Glenn Theodore Seaborg
.... by President Kennedy to the Atomic Energy Commission in 1961, when he was designated Chairman of the Commission. His term of office expires in 1968. From 1959 to 1961, he was also a member of the President's Science Advisory Committee. Dr. Seaborg was given a leave of absence from the University of California from 1942-1946, during which period he headed the plutonium work of the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory. He was co-discoverer of plutonium and all further transuranium elements through element 102.
Dr. Seaborg and his colleagues are responsible for the identification of more t .....
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Thomas Jefferson Biography
.... the colonial protest of British rule. (3) A Summary View of the Rights of British America was a pamphlet denying right of Parliament to rule over the colonies. Jefferson proved to be an able writer of laws and resolutions because he was very concise and straight the point. (4) Jefferson was often turned to when skill with a pen was needed, as in the Declaration of Independence, but he also used his talent when his wished to voice his own opinions of what the principles of the nation should be.
Most of Jefferson’s values were expressed in his draft of the Declaration of Independence. It stated his belief in the natural rights of .....
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Ralph Waldo Emerson And Henry David Thoreau
.... the Massachusetts countryside.
It was after that move that Thoreau realized what had been missing in his life. "That woodland vision for a long time made the drapery of my dreams...Somehow or other it at once gave the preference to this recess among the pines...over that tumultuous and varied city, as if it (my spirit) had found its proper nursery" (Thoreau 252). About 23 years later, Thoreau moved into the forest to live alone in a small shack, and cut himself off from the rest of the world. It is here that he wrote "Walden" and many of his diary entries that were later published.
It is also here, in that forest jus .....
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Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov
.... a plasma that would help produce energy from sustained fusion. In 1953, Russia tested its hydrogen bomb and it proved to be successful. At the age of 32 he was elected to the Soviet Academy of Sciences. Sakharov continued his work on improving the bomb. He worked with another scientist to develop a bomb that had unlimited yield. The bomb was tested in 1955 and was sucessful. In the 34 years of his life he had used his scientific genius to create and improve military weapons.
Sakharov was unable to keep his head only in his laboratory. He was deeply concerned for his country and his fellow man. His love for Russia convinced h .....
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Pope John XXIII
.... and of all humanity. Another of Pope John XXIII’s accomplishments was writing seven encyclical letters. Many of these letters stressed the importance of human rights.
Another important thing that Pope John XXIII did as pope, was be open to other faiths. This was shown by his establishment in 1960 of the secretariat for promoting Christian unity, by his contacts with Orthodox church and Protestant leaders and with the World Council of Churches, and by his promotion of Christian-Jewish dialogue. His sure diplomatic sense together with his popularity made him an influential figure in international affairs, and he met w .....
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Allama Muhammad Iqbal
.... as a coherent system of life. According to Iqbal, this system of life when implemented as a living force is ISLAM. Because it is based on permanent (absolute) values given in the Qur'an, this system provides perfect harmony, balance, and stability in the society from within and the source of security and a shield from without. It also provides freedom of choice and equal opportunity for the development of personality for everyone within the guidelines of Qur'an. Thus, in Iqbal's opinion, Islam is not a religion in which individuals strive for a private subjective relationship with God in the hope of personal salvation as it is do .....
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Michael Faraday
.... phenomenon of electromagnetism, Faraday built two devices to produce what he called electromagnetic rotation: that is a continuous circular motion from the circular magnetic force around a wire. Ten years later, in 1831, he began his great series of experiments in which he discovered electromagnetic induction. These experiments form the basis of modern electromagnetic technology.
On 29th August 1831, using his "induction ring", Faraday made one of his greatest discoveries - electromagnetic induction: the "induction" or generation of electricity in a wire by means of the electromagnetic effect of a current in another wire. The ind .....
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King Mohammed The VI Of Morocco
.... Territory and believes its of serious concern. Although he has strong feelings about this subject, it has been a winless battle for several years. He must come up with a way for them to get the territory without causing conflict. A challenge that any ruler must have trouble overcoming.
The things that he has done during his short reign are impressing. The things he must do and will probably do later, will be more impressing. It will be interesting to see how he handles things in the future.
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Candidate Profile Paper On Alan Keyes
.... at the United Nations as an Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council” (1). Keyes was also the “Assistant Secretary of State, overseeing our participation in the whole UN and international organizations system, and was also briefly part of the National Security Council staff” (1). During this time, he met his wife while posting in India in the Foreign Service. Together, they have three children, two boys and a girl.
Keyes has continued to maintain a traditionally conservative stance on many issues in his campaign. He bases these viewpoints on what he calls his “Core Belief Based on Unalienable Rights”. Citing the Dec .....
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Rosa Parks
.... activities such as traveling by bus, preferring to walk home from work when she was not too tired to do so. Busses were a constant irritation to all black passengers. Front rows of busses were reserved for whites only and off limits to blacks even if the bus was very crowed and there weren't enough whites to fill them. The always-crowded back seats were for blacks, but only if no whites wished to occupy these seats. If the white section was full and a new white passenger stepped on the bus, a whole row of black seats had to be vacated so the one white person could sit down.
On the evening of December 1, 1955, Parks was fee .....
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George Washington Carver
.... in Minneapolis, Kansas, while working as a farmhand. After a university in Kansas refused to admit him because he was black, Carver enrolled at Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, where he studied piano and art, afterward transferring to Iowa State Agricultural College (Ames, Iowa), where he received a bachelor's degree in agricultural science in 1894 and a master of science degree in 1896.
Carver left Iowa for Alabama in the fall of 1896 to direct the newly organized department of agriculture at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, a school headed by the noted black American educator Booker T. Washington. At Tusk .....
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Marie Curie
.... in Russian Poland, Manya and her sister Bronya, decided to study at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France. However, they face one major p roblem, they had no money. In order to save money, the sisters decided to give private lessons, business was poor, so they made little money. Manya, wanting to keep up her education attended a "floating" university. The floating university helped Manya decide to be a physics teacher, like her father (Webb, 1991).
Manya and Bronya decided on a new plan, seeing their old one wasn't working. Manya soon had a job as a governess, with a salary and free room and board, to help send Bronya t .....
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