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Who was Alfred Wegener? Alfred Wegener was born in Berlin, Germany on November 1, 1880. He was a meteorologist (a person who studies the atmosphere and its weather (Meteorology, n.d.)) and geologist (a person who studies about the Earth’s history through rocks, layers of soil, etc. (Geology, n.d.)). In the early twentieth century, Wegener championed the continental drift theory. In 1904, he attended University of Berlin, where is he studied natural sciences also, received his doctorate in astronomy. While conducting a third expedition to Greenland, Wegener died due to a severe heart attack in 1930. His body was soon discovered a year later. His colleague, Rasmus Villusen buried his body with a great deal of care and respect. What was the Continental Drift Theory? The theory started when Alfred Wegener started looking at the continents of the present day. He noticed that costal lines of South America and Africa were once together. Like the continents were one big puzzle. Over 200 million years ago, the present continents were one big supercontinent which Wegener named it Pangaea. In Greek, the word Pangaea means “all land”. He called this movement of the landmasses continental drift. Wegener's Evidence for Supporting Continental Drift Theory After discovering the continental drift theory, now Wegener needs strong, supportive evidence to back up how the continents moved to their present locations. Wegener’s first evidences were that the coastlines of the…

Over many historical adaptions of movies in Hollywood has always twisted the story of historical books and events to serve the purpose of the movie. The 1959 movie Ben-Hur is no exception , based off of the book Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ written by Lew Wallace in 1880 tells a biblical story that intertwines thwith faith and the power of forgiveness. With a huge theatrical production like Ben-Hur with its elegent music score and production sets that brings to life the ancient cities, culture,…

Castro greatly improved the healthcare system for the entire country as it became a leading priority during the 1959 revolution. During the previous government health care was not viewed as a major concern, this was reflected by health care budget and by the number of facilities available to the lower class and black population in Cuba. With daily struggles preventing a large number of the population from getting the medical attention they deserved, all this changed as Castro ensured that…

Judith was born on February 24th 1959. She is known as Judith Anne Collins. She’s the minister of Corrections and Police. She entered parliament on August 15th 2002. Judith was born on February 24th 1959. She is known as Judith Anne Collins. She’s the minister of Corrections and Police. She entered parliament on August 15th 2002. Judith was born on February 24th 1959. She is known as Judith Anne Collins. She’s the minister of Corrections and Police. She entered parliament on August 15th 2002.…

The play, A Raisin in the Sun, is written by Lorraine Hansberry, and premiered on Broadway in 1959. Hansberry was motivated by a poem written by Langston Hughes. Active in civil rights, Hansberry’s play addresses the racial conflicts for equality and human rights felt by African Americans and Lorraine Hansberry herself. Racial segregation was still strongly being enforced at this time. Each character in the play has a dream. Race, class and gender, all shape these individual’s identity; through…

The Buddha reflects on the whole world and sees that “decease and rebirth...depend on whether they had done superior or inferior deeds.” (Conze 1959, pg.50) That statement refers is the idea of Karma, meaning the life one lives is the based on conditions of how they lived in their past and what they choose to do in this life. Unfortunately, Buddha notices that “[People] are blind from birth….greed and dark delusion obscure their sight.” (Conze 1959, pg.50) He connects the idea of being consumed…

My intentions for my paper is to tell a detailed account of the trip to America that Khrushchev took in the Summer of 1959. In this paper, I would like to detail all the way from the Kitchen Debate between Nixon and Khrushchev in moscow in spring of 1959, the trip to America, his time here, as well as the aftermath of the trip and the unraveling of those relations with the U2 incident. I have found multiple newspapers covering his trip, almost a day to day account of it via various newspapers…

does not have. This is primarily because of the great depression during the 1930s. Motherhood in the 1959 version contrasts with the 1934 version of the film. The former shows Lora Meredith's affection for her daughter, but also makes it clear that nothing will come between her and her dream. Annie however, does everything she can to provide for her daughter even by taking the subservient position to…

Mills suggests that in order to conform to the promise of sociology, one must be able to understand specific history and biography and apply this by uncovering the connection between the two (Mills, 1959). Mills claims that the major role of a sociological scholar is to identify the difference between an individual’s personal issues and the widespread issues that may impact society in its entirety (Mills, 1959). Further, a sociological scholar must be able to combine these two areas of human…

people a decision. In the novel “Things Fall Apart” it says “ Okonkwo had committed the female , because it had been inadvertent . He could return to the clan after seven years.” ( Achebe , 1959 , page 124) This relates to my thesis statement because okonkwo didn’t have a choice to stay in his village they kicked him out. Another reason to this uncivilized village is because okonkwo is beating on his wife. Igbo village is uncivilized due to okonkwo actions as in physically beating his wives…