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- 6321: Albert Einstein
- ... 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 that extended his theories. He put forth new views on the nature of gravitation. Newton's theories he said were not accurate enough. Einstein's theories seemed to explain the ... possible and that enemy nations must be allowed to make them first. Roosevelt agreed with Einstein and funded the Manhattan Project. On April 18, 1955, Albert Einstein died. To his dying day, he urged the world to come to some agreement that would make nuclear wars forever impossible. SHAHIN TEHRANI
- 6322: Hellen Nellie McClung: A Canadian Feminist
- ... also the man who Nellie married. She married at the age of 23 in a Presbyterian Church in Wawanesa, Manitoba. Nellie shortly after her marriage, devoted her life to helping women fight for a better world. She saw too many women being mistreated by their drunken husbands. She saw alcohol as a major problem, husbands would get drunk and then assault the women. Nellie though that if women obtained the right ... she was the only Canadian woman delegate to the League of Nations. Sir Robert Borden, Canadian prime minister, recognized Nellie's contributions to Canada when he appointed her the only woman member of the Dominion War Council. Nellie did many things as a feminist, and in addition to her impressive resume she also raised five children. All her life Nellie took a strong interest in the welfare of human beings. This interest was reflected in her love of peace and fear of war. As she entered old age, Nellie suffered a series of heart attacks. She unfortunately passed away in 1951, at age 78. Right up until the end of her life Nellie remained interested in women' ...
- 6323: Lee Iacocca
- ... his senior year in high school Lee came down with rheumatic fever. He had a harsh bout with the disease because there was no modern medicine to aid in the recovery. In 1941 during the World War he was very excited about joining the military. Ironically, the illness that had almost killed him, saved him from going to war. Most of his classmates that joined the service had been killed over-seas and abroad. For college Lee chose Lehigh University for its engineering program, although he wanted to go to Purdue, he did ...
- 6324: The Ambitions of Napoleon
- ... one of history's greatest leaders. He realized he was the only one to end civil dispute in France, in order to create unity. Napoleon saw himself as a man of destiny. The glory of war and the empire he wanted to create was irresistible. For years he went from victory to victory, but in the end of his reign he was destroyed by his own restless ambition to take over ... But when he returned from England he got into politics and the public looked at him like any other politician. The French did not like him from the start because he was conservative. So when war broke out between France and England in 1793, Paoli, who had been warmly accepted in England during his exile, could not even be relied on to side with the country he was now a citizen ... remembered for his loyalty to France, to end its civil dispute, and revision of a government that still lives on today, not for his loss at Waterloo. Napoleon is one of the best generals the world has ever seen, which's why he is Napoleon the Great.
- 6325: Biography of Rasputin
- ... while leading a Godly life will keep you and everyone around you protected. Rasputin, in both his distorted religious beliefs and lifestyle, not only got himself killed, but changed the history of Russia and the world forever. Rasputin was born Grigory Yefimovich Novykh in 1872, to a Siberian family, in the town of Pokrovskoye. Even though Grigory attended school, he remained illiterate throughout his whole life. His licentious reputation also earned ... Nicholas, not wanting to anger his wife or endanger his son, chose to ignore any more allegations of wrongdoing. Rasputin reached the zenith of his power in the Russian court after the year 1915. During World War I, Nicholas II took personal command of his troops and went to the front, leaving Alexandra in charge of Russia's internal affairs, with Rasputin serving as her personal advisor. Rasputin influenced the selection ...
- 6326: Biography of Samuel Clemens
- ... Mississippi' about his four years piloting the Spread Eagle along the twisting river, he decided to use the name Mark Twain. Mark Twain stopped piloting the riverboat in 1861, at the start of the Civil War, to join the Union. He went to war for two weeks and left immediately after being involved in the shooting of a civilian. He said he knew retreating better than it's inventor did. He soon decided to travel 1,700 miles from ... and eventually made his way to Egypt where he was surprised by the large number of American tourists. He called many of them lost tribes of America. Twain soon felt he was in a strange world that had developed so much from his small town of Hannibal. My heart is in my own century, Twain said,but I wish the twentieth well. There were other great phrases that he said, ...
