At the age of 18 he left school and wanted to become a mathematician but his father talked him into being an architect and so studied in Institute of Technology while then 1924 he was transferred to Institute of Munich. Albert’s father was wealthy enough to give Speer an allowance of 300 marks which was Speer’s total salary in his first job, so as a Student he could live splendidly.…
Albert Brooks, Born Albert Einstein on July 22, 1947, in Beverly Hills, California. He’s the youngest son of Thelma Leeds, a singer and actress, and Harry Parke, a radio comedian. Brooks attended Beverly Hills High school and then later received an acting scholarship to Carnegie…
The film Einstein: Light to the Power of 2 was a delightful tale of Albert Einstein’s quest to help a little girl with her struggles in school. She is being faced with a multitude of challenges including science fair, chastising peers, and the threat of remedial classes.…
the people of the new world. At first he believed in the imperialism of the…
Young Albert tried to imagine the mysterious force that caused the compass needle to move, and the experience awakened a sense of wonder that stayed with him for life. Understanding the universe became an "eternal riddle" for Einstein, a quest for scientific enlightenment. "The road to this paradise was not as comfortable and alluring as the road to the religious paradise," he wrote, "but it has proved itself as trustworthy, and I have never regretted having chosen it."- www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein/life/ Albert Einstein was a poor student and although he did not earn top grades in every subject, he excelled at math and science. "It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle," he wrote, "that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." Schilpp, 1970. p. 17. Being fiercely independent, even as a young boy, Albert had already developed a deep distrust of authority. He challenged not only his teachers but also long-standing mathematical and scientific "givens," such as ancient Greek rules of geometry and laws of physics established by other scientists. Ironically, Einstein's questioning and resulting breakthroughs eventually turned him into an authority…
1. Born in March 19th 1905, and the middle child of three sons, you could say Albert Speer had a life of a movie star. Having a father who was a successful architect in Mannheim, and a mother who came from a wealthy family you would say that the Speer family was more than well off. The Speer family had their own cook, kitchen maid, chamber maid, butler, chauffer, nanny and governess; Albert Speer was the upper class instead of the upper-middle which he classified himself into.…
The British had two main advantages over the United States in the Revolution. They greatly outnumbered the 2.5 million Americans, one-third of whom were either slaves or loyalists, and they possessed superior naval and military forces. But British resources were severely strained. The United States mobilized its people more effectively and created an army of 220,000 troops, compared to 162,000 British troops. The U.S. naval vessels and privateers seriously hampered the Royal Navy.…
Einstein became an American citizen in 1940. Not long after settling into his career at the Institute for Advanced Study (in Princeton, New Jersey), he expressed his appreciation of the "meritocracy" in American culture when compared to Europe. According to Isaacson, he recognized the "right of individuals to say and think what they pleased", without social barriers, and as result, the individual was "encouraged" to be more creative, a trait he valued from his own early education. Einstein writes:…
His IQ (intelligence quotient) was one hundred sixty. A normal IQ ranges from about eighty five to one hundred fifteen according to the Stanford-Binet test. At the age of only twenty-six, Einstein had already came up with the quantum theory of light, the theory of special relativity, and he proved the existence of atoms. Einstein had come up with many of his own theories and society didn't agree with him because it was different from the way they did things. They looked down on him because of the way he rebelled.…
Albert Einstein’s parents were Hermann and Pauline Einstein and they were secular, middle class Jews. His mother was a stay at home mom and his father was a featherbed salesman. He also had a Sister named Maja who was born two years after he was. When Albert was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany (“Albert Einstein.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 1) his mother thought that his head was so big and oddly shaped that it might be deformed. (Delano 8) When Albert had reached the age that most children begin to speak and even a little while after he made no attempt to speak at all. Albert loved to sit and play all to himself with building blocks and such. (Delano 10) Albert started violin lessons when he was five. He did not enjoy playing the violin much, until he reached the age of 13. That same year at the age of 13 Albert’s father showed him a compass and from that day on he was amazed that some “invisible force” always made the needle point north. (Delano 11) Although Albert’s was Jewish his family was not very religious. When Albert got his first report card he was marked first in his class, yet even though he got good grades he did not enjoy school much. (Delano 12)…
Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany in 1879. His notable contributions included helping to develop the special and general theories of relativity. In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize for physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Einstein is generally considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century. He died on April 18, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey.…
