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Albert Einstein: His Life
Number of Words: 1245 / Number of Pages: 5
... he was considered a slow learner. His failure
to become fluent in German until the age of nine even led some teachers to
believe he was disabled.
At sixteen he attempted to enroll at the Federal Institute of
Technology but failed the entrance exam. This forced him to study locally
for one year until he finally passed the school's evaluation. The Institute
allowed Einstein to meet many other students that shared his curiosity, and
it was here that his studies turned mainly to Physics. He quickly learned
that while physicists had generally agreed on major principals in the past,
there were modern scien ...
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Sir Isaac Newton And Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Number of Words: 539 / Number of Pages: 2
... a pioneer in the developement of mathematical logic.
Sir Isaac Newton is the other major figure in the development of Calculus. He
was an English mathemetician and physcist, whose considered to be one of the
greatest scientists in history. Newton was born on December 25, 1642 at
Woolsthorpe, near Grantham in Lincolnshire. He attended Trinity College, at
the University of Cambridge. He received his bachelor's degree in 1665 and
received his master's degree in 1668. However, there he ignored much of the
universities established curriculum to pursue his own interests: mathematics and
natu ...
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Biography: William Gibson (1914- )
Number of Words: 238 / Number of Pages: 1
... Broadway in 1958. The highly
successful play was later made into a film and a musical called simply
Seesaw (1973).
Early works include I Lay in Zion (1943) and A Cry of Players (1968), a
play about Shakespeare which he rewrote in 1968.
Gibson collaborated on the book of the musical Golden Boy (1964) He also
wrote a book of Shakespeare criticism called Shakespeare's Game (1978).
He returned to the Helen Keller story with his play Monday After the
Miracle (1982).
Plays and musicals
Two For the Seesaw (1958).
Dinny and the Witches (1959).
The Miracle Worker (1959).
Gol ...
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Mozart
Number of Words: 916 / Number of Pages: 4
... 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 was first presented a year later at Salzburg. In 1769-70, Leopold and Wolfgang undertook a tour through Italy. This first Italian trip culminated in a new opera, Mitridate, re di Ponto, composed for Milan. In two further Italian journeys he wrote two more operas for Milan, Ascanio in Alba (1771) and Lucio Silla (1772).
In 1772, Archbishop von Schrattenbach died, to be succeeded by Hieronymus von Colloredo. The latter, at first sympathet ...
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Ivan Pavlov
Number of Words: 553 / Number of Pages: 3
... followed the conditioned one;the conditioned reflex was formed easier, if the conditioned stimulus occurred very close in time to the unconditioned stimulus, if the bell louder, or if the dog was trained on larger pieces of meat the amount of salivation would be larger.
This discovery was very important because the conditioned reflex was basic to the understanding of the mechanism of change in human and animal behavior.Thus scientists came to understand that behavior is no longer limited by a fixed, inherited reflex, but can be modified by experience and exposure to an unlimited number of stimuli ...
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Mark Mcgwire Vs. Sammy Sosa
Number of Words: 691 / Number of Pages: 3
... Star Baseball Columnist, argue that Andro is a "testosterone-producing product that is banned in the NFL, Olympics, and NCAA," they fail to mention that neither the NHL nor the NBA has banned this over-the-counter product.
More relevant than the drug's legality is it's effect on McGwire's ability to hit home runs. "In 1987, his rookie year, McGwirehit 49 home runs" (Dimanno). In fact, if McGwire had not been injured so often throughout his career, Maris's record would have been surpassed several times already. After eleven years of learning how different opponents pitch, developing an effective s ...
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Margaret Bourke-White
Number of Words: 567 / Number of Pages: 3
... with her. She ran into a camera store and asked to rent or borrow a camera. The picture became one of her first works of art and the owner of the store became one of her best friends.
One of Margaret's early dreams was to photograph the inside of a steel mill but women weren't allowed inside. Being a woman didn't stop her and the pictures were a success. Her shots were published in magazines all over the country and got Margaret her first big job, at Fortune magazine in New York. With Margaret's photos Fortune became one of the leading photography magazines. The magazine had also made her a star ...
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Colin Powell
Number of Words: 1137 / Number of Pages: 5
... (source 1, page 29, 30, 32). Powell applied to two colleges City College of New York (CCNY) and New York University (NYU). Both accepted him but he went to CCNY because it only ten dollars a semester as opposed to seven hundred and fifty dollars a semester at NYU. Powell majored in Engendering. He finished college in 1958 (source 1 pages 32, 36). While in college Powell joined the Recruit Officer Training Corps (ROTC). Powell said he joined ROTC because of the discipline and "The sense of comradery among a group of young men who were similarly motivated. Maybe it was the uniform." Another reason he sai ...
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Thomas Jefferson
Number of Words: 989 / Number of Pages: 4
... with all nations, entangling alliances with none." He then went on to affirm his commitment to the rights of the states and the preservation of the central government. Continuing to intermingle general principles and specific policies, that new president declared that he favored reliance for defense on a "militia rather than an army, a small navy" (Cunningham) and prosperity through "economy, the payment of debts, and the encouragement of agriculture and commerce as its handmaid." He also emphasized basic rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and impartially s ...
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Ray Kroc
Number of Words: 1438 / Number of Pages: 6
... piano part time to earn extra money. While working for the chance of a promotion, he worked hard in his job going from place to place selling papercup products. It was in these early business days that Ray first showed a sign of his talent in economic ideas. He had an idea to modify a paper cup in that it could be formed in a way which kept the cup more durable. The cup's name was rightfully called the "One in a Million," and the introduction of this new product took off like a barn fire and boosted sales dramatically in a stagnant industry. The intelligent business decisions made by Ray were ...
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