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Albert Einstein
<view this essay>.... uncle set up a small electro-chemical business. He
was fortunate to have an excellent family with which he held a strong
relationship. Albert's mother, Pauline Einstein, had an intense passion for
music and literature, and it was she that first introduced her son to the
violin in which he found much joy and relaxation. Also, he was very close
with his younger sister, Maja, and they could often be found in the lakes
that were scattered about the countryside near Munich.
As a child, Einstein's sense of curiosity had already begun to stir. A
favorite toy of his was his father's compass, and he often marveled at his
uncle's explanations of algebra. Althoug .....
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The Comparison And Contrasting Of The Masters Of Fredrick Douglass
<view this essay>.... and a heavy cudgel. Anthony would whip
other members of his family until blood ran freely right in front of him,
Douglass says, “I have often been awakened at the dawn of day by the most
heart-rending shrieks of an own aunt of mine, whom he used to tie up to a
joist, and whip upon her naked back till she was literally covered with
blood (3). Remember Douglass was very young at the time. I believe this
was one of meanest men in his life. The importance of this relationship
was that Douglass would gain stronger view towards slavery and it’s
misfortunes. This would also drive his want for freedom.
Douglass eventually becomes the property Thomas Auld of who l .....
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A. Philip Randolph
<view this essay>.... This victory gave Randolph credibility which he invested in the civil rights movement.Randolph emerged as the premier civil rights leade and used this power to convice Roosevelt to pass execuve order 8802 which banned discrimination in the armed forces.He achieved this legislation by threatening a marach on washington. Later, in the 1960s he helped organize the march on washington for jobs and freedom. A Philip Randolph's public career helped to advance the cause of all people especially African Americans. However the writers of current history have almost ignored the accomplishments of . This treatment is not suprising since the behind the scen .....
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Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" And His Life
<view this essay>.... news writing format which demands brief,
to the point sentences and the smooth flowing of ideas. It seems that Hemingway
adapted this style to his fiction writng. Hemingway demonstrates this talent in
a short story called "A Clean Well-Lighted Place".
When he was 19 Hemingway enlisted in the army. He was rejected due to a
defective left eye. He then turned to the Red Cross in which he became a second
lieutenant. The Red Cross brought him to the front lines of the war in Italy.
It was here where he saw many disturbing sights which probably had a hand in
shaping his character.
After extensive injuries from the war, Hemingway returned unhappily to
Oak Park. .....
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Aristotle
<view this essay>.... "mind of the school". Later in his life,
he followed his mentor and became a teacher in a school on the coast of Asia
minor. Aristotle was the professor of young prince Alexander, who went on to
become the ruler Alexander the Great.
Aristotle was the first known person to make major advances in the
fields of logic, physical works( such as physics, meteorologists, ect.) ,
psychological works, and natural history( modern day biology). His most
famous studies are in the field of philosophical works. His studies play an
important role in the early history of chemistry. Aristotle was the first
person to propose the idea of atoms matter and other grand idea .....
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History Of Mozart
<view this essay>.... a violin virtuoso as well.
In 1762 the Mozart children played at court in Vienna; the Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, received them cordially. Later the Mozart children displayed (1763-66) their talents to audiences in Germany, in Paris, at court in Versailles, and in London (where Wolfgang wrote his first symphonies and was befriended by Johann Christian Bach, whose musical influence on Wolfgang was profound). In Paris the young Mozart published his first works, four sonatas for clavier with accompanying violin (1764). In 1768 he composed his first opera, La Finta Semplice, for Vienna, but intrigues prevented its performance, and it .....
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Ferdinand Magellan
<view this essay>.... had to help the tenants (people that rented and farmed the land), raise the animals and harvest the crops. Ferdinand went to school at a monastery.
Both his parents died when Ferdinand was only ten years old. At the age of twelve, he was sent to live at the court of Queen Leonora and John II of Portugal. His older brother, Diago, had gone to court two years earlier. His cousin, named Francisco Serrano also twelve years old, came at the same time as Ferdinand did. At court Ferdinand learned music, dance, horsemanship and how to handle weapons, in addition to academic subjects such as reading, writing and religion. Also he learned algebra, geometry, astronomy .....
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Glenn Theodore Seaborg
<view this essay>.... Professor in 1941, and to Professor of Chemistry in 1945. In 1946, he also took responsibility for direction of nuclear chemical research at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, operated for the Atomic Energy Commission by the University of California; from 1954 to 1961, he was Associate Director of LRL. In the same year, he was appointed by President Truman to be a member of the AEC's first General Advisory Committee, a post he held until 1950. In 1958, he was appointed Chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley. In that capacity he served until his appointment by President Kennedy to the Atomic Energy Commission in 1961, when he was designated Ch .....
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