Papers on People and Biographies
Leonhard Euler
Words: 544 - Pages: 2.... reciprocity. In physics he
articulated Newtonian dynamics and laid the foundation of analytical mechanics,
especially in his Theory of the Motions of Rigid Bodies (1765). Like his teacher
Johann Bernoulli, he elaborated continuum mechanics, but he also set forth the
kinetic theory of gases with the molecular model. With Alexis Clairaut he
studied lunar theory. He also did fundamental research on elasticity, acoustics,
the wave theory of light, and the hydromechanics of ships.
Euler was born in Basel, Switzerland. His father, a pastor, wanted his
son to follow in his footsteps and sent him to the University of Basel to
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Mahatma Gandhi
Words: 519 - Pages: 2.... himself to the struggle for elementary rights for Indians.
Gandhi remained in South Africa for twenty years, suffering imprisonment at times. In 1896, after being attacked and beaten by a mob of white South Africans, Gandhi began to teach a policy of passive resistance to, and noncooperation with, the South African authorities. For this, Gandhi coined the term Satyagraha, a Sanskrit word meaning truth and firmness. In 1914, the government of the Union of South Africa made important concessions to Gandhi’s demands including recognition of Indian marriages and abolition of poll taxes for them. With his work in South Africa complete, .....
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John Lennon
Words: 784 - Pages: 3.... read Lennon-McCartney. The two as song
writers were a perfect mix. John had a quick artistic sense and he was easily
excited by new challenges, he projected a sarcastic and rebellious tough-guy
personality, who was actually a vulnerable romantic. While Paul projected the
sweet image and who was underneath an injured, controlling, perfectionist.
By 1964, The Beatles arrived at JFK Airport. They were greeted with
mass hysteria. Two days later, more than 73 million people watched them perform
live on the Ed Sullivan Show. Four weeks later, The Beatles held the top five
music singles in America at the same time.
John was influenced by .....
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Gandhi
Words: 480 - Pages: 2.... upon the British. Although hard to control at times, the idea eventually worked in the end. practiced protesting, fasting, and the boycotting of British goods. To accomplish the last he made his own clothes that were simple and made from hand-woven wool. The spinning wheel was one of the symbols used in his fight for India.
gave new life to the old idea of nationalism indeed. He helped to spark the fire that once was weak and now burned brightly. By his actions and protests and rallies for nationalism, he helped to try to unite Muslim and Hindu against their oppressors. gave speeches on god attempting to show him as one entity as .....
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A Biography Of Henry Ford
Words: 1106 - Pages: 5.... business success through his
innovative ideas, brilliant management skills, and down-to-earth tactics.
Henry Ford was born on a farm near Dearborn, Michigan, on July 30, 1863,
and educated in district schools. He became a machinist's apprentice in Detroit
at the age of 16. From 1888 to 1899 he was a mechanical engineer, and later
chief engineer, with the Edison Illuminating Company. In 1893, after
experimenting for several years in his leisure hours, he completed the
construction of his first gasoline engine. His first automobile was completed
in 1896. The body was a small crude wooden box, it had a single seat, a
steering tiller, .....
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Mark Twain 5
Words: 752 - Pages: 3.... and periodically worked as a printer in New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Cincinnati, corresponding with his brother's newspapers under various pseudonyms. After a visit to New Orleans in 1857, he learned the difficult art of steamboat piloting, an occupation that he followed until the Civil War closed the river, and that furnished the background for "Old Times on the Mississippi" (1875), later included in the expanded Life on the Mississippi (1883).
In 1861, Twain traveled by stagecoach to Carson City, Nev., with his brother Orion, who had been appointed territorial secretary. After unsuccessful attempts at silver and gold mi .....
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Edgar Allan Poe
Words: 3420 - Pages: 13.... employment of moral terminology, Poe writes as though "Christianity had never been invented." (Hoffman 171) Poe did offer to posterity one tale with a moral. Written in 1841 at the dawn of Poe's most creative period, Poe delivers to his readers a satirical spoof, a literary Bronx cheer to writers of moralistic fiction, and to critics who expressed disapprobation at finding no discernible moral in his works. The tale "Never Bet the Devil Your Head: A Tale with a Moral" presents Poe's "way of staying execution" (Poe 487) for his transgressions against the didactics. The story's main character is Toby Dammit, who from infanthood, had been flog .....
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The Influence Of Henry David Thoreau On Mohanda K. Gandhi
Words: 347 - Pages: 2.... not allow the government to rule what he thought was wrong, which was the base of Thoreau’s idea. While in jail because of protest Gandhi read Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience”. That’s when Gandhi’s beliefs were confirmed, that it is better to please your soul then your government. His protest was never based on violence he took a stand with out having to go that route. Then Gandhi’s development of Satyagraha, a direct social action based on principles of courage, nonviolence, and truth, took place. This method meant that the way people behaved was more important then what they achieved. This is how Henry David Thoreau influen .....
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Prophet Muhammad
Words: 5283 - Pages: 20.... standard of moral and public life. Abu Daud writes that a merchant promised to meet him at a place to discuss something concerning trade. The merchant forgot to keep his promise and could not reach the place at the time agreed upon. When three days later the merchant passed from the place of their meeting he found the Prophet (s) standing there to fulfill his part of the promise.
When Muhammad (s) was twenty-five years old, a rich merchant widow asked him to take a caravan of merchandise for trade to Syria. Soon after this trip, she proposed to Muhammad (s) through a relative for marriage. Muhammad (s) accepted after he had thought ab .....
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Oliver North
Words: 1165 - Pages: 5.... He attended school in Philmont, New York and later enrolled into the United Sates Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. As graduation neared, North chose the path of being a Marine Corps leader. He was later called into duty in Vietnam, where he was station with K Company of the Third Battalion, Third Marine Regiment, Third Division from December 3, 1968 to August 21, 1969. During his service, North led many covert operations, and was awarded a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and two Purple Hearts. He was a "marine's marine", and was a one-of-a-kind leader.
While in Vietnam, he was assigned to counterinsurgency operations in which .....
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