Surviving the Holocaust was not easy‚ but Elie Wiesel did it‚ and wrote many books about it. He has won many awards like the Nobel Peace Prize. Elie Wiesel survived the Holocaust‚ wrote books about his experiences‚ and has influenced our society. Elie was born on September 30‚ 1928. He was born in Sighet‚ Transylvania‚ which is now Romania (“Elie Wiesel Biography”). The Wiesel family consists of Sholmo‚ Sarah‚ Hilda‚ Bea‚ Eliezer‚ and Tsiporah (Aikman). His was given the birth name Eliezer
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universities‚ and then moved to California‚ where he joined the California Institute of Technology in 1976. His research has been in the development of ultra fast lasers and electrons for studies of dynamics in chemistry and biology‚ and he received the 1999 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond’s spectroscopy. Femtochemistry is the branch of chemistry in which chemical reactions are detected as they occur and the reaction times are measured
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"Elion‚ Gertrude." Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2002-2003. c Helicon Publishing Ltd.‚ All Rights Reserved‚ AccessScience@McGraw-Hill‚ c The McGraw-Hill Companies. April 28‚ 2007. Elion‚ Gertrude. "Les Prix Nobel". The Nobel Prizes 1988‚ Editor Tore Frangsmyr‚ (Nobel Foundation)‚ Stockholm‚ 1989 . Gerber‚ Judith B. "Elion‚ Gertrude." Sept. 2000. American National Biography Online. April 27‚ 2007. < http://www.anb.org/articles/12/12-02091.html;> Jewish Women ’s Archive. "JWAGertrude
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food production in India‚ Pakistan‚ and many of their neighbors‚ would outstrip population growth. The threat of mass starvation would loom less ominously over the land‚ and Borlaug‚ an agronomist working for the Rockefeller Foundation‚ would be a Nobel laureate credited with saving more lives than any person in human history. Despite all appearances‚ this “green revolution” did not occur overnight. Its roots go back several decades earlier. In 1940‚ the Vice President-elect‚ Henry Wallace‚ traveled
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Group Dynamics Assignment 2 April 14th 2011 Roel van Beek 776541 Maarten Cuypers 304976 Lisa Schoone 980947 Danique Seggelinck 597728 From the moment people live in groups‚ leaders exist. Although groups can function without‚ the leader role is usually the first to emerge. Especially large groups are in need for one to make rules clear‚ keep members informed‚ and make group decisions (Forsyth‚ 2006). Leadership is does not necessarily mean power
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science‚ medicine and law degrees and honorary memberships of learned societies throughout the world. Together with her husband‚ she was awarded half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903‚ for their study into the spontaneous radiation discovered by Becquerel‚ who was awarded the other half of the Prize. In 1911 she received a second Nobel Prize‚ this time in Chemistry‚ in recognition of her work in radioactivity. She also received‚ jointly with her husband‚ the Davy Medal of the Royal Society in
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factor in the success of the movement for equality was the strategy of protesting for justice without using any forms of violence. Some examples includes: rallies‚ vigils‚ boycotts‚ sit-ins and many more. During his speech delivered in accepting the Nobel prize for peace‚ Reverend leader of the civil rights movement‚ Martin Luther King believes in a peaceful protest could change the mentality of our time. This particular belief was inspired by the teaching of the Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi who used
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Have you ever wondered who has stood up to segregation. This person has also started a boycott. Are you ever wondering who was one of the first colored people to win a Nobel Prize. Martin Luther King Junior was a very impacting man. He was one of the biggest voices for colored people. When he gave his I have a dream speech he stated‚ “I have a dream‚ that little black boys and little black girls will go to school with white people.” This speech had a humongous impact on my life. I decided that if
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THEMES IN U.S. & WORLD HISTORY Task 2 Roberta Gauvin Two of the most significant social and/ political changes that occurred as a result of the actions of one individual was Nelson Mandela. Mandela represented an example of a powerful leader who inspired millions of people around the world. First of all Mandela won the first multi-racial elections in South Africa thus creating a significant change in perception and building of a color blind society in Africa and around the world. Prior
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THE GREATEST INVENTIONS What is the greatest invention of all time? . There are many different possible world’s greatest inventions because they have all helped out humankind in some way‚ some more than others. I think that the greatest invention of all time is Harnessed Electricity. Some may argue that this was not an invention it was a discovery but although electricity itself was a discovery there was still the invention of had to use it and what it could be used for. I think that electricity
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