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- 3041: Charles Darwin
- ... in the debate with the bishop and by using careful reasoning convinced many to at least consider Darwin 's theory as plausible. The idea of evolution became popular with scientist all over the world. Darwin lived another twenty-two years after the book was published, but the major accomplishments of his life had concluded. However, he continued to work observing earthworms, plants and anything else that seemed interesting. His work beca ...
- 3042: Biography Of Ogden Nash
- Fredric Ogden Nash was an American humorist who lived from 1902 to 1971. He was born in 1902 in Rye, New York, where he grew up with well educated parents. Microsoft Encarta 95 said that his parents names were Edmund Strudwick Nash and Mattie ...
- 3043: Biography Of Arthur Clarke
- ... 16, 1917, in Minehead, England. He was the oldest of four children. His two brothers were Frederick and Michael, and his sister's name was Mary. As a child, he enjoyed science very much. He lived on a small farm, and enjoyed frequent trips to the nearby ocean. When he was 13 years old, he constructed his own telescope, and changed a bike light to transmit sound along the path of ...
- 3044: Albert Einstein
- ... directed the school for the rest of his life.Einstein became an American citizen in 1940.After he took the job he moved into a two-story house at 112 Mercer St. in Princeton.He lived and worked there until he died. Albert Einstein is best known for his theory of relativity,which he first advanced in 1905 when he was 26 years old.Einsteins theory revolutionized scientific thought with new ...
- 3045: The Life And Work Of Anthony Burgess
- ... ineffective teachers, linguists who cannot adjust to the world as easily as they do to the word, and other intellectual misfits." (Friedman 1). And so, in this manor, Burgess used the setting in which he lived to create the characters of many of his fiction novels. One of the themes in A Clockwork Orange even seems to have a strong connection to Burgess's early life. The "conservative and pessimistic view ...
- 3046: The Life Of Anne Frank
- ... on July 6, 1942, Anne and her family were forced to go into hiding. Though they could bring very few things with them to the hiding place, Anne brought her diary. During the months Anne lived in hiding, her diary became her best friend and confidant. In hiding, Anne continued to write in her diary nearly every day. She wrote about her life with the seven other people in hiding--her ...
- 3047: A Memorable Experience In Photography
- ... experience and admire photography, it took me only one photographer to really appreciate the power it has his name is Robert Capa. Robert grew up in Hungary he experienced the political unrest and turmoil. He lived under the oppression of Horthy and knew the kind of anarchy that constitutes war(Images of War 8). Robert's work represented 3 categories: 1. Images of battle. 2. Images of the effects of war ...
- 3048: Alfred Tennyson And His Work
- ... century poet T. S. Eliot said of it, "Its faith is a very poor thing, but its doubt is a very intense experience." The intensity, the doubt, the beauty: all are typical of Tennyson. Long-lived like most of his family, no matter how unhealthy they seemed to be, Alfred, Lord Tennyson died on October 6, 1892, at the age of 83. Bibliography 1. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Knowledge (1978) 2 ...
- 3049: Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years Of Movie Magic
- ... like to feel when they know they are safe." (39). Hitchcock led a life of fantasy, and spent much of his time alone, entertaining himself because he did not have many friends growing up. He lived life as if he was on the outside looking in. Much like a person watching television or a director directing a picture. Reading was also a part of Hitchcock's life from a young age ...
- 3050: Frederick Douglass And Slavery
- ... nigger in the world... forever unfitting him for the duties of a slave." As a slave child some experiences were hard to describe. Douglass witnessed, as a child, what he called a "horrible exhibition." He lived with his Aunt in one of the master's corridors. The master was an inhumane slave holder. He would sometimes take great pleasure in whipping a slave. Douglass was often times awakened by the screams ...
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