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Charles Robert Darwin was a naturalist born on 12th February 1809 at a place called Shrewsbury in England. However, he died on 19th April 1882 in London. In his lifetime, one of his greatest achievements is about the evolutionary theory of living organisms (Bowler). He was able to achieve this success through the voyage he embarked in 1831. He traveled for five years all over the world with the HMS Beagle. Through his traveling, he was able to study different specimen and thus his evolution theory was developed. This fact caused him to write the book titled as On ...

There have been few people that have matched up to the scientific know how of the Curie family. The Curie family has received the most Nobel Prizes in history. Marie Curie, the matriarch of the family, was the first women to win a Nobel Prize and is the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two separate fields of science. Her accomplishments include describing the theory of “radioactivity” as well as coining the term; she also discovered to elements, polonium and radium. The theories of radioactivity helped during World War I where she assisted on the front lines in creating ...

Biography of Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Mikhail Baryshnikov was born in 1948, in a place called Riga. In 1960, he started his ballet studies in the same place. He is a co founder of White Oak Project and a dance director. Mikhail Baryshnikov won a top prize in the junior division at a very tender age, an achievement that brought him into the lime light. He was named the ‘the most perfect dancer’ in Pushkin class, a characteristics that many others had not fitted in, in the history of that school. His unique talent and skills were noted right from then as his performance in dance industry was exclusive. ...

This paper will look at the similarities and differences in the Presidencies of Barack Obama and Franklin Roosevelt. Roosevelt became President during a trying time for America. The Great Depression was in full swing caused by the fact that Wall Street and the banks had collapsed causing millions of people or about 25 percent of the population. to be without jobs or financial security (Miller). When Roosevelt came into office he put together an economic package known as the New Deal in order to help alleviate the crisis and get men back to work.
Almost seventy years later in ...

Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) belongs to the prominent American thinkers and public figures. In him were combined a great scientist-encyclopaedist, a brilliant propagandist of the Enlightenment ideas and active leader of the bourgeois revolution. By decision of the World Peace Council, the 250th anniversary of the birth of Franklin was celebrated all over the world. Scientific and public activity of Franklin is inextricably linked with the war of Independence in 1775 - 1783 years. The largest volume and most famous works of Franklin is "Autobiography» (The Life of Benjamin Franklin written by Himself). It was started by Franklin in 1771 ...

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The life of prominent personalities remains one of the most comprehensive topics focussed on in the field of sociology. This can be accredited to the fact that various prominent personalities played a comprehensive role in bringing about social change in the society. Worth noting is the fact that the traditional society was filled with various societal matter that hundred societal progress. As an example, the traditional society had a less regard for women in the society as evident by the fact that women were discriminated highly. Nonetheless, the emergence of prominent personalities led to mutual change of the society in terms ...

John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes

Biography

John Maynard Keynes was born June 5, 1983 in Cambridge in a relatively prosperous family. Father of the great scientist John Neville Keynes was also economic theorist who taught economics and logic at Cambridge University and wrote a book on the subject of economics. His mother was the daughter of Florence Keynes Minister and graduated from the same University of Cambridge and in 1932-1933 even served as mayor of Cambridge.
Education of the future great scientist began when he was seven years old. Since that time and until 1892 he primarily learnt at home. Being nine years ...

I was born on the 31of May 1993 in a big and cultural city under the zodiac sign of Gemini. I believe that stars influence our fate and character as you see I am Gemini. I am creative and dynamic, also enthusiastic, energetic and show initiative. Partially it is true. Actually I am persistent. It’s rather different I think. People say that I am cheerful and quite easy-going person. However, when I am in a bad mood I can be a bit reckless, selfish and moody. It’s terrible, that is why I do my best to be more reserved. Every ...

William Faulkner is a renowned novelist and writer who was not only concerned with building his writing career but also supporting new writers. He was brought up in a humble upbringing in the season of civil wars. Apart from the wars, there was wide spread racial discrimination and a wide gap between the poor and the rich. His literature centred on society issues and the need for people to change their thinking and attitude to enhance growth. Through his factious writing, he observed that an economy could only grow if everyone is given a chance to grow. The aspect of some people having ...

I was brought to life twenty one years ago and have been raised and nurtured by my loving parents. Throughout my life I’ve undergone many experiences which have taught me peculiar ways of resolving conflicts. In my childhood period, I was a spunky playful kid who was determined in whatever he committed himself into. As a result of my playful character, I had a lot of friends in the neighborhood. Many of these were my peers who loved to play with me or some of whom we went to school together. Besides participating in a lot of childhood games I was also ...

In one of her prominent works, Ruth Benedict explains the story of a certain community that lives on an island northwest of Melanesia. Ruth Benedict describes the community as one in which people are so mistrustful of one another to the extent that they can barely afford to share anything or do anything together. The community, which is characterized by paranoia and mistrust, does not approve of such things as sharing food or accepting gifts from neighbors. Rationally, such behavior would be considered abnormal in the modern societies (Young 99). Ruth Benedict further tells the story of a man that went ...

Synopsis Born and brought up in New York City, astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson discovered his love for the space and starts at the tender age of nine. He earned his doctorate degree from Columbia University in 1991 after studying at Harvard University (Neil, 2012). Tyson started working for the Hayden Planetarium in 1996 where he still serves as the director. He has hosted a science television show NOVA ScienceNow since 1996 on PBS. Tyson remains of the most popular TV science expert of his time

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, one of the most known America’s scientists has spent ...

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Annotated bibliography is used to account for a study on a particular topic. It further gives a detailed summary of every source and an analysis of the material’s relevance. The importance of a bibliography is based on the selection of sources of reference. In addition, it entails a good definition of the scope of the study, which helps in making an accurate judgment on the type of data to include in annotation. This article involves an analysis of various authors’ contribution on leadership and motivation. Various facts have been looked into and the criticism over the same. The major reason of coming up ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as America’s 32^nd President. He came into power during The Great Depression and is one of the leaders who made a great impact in American economy and politics. His famous for championing for the New Deal; that was geared towards lifting America out of it then economic crisis. Both his critics and supporters would agree that he was one of America’s most influential presidents. Below is a short biographical account of Roosevelt’s life, political career and contributions to the American economy.

Early Life and Education

Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, ...