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- 2611: Sir Issac Newton
- Sir Issac Newton Newton was born on December 25,1642. He was an English mathematician and physicist, considered one of the greatest scientist in history, who made important contributions to many fields of science. His discoveries and theories laid the foundation for much of the progress in science since his time. Newton was one of ... another thing he invented was the Reflecting Telescope. He published this theory in his book Philosophiae Natural is Principia Mathematica in 1687. This book marked a turning point in the history of science; it also ensured that its author could never regain his privacy. In the same year, 1687, Newton helped lead Cambridge's resistance to the efforts of King James ...
- 2612: Sir Francis Bacon
- ... of sciences; second a new inductive logic; third a gathering of empirical and experimental facts; fourth examples to show the effectiveness of his new approach; fifth generalization derivable from natural history; and a new philosophy that would be a complete science of nature. Bacon completed only two parts, however, the Advancement of Learning in 1605, later expanded as De Dignitate et ... On the Dignity and Growth of Sciences, 1620); and the Novum Organum (The New Organon, 1620), which was to replace Aristotle's Organon. Sciences were under the general headings of history, poetry, and philosophy. Their culmination was an inductive philosophy of nature, in which proposed to find the natural laws, of bodily action. To this end, he devised so-called tables ...
- 2613: John F. Kennedy
- ... narrow that the victory could almost be attributed to any list of decisive factors. However there are seven that prominantly stick out. The Television Debates. At this point in American history this was the most televised campaign ever and Kennedy' s vitality and knowledge appealed to millions of voters who probably would have simply acknowledged him as too inexperienced and young ... tactics enabled him to swing many undecided voters and probably even more if time had permitted (Sorensen 214). Party Identification. Kennedy appealed frequently and aggressively to party unity, loyalty, and history. His party was the majority party in terms of Senators, Congressmen, governors, and mayors, this allowed for heavy organization and heavy registration of voters. Nearly seven million more people that ...
- 2614: Jonas Salk
- Jonas Salk From the beginning of mankind, man has looked for cures of illness. Jonas Salk found a cure for one of the worst illnesses in the history of man, polio. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was a great discovery of his time, and it is still being used today to eradicate polio worldwide. Dr. Salk is also ... the day off, closed their schools or convoked fervid assemblies therein, drank toasts, hugged children, attended church, smiled at strangers, forgave enemies." It "consummated the most extraordinary undertaking in the history of science." Although Dr. Salk tried to take no credit for what he and his fellow workers had accomplished, the public ignored his words and gave all the credit to ...
- 2615: JFK: His Life and Legacy
- ... of United States ambassador to Great Britain(Anderson 98). His mother, Rose, was a loving housewife and took young John on frequent trips around historic Boston learning about American revolutionary history. Both parents impressed on their children that their country had been good to the Kennedys. Whatever benefits the family received from the country they were told, must be returned by ... enroll in the armed services. Joe was accepted as a naval air cadet but John was turned down by both the army and navy because of his back trouble and history of illness("JFK" 98). After months of training and conditioning, John reapplied and on September 19, John was accepted into the navy as a desk clerk in Washington. He was ...
- 2616: Hitler
- ... assigned the job of going go to various meetings of groups which sprang up like mushrooms and to report on them. One day September 12, 1919 - a fateful day in history, Hitler was sent to investigate a small group which called itself the "German Workers Party". Hitler was not to happy about his assignment. He thought it wouldn't be worth ... speeches attracted more and more listeners and it soon became a major party with many followers. Eventually Adolf Hitler became it's leader and the rest as they say....is history. 4. HITLER IN POWER While spending time in prison for trying to overthrow the government Adolf Hitler wrote his famous book "Mein Kampf", in which he describes many problems and ...
- 2617: Hank Williams Jr.
- ... Official Home Page," Biography). However, his mother, a country singer in her own right, helped Hank Jr. start one of the earliest, and most successful, childhood careers in country music history. Hank appeared on stage for the first time at the young age of eight. Hank appeared on the Grand Ole Opry at the age of eleven, singing his father's ... to twenty thousand. In 1969, Hank teamed up with Johnny Cash to perform in the largest country concert to date. In 1970, Hank signed the biggest recording contract in the history of MGM Records. As proud as he was of being the son of Hank Williams, Hank got tired of being in his father's shadow. In high school, known as ...
- 2618: Golda Meir
- ... the Jewish people needed a country of their own. In the beginning of this book, there was an introduction written by Arthur M. Schlesinger, jr.. He was a Professor of History at Harvard University for many years. He served in the White House as a special assistant to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. In the book Golda Meir, all of the possible ... graduate of Bennington College. She has written several textbooks and she has devised educational programs for High School students. She currently lives in New York City. 5/6/96 World History Honors Mrs. Moffitt Period 0 McAuley, Karen. Bibliography Golda Meir New York. Chelsea House Publishers, 1985.
- 2619: Evita Peron
- ... approached the officer in charge of allocating airtime, Colonel Anibal Imbert. She seduced him, and Imbert approved a new project Evita had in mind, a radio series called Heroines of History. Years later, people would say that Evita had been a prostitute. Six months after Evita met Imbert, an earthquake struck Argentina. Colonel Juan Peron, the secretary of labor in the ... to endorse a Peron-Peron ticket. But on August 22, Evita went on radio to renounce the post. She wanted only a supporting role in Peron's "marvelous chapter in history." The date of her renunciation became the second great day of Peronism. The government portrayed it as an act of supreme selflessness. Only a month later, Evita was diagnosed with ...
- 2620: Franklin D. Roosevelt
- ... unfit for the presidency, he flew to Chicago and pledged to the people at the Democratic National Convention, a New Deal. That expression, a symbol of an era in American history, represented a cluster of ideas formulated by the candidate and his Brain Trust, a group of advisors recruited from New York's Columbia University. On the eve of the March ... for a vacation in the spring of 1945. He died there in April 12 of a cerebral hemorrhage. The Roosevelt presidency proved one of the most eventful in U.S. history. In the face of the potential collapse of the capitalist system, Roosevelt ushered in the interventionist state, which managed the economy to achieve publicly determined ends. In coming to the ...
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