Benjamin Franklin was one of seventeen children born to the parents of Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger. His father wanted Benjamin to go to school to become a clergyman, but he only had enough to send him to school for one year. Clergymen needed years of school. Benjamin ended up being apprenticed to his brother James. James was a printer and Benjamin helped him. When Benjamin was fifteen his brother started the New England Courant. It was the first ever newspaper made and distributed in Boston. Benjamin wanted to write for the newspaper as well, but he knew that James wouldn’t let him because he is just his lowly apprentice. So, to get his writing in the newspaper he would write his stories at night and sign them with the alibi, Silence Dogood. Then he would slip them under the print shop’s door so it would seem like a stranger left it there to be put in the newspaper. After Benjamin wrote about sixteen letters he confessed to being Silence Dogood. James did not like this. He was jealous of all the attention Benjamin was getting and he scolded him.…
From forming a nation to a man on the moon, Americans have always believed in the possibility of progress. Progress can be measured in many ways—technological, financial, educational, social, and even spiritual. Just as Benjamin Franklin invented devices to improve the quality of life in America, he also tried to invent a moral “machine” to improve the quality of his own character. In his autobiography, “Ben Franklin’s Autobiography,” Benjamin Franklin illustrates the difficulties of achieving overall perfection by means of improving one’s morals and quality of life, in regard to his own character.…
Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17 1706 to the parents Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger. Benjamin Franklin was the tenth son born to his father who was on his second wife, which in total his father had seventeen children. Benjamin Franklin father wanted him to become a clergy but can afford only to send him for one year in order to become a clergy you needed years of schooling. But that didn’t stop him from becoming an apprentice at his brother printer company. At only 12 years old Benjamin Franklin helped him compose pamphlets that he would sell on the streets. At 15 Benjamin Franklin brother started “The New England Courant” the first newspaper in Boston. Even though there were two paper in the city before his paper included articles, opinion pieces written by his friends, advertisement’s and news of ship schedules. Benjamin Franklin was not allowed to write in his brother paper due to the fact that he was lowly apprentice. Benjamin Franklin began writing letters at night and signing them with the name of a fictional widow, Silence Dogood. Dogood was filled with advice and very critical of the world around her, particularly concerning the issue of how women were treated. If Benjamin Franklin was caught by his brother he would be punish. The letter got a lot of attention and people wanted to know who this mystery person was. After sixteen letters had been posted Benjamin Franklin confesses to writing the letter, his brother was upset and jealous with all attention Benjamin Franklin was getting from his friends. Benjamin Franklin and his brother found themselves in debate with Boston's powerful Puritan preachers, the Mather’s. Because smallpox was a deadly disease back in them days, and the Mather’s supported inoculation and the Franklins' believed inoculation only made people sicker. Most Bostonians people agreed with the Franklins, James made fun of the clergy, during the debate. James was thrown in jail for his views, and Benjamin Franklins was left to run…
“Come along, lads!” cries a young Benjamin Franklin to his group of schoolmates. Running and jumping, the boys make their way to the Charles River on a warm Boston day. Reaching the river, young Ben dives in straight away, while the other boys gingerly slip into the calm waters. Ben was always a very confident and strong swimmer, and strikes out with his arms at the blue water in a familiar stroke as his friends splash about. From a distance, he observes his fellow lads as he bobs in the water, catching his breath. He was quite some distance away from shore now, floating on his back and gazing at the clear blue sky in front of him. Then suddenly, in this moment of relaxed clarity, an idea pops into his mind. It was so obvious, a simple solution to aid his swimming abilities. He swims back quickly to his friends, eager to share his new idea for an invention. “Fins!” he exclaims as he reaches the boys. Upon meeting their confused looks, Ben begins to explain his idea of how to make swimming easier and more efficient after experiencing the wear that swimming a long distance takes. In order to swim more easily like the other aquatic creatures he observes in the river, he would construct swimming fins for his hands and feet. His friends laughs excitedly at the image of Ben with fins strapped to his hands and feet, and he joins in. He knows that to most lads, a boy with fins would appear foolish, but he is certain that such a thing would make swimming great distances easier. As the other boys turn their thoughts to boyish antics and schoolboy gossip, Ben’s sharp mind begins to map out his construction of his newest invention. It would be this same mind, refined through strict moral structure and expanded with knowledge as he grew up, that would one day construct some of the most elaborate and cutting edge scientific experiments of his age, as well help craft vital…