- 6327: The Life of Emily Dickinson
- ... serious affairs were documented in her letters and poems. But, since Emily's life was so self kept and private the exact identity of these people remains unsure. What is known, is during the Civil War , worried for her friends and families lives, death increased in frequency to be a dominant theme in her writings. After 1878, the year of her influential father's death, (a treasurer of Amherst college, and ... the gun in the analogy) - may longer live- He longer must- than I- For I have but the power to kill, Without-the power to die-. Critics state that here Dickinson, (writing during the Civil War, 1863 specifically) speaks of the importance of mortality and death, and highlights the pure foolishness behind killing (Griffith 188). As stated above, Dickinson is known for encompassing many perspectives on a single topic. In, I ... From its inevitable coming to its eternal existence, Dickinson explains her feelings and thoughts toward death in the full, circumference of its' philosophy. As she edged towards the end of her life, Dickinson gave the world new poetic perspectives into the human mind and its dealing and avoidance of death (Whicher 30).
- 6328: The Life of Mohandas Gandhi
- The Life of Mohandas Gandhi Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) was a genious, spiritual leader and humanitarian who introduced a concept of nonviolent civil disobedience to the political world. He was to become the leader of one of the century's major advances in his struggle for Indian rights and independence (Ahmedabad 97). Gandhi was born into a powerful family which belonged to the ... stimulated Gandhi's ideas for non-violent resistance. The main principle behind all of Gandhi's teachings is the concept of Satyagraha (Sharp 1973 76), or non-violence, the lens through which he viewed the world. Satya (truth) refers to love, and agraha (firmness) refers to force. This concept of non-violence was designed to secure social reform and human liberation without the use of violence (Shridharani 59). Satyagraha is an ... Gandhi The End of An Empire. Dir., Gilles Delannoy. Vision 7 ECPA, 1993. Sharpe, Gene. The Politics of Nonviolent Action. Boston: Porter Sargent, 1973.
, Gandhi as a Political Strategist. Boston: Porter Sargent, 1979 Shridharani, Krishnalal. War Without Violence: A Study of Gandhi's Method and its Accomplishments. London: Voctor Gollancz, 1939. Zeilonka, Janet. Strengths and Weaknesses of Nonviolent Action. Orbis, 1986.
- 6329: Charles Darwin
- ... After graduating from Cambridge in 1831, the 22-year-old Darwin was taken aboard the English survey ship HMS Beagle, mainly because of Henslow's recommendation, as an unpaid naturalist on an expedition around the world. When the voyage began, Darwin didn't believe that species change through time, but he did believe in two prevailing ideas of the time. The first theory was that the earth was 6,000 years ... the availability of food for human survival couldn't match the rate of population growth. Therefore, the population had to be checked by natural limitations such as famine and disease, or by actions such as war. After studying Malthus's essay, Darwin immediately applied his principles to plant and animal life, and by 1838 he had arrived at his first idea of the theory of evolution through natural selection. For the ... or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Darwin's complete theory was published later in 1859, in On the Origin of Species. Commonly referred to as "The book that shook the world," the Origin sold out on the first day of publication and subsequently went through six editions. In this book, Darwin presented his idea that species evolve from a more primitive species through the process ...
- 6330: Napoleon's Career
- ... France all over Europe including Spain, Italy, Holland, and Switzerland. The countries that Napoleon did not directly control, he was usually allied with. The turning point of Napoleon's career also came in 1812 when war broke out between France and Russia because of Alexander I's refusal to enforce the continental. Even the French nation could not provide all the manpower and supplies needed to carry out the Emperor's ... And because of the health of the French soldiers, there was little opposition for the Russian's attacks. Napoleon had returned to France to preserve his empire. With his desertion marking the end of the war. A lengthy bulletin had appeared in The Moniteur on the return of Napoleon. Until November 6, the weather was good, and the movement of the army was executed with success, but on the 7th the ... army, had defeated him. Bibliography Electronic Arts EA 3D Atlas 1995, N.Y. New York Grolier Incorporated Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia 1994 N.Y. New York SoftKey Infopedia 2 1996 N.Y. New York Webster New World Dictionary 1984 N.Y. New York
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