Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Albert Einstein was born at Ulm‚ in Württemberg‚ Germany‚ on March 14‚ 1879. He is a German-born physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. He is generally considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century. Einstein’s parents were secular‚ middle-class Jews. His father‚ Hermann Einstein‚ was originally a featherbed salesman and later ran
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Albert Speer is one of the most controversial figures in history. His complex personality resulting from a traumatic childhood‚ combined with a cunning intelligence and tireless work ethic saw Speer rise to become one of the most powerful and prominent figures in the Third Reich. Albert Speer joined the Nazi party on the 1st of March 1931‚ becoming member number 474 481 . Soon after joining Speer became good friends with Karl Hanke‚ an essential part of the Nazi propaganda machine. Opportunity
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The Nuremburg Trial outcome is our vital evidence that Albert Speer was a man who was corrupted by the events at the time. He is the epitome of the saying “events shape people more than people shape events” as he merely rode the wave of Nazism. As German historian Joachim Fest stated‚ “He [Hitler] drew Speer to him like no one else‚ he singles him out and made him great” (Fest‚ The Face of Third Reich‚ pg 340). In any other situation it is inconceivable that an architect could have come to hold the
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Based on the documents‚ it can be inferred that Albert Parsons was indeed a threatening man. In document c‚ it asserts that the anarchists‚ including Albert Parsons‚ were very fond of dynamite (Document C). As known‚ dynamite is a high explosive substance that stimulates destruction and chaos. The evidence suggests that since Parsons was very affectionate to the use of dynamite‚ it can be inferred that he is a very chaotic and destructive individual that only seeks extremist methods to accomplish
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In Albert Camus’s speech‚ he announces his utmost appreciation and honor for the recognition of the Nobel Prize in literature. Camus shares that “[his]work is in progress” (par 1). As young as he is he reveals how he can often come high in doubts. To regain the main focus of the speech he expresses how art has been the source of his support. He then outlines the nobility of a writer’s craft and how it can reveal insightful truths about the world. The writer opens up his speech by sharing that writing
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In April 1996‚ Sunbeam hired Albert J. Dunlap as its CEO. Dunlap led the company in a corporate restructuring. This restructuring provided a hefty reserve to protect against future earnings shortfalls. The restructuring reserve included the following: 1) $18.7 million of items that benefited future periods‚ 2) $12 million in litigation reserves which did not met the criteria of a loss contingency‚ and 3) $21.8 million in a cooperative advertising reserve which was approximately 25 percent higher
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The 1920’s was revolutionized by many historical characters‚ but the most influential was Albert Einstein. As a kid‚ he was always attracted to the universe and he never lost his passion‚ even through adulthood (“Einstein‚ Albert” 2). He was determined to solve the universe’s problems‚ and this made him one of the most important scientists to ever live. Despite the fact Einstein disliked school‚ he had a deep passion for mathematics and an orderly universe which led to his many revolutionary
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normal coconut on the outside‚ but he lacks the quality of the fruit‚ leaving Meursault nothing but a shell. Meursault believes he is the only real individual‚ often disassociating himself from society or the other fruits. His role in The Stranger by Albert Camus proves life is what you make of it‚ for Meursault‚ life is meaningless and religion is hoax‚ but at the end of the day he put himself in his deadly situation. Despite the constant pressure of the outside world‚ Meursault is not forced to do
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Abstract This experiment involves a social dilemma‚ where participants had to choose whether or not to betray their partner. In 1950‚ while researching game theory‚ Flood & Dresher devised a model‚ that Albert Tucker later interpreted and named the Prisoners Dilemma. The participant receives a high reward of they betray their partner and their partner does not betray them‚ a medium reward if they and their partner both don’t betray each other‚ and no reward if they both betray each other. In Tuckers
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In November of 1919‚ at the age of 40‚ Albert Einstein became an overnight celebrity‚ thanks to a solar eclipse. An experiment had confirmed that light rays from distant stars were deflected by the gravity of the sun in just the amount he had predicted in his theory of gravity‚ General Relativity. General Relativity was the first major new theory of gravity since Isaac Newton’s‚ more than two hundred and fifty years earlier. Einstein became a hero‚ and the myth building began. Headlines appeared
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