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    Alfred Bernhard Nobel

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    the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1884.Unfortunately Nobel had to bid farewell to the world in 1896 due to a severe case of cerebral haemorrhage . He had left most of his wealth in trust‚ in order to fund the awards that would be known as the Nobel Prizes. Despite the lack of formal education‚ Nobel had gained proficiency in six languages: Swedish‚ French‚ Russian‚ English‚ German and Italian. He has even published some of his

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    CV Raman was awarded Nobel Prize. Do you know the scientist who is famous for Chandra Limit which describes the maximum mass of a white dwarf star‚ or equivalently‚ the minimum mass for which a star will ultimately collapse into a neutron star to black hole following a supernova. . It is of-course the famous Nobel Laureate Chandrasekhar Subrmaniam . Friends‚ there was a great scientific lady who is known for discovering Radium. She won not one‚ but two Nobel Prizes‚ one for physics and another

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    have after a process we worked hard or we made an effort to achieve it. We can see that in many famous people. Behind their success‚ they spent all their time‚ strength and conscientiousness. Let take Marie Curie – the first person who won two Nobel prizes for the discover of the radioactive elements polonium and radium as an example. She spent her whole life for studying and science. To isolate a fraction of a gram of radium‚ she and her husband processed a ton of pitchblende. Or such as Thomas Edison

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    Cat's Cradle

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    scientists: Felix Hoenikker says "Why should I bother with made-up games when there are so many real ones going on?” He never understands that the games he is playing will have a disastrous effect on the human race. - After Felix Hoenikker wins noble peace prize‚ he says he is “still playing” -> treats science like a game‚ doesn’t take it srsly. Religion - Jonah says to Mona “could I have your religion‚ if I wanted it?” -> religion is so easy to take up - Newt compares religion to the cat’s cradle. See

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    1776

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    Hannah Medeiros Honors History Mr. Chew 2/14/15 1776 Book Review 1776 is a book by historian David McCullough‚ winner of the Pulitzer Prize and national bestseller‚ based on the American Revolution against the British. The book moves through countless different battles between the Americans and the British‚ involving fascinating facts of the war and the people immensely involved such as Nathanael Green‚ Henry Knox‚ and multifarious others. McCullough talks about the paltry and considerable

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    unlikely friendship with‚ and mentors‚ a black 16-year old who is gifted at basketball‚ and both literature‚ and writing Jamal Wallace. William‚ from Bronx‚ New York‚ wrote only one famous novel The Avalon fifty years earlier that won the Pulitzer Prize. Because he was offended at the bad reviews‚ and the deaths of his parents and brother sent him into a long depression and decided to isolate himself from the public and was never heard from again. A series of events and the development of a friendship

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    Essay on plastic

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    An essay on Plastic The issues involving Plastic has been a popular topic amongst scholars for many years. There are many factors which influenced the development of Plastic. Cited by many as the single most important influence on post modern micro eco compartmentalism‚ it is impossible to overestimate its impact on modern thought. Inevitably feelings run deep amongst global commercial enterprises‚ many of whom blame the influence of television. Though I would rather be in bed I will now examine

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    I believe that Elie Wiesel’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech Teaches about a great piece of history that should not be forgotten. Elie Wiesel wants to inform his audience of the unbelievable acts of the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel’s acceptance speech is sad and reminiscing. In the speech‚ Elie speaks of his time in the Holocaust. This makes him sad‚ because millions died‚ and he was a witness to the evil. He reminisces over what it was like‚ and how it happened. One of his quotes was “I swore never

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    King was an eloquent Baptist minister and leader of the civil-rights movement in America from the Mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. King promoted non-violent means to achieve civil-rights reform and was awarded the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts. King’s grandfather was a Baptist preacher. His father was pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church. King earned his own Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozier Theological Seminary in 1951 and earned his Doctor of Philosophy

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    Maya Augelou

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    Maya Angelou is a poet‚ author‚ actress‚ director‚ historian‚ educator‚ playwright‚ civil rights activist‚ producer‚ and a lecturer. She was born on April 4‚ 1928 in St. Louis Missouri. She has two brothers and is the oldest of three children. Her parents were Bailey and Vivian Johnson but they did not raise her. Her parents were divorced when she was three; she was raised by her grandmother in segregated Stamps‚ Arkansas. While living with her grandmother‚ she gained pride and religion as an important

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