... with scientific literature or colleagues. Einstein earned a doctorate from the University of Zurich in 1905. In 1908 he became a lecturer at the University of Bern, the following year becoming professor of physics at the University of Zurich. By 1909 Einstein was recognised as a leading scientific thinker. After holding chairs in Prague and Zurich he advanced (1914) to a prestigious post at the Kaiser-Wilhelm Gesellschaft in Berlin. From this time he never taught a university courses. Einstein remained on the staff at Berlin until 1933, from which time until his death he held a research position at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. In the first of thr ...

... powerful, often mind-altering plays: A View from the Bridge, A Memory of Two Mondays, After the Fall, Incident at Vichy, and The Price. Who could forget the film The Misfits and the dramatic special Playing for Time. Death of a Salesman was not Arthur Miller's first success on Broadway. His first plays were Honors at Dawn (1936) and No Villain (1937) which won the University of Michigan Hopwood Awards. His Death of a Salesman won the Pulitzer prize in 1949, which was another proof of his excellent talent. Miller wrote The Crucible in 1953 during the McCarthy period when Americans were accusing each other of Pro-Communist beliefs. Many of Miller's friends were bei ...

... was he was the family heir to the throne. Therefore, his father arranged a marriage for him. He was to marry Catherine of Aragon when he turned sixteen years old. Arthur seemed to be healthy, in fact, he danced at his wedding for a long time without a bit of fatigue and weakness or sweat it was believed to be said by Royal Court Jester and some servants who witnessed the celebration from the back. The sad part is only a few months later Arthur died. Historians believe he died from T.B. Historians also believe he could also have had the plague or Sweating sickness. This meant Henry was now heir to the Throne. His fathers concerns for him caused Henry to be gua ...

... Rutherford Jr. being born. Along with his 4 other siblings, Rutherford was raised in Ohio by his mother for most of his life. Rutherford went to school in Norwalk, Ohio and Middletown, Connecticut. In 1842 he graduated from Kenyon College, in Gambier, Ohio, valedictorian of his class. After a year of study in a Columbus law office, he entered Harvard Law School and received his degree in 1845. Hayes began his practice in a small town called Lower Sandusky. Not finding many opportunities here, he left for Cincinnati in 1849 where he became a successful lawyer. In 1952, Hayes married Lucy Ware Webb, a graduate from Wesleyan Women’s College. She would lat ...

... Kentucky. The Lincoln Family then moved to Konob Creek, Kentucky. The farm work was really hard. They moved to Indiana to have more land. There, Abraham’s mom died of poison in the milk. Then they moved back to Kentucky, where Abraham’s dad married Sarah Bush Johnston. Abraham called his stepmother, “My angel mom.” Then Abraham started working. He was most skilled at clearing forests. He was also really good at making fences. He was good because he was big for his age and could use the ax really well. He was so good that people started calling him, “the rail splinter.” Then he grew up and graduated from a college in Illinois, and got his degree in law. ...

... California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He began to apply his insights into quantum physics as professor of chemistry at Caltech, where from 1927 to 1964 he made many of his discoveries. By devising techniques such as X-ray and electron diffraction, he was able to calculate the interatomic distances and angles between chemical bonds. During the 1930s, Pauling introduced concepts that helped reveal the bonding forces of molecules. The Nature of the Chemical Bond, the result of these investigations, has been a major influence on scientific thinking since it was published in 1939. Pauling also investigated the atomic structure of proteins, including hemoglobi ...

... history. The Poles had to teach their children their own language and history in secrecy. Manya enjoyed learning but her childhood was always overshadowed by depression. At the young age of six, her father lost his job and her family became very poor. In the same year of 1873, her mother died of tuberculosis. As if that wasn't enough tragedy for the family already, two of her sisters died of typhus as well. Her oldest sister, Bronya, had to leave school early to take care of the family. Despite all these hardships and setbacks, Manya continued to work hard at school. Although her sister Bronya had stopped going to school to act as the family's ...

... to entertain a bored Louis XV by organizing suppers, festivities, and shows, and by stimulating his interest in buildings and gardens, notably the Petit Trianon. The king raised Jeanne-Antoinette to the title of and installed her in lavish apartments in Versailles as his "official" mistress. She remained there until her death in 1764, although she had long since ceased performing sexual favors for the king. played an important part in the politics of Louis's reign. She kept her influence long after the king's love for her had cooled. Pompadour served the king with devotion and generally sound advice, especially on cultural matters, and gave Louis political a ...

... as in the case of both Mandela and Oedipus, a sudden raise to power can cause an abuse of this power. Oedipus acknowledged this fault when his children are told, "Abide in modesty so may you live the happy life your father did not have" (Sophocles 79). He also displays this abuse of power when he accuses Creon of conspiring against him. "I’ve caught him in a plot, against my person" (Sophocles 36). His arrogance caused the people of his land to lose respect for their king. Mandela also had this raise to power and arrogance when she allegedly ordered the murder of young boys believed to be spies. "(I) was ordered to sing loudly to drown out the screams of b ...

... but the patriots had learned of them. Revere and William Dawes were sent to warn Adams and Hancock in Lexington and the patriots in Concord. An arrangement was made for a signal to be flashed from the Old North Church in Boston. Two lanterns meant that the British would be coming by water, and one, by land. Revere directed this signal to be sent to friend in Boston. ("'s Ride: Explanation:) Revere borrowed a horse and left Boston around 10 p.m. He arrived in Lexington at midnight. Around 1 a.m. Revere Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott left for Concord. On their way they were surprised by the British Calvary patrol. Prescoot and Dawes escaped, but Revere was capture ...