultural movement began. This period of time is known as the Renaissance, an age of reborn interest in the arts. During this time artist emerged with paintings that recognized daily life, in contrast with paintings of holy and importain people just a few years earlier. Artist began to paint in three dimensions ...
- 3410: Ernest Hemingway 5
- ... His other friend was his tennis partner, Robert Cohn, a graduate of Princeton and former boxer, whose only goal was to win Lady Brett Ashley. Despite the intentions of these two men Brett s only interest was to drink, meet new friends, and marry Mike Campbell. Even the Catholic Church failed to provide Jake with the security of religion. The Catholic Church had an awfully good way of handling all that ...
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