Albert II

The central idea of the poem “Futility” by Wilfred Owen is war. Owen’s choice of title ‘Futility” highlights his views on the subject. That being - war is pointless and bears no honour or glory. Owen stresses that war only causes destruction and death. The poem is about a soldier who has recently died on the front line of the war. Although we as readers do not know who the dead soldier is; it appears that the speaker knows him and his background well. The speaker wants to move the soldier’s…

Robert Boyle is known as the “Father of Chemistry”, as he was a well-known philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor. He made many contributions to science, particularly chemistry, philosophy, and even some physics. Although he never married or had children, Boyle spent his life excelling in his field of study in chemistry; however, his other work included hydrostatics, physics, and even medicine. Boyle was born on January 25, 1627. He lived in a town called Lismore, County Waterford, in the…

Mallory James Lynette Burdick CHM 130 11 November 2015 Fritz Haber: For Better and For Worse Fritz Haber, a scientist not well-known to many, has played an immense role for our world today. This paper will describe him, his contributions to the chemistry field, the hardships he had to go through during his career as a chemist and the contradictions of his inventions. Fritz Haber was born into one of the oldest families of Breslau, Germany (now part of Poland) on December 9, 1868. Sadly, his…

Raoul Wallenberg was born on August 4,1912, in Stockholm, Sweden. His father Raoul Oscar Wallenberg died two months before he was born. His mother, Maj Wising married Raoul Wallenberg’s father then married Fredrik von Dardel six years after her husband passed away. Out of this marriage came Raoul Wallenberg’s brother, Guy and sister, Nina. Raoul’s education was taken very seriously. He came from one of the most famous families in Sweden. He went to primary school in Stockholm. When he was nine…

History Waldorf Education The founder of Waldorf education is Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925). He is an Austrian scientist and philosophical thinker. After the World War I, Emil Molt, the owner of the Waldorf-Astoria cigarette factory, invite him to establish a school for the children of the worker. Due to the devastation after the World War I, Emil Molt asked Steiner introduce a new approach in education, which would relate to social, economic, and political life of Europe (Rudge, 2008). Steiner…

Background/ Early Years Louis “Louie” Zamperini, “the son of Italian immigrants, who had come into the world of Olean, New York on January 26, 1917” was “eleven and a half pounds of baby under black hair as coarse as barbed wire” (5 Hillenbrand). The Zamperinis soon decided to move to Torrance, California when Louie was three for his father’s job as a railroad electrician. Louie grew up in Torrance with his parents, older brother, and two younger sisters. Louie was the second of four…

Albert Einstein, one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, once said, "If I had an hour to save the world, I would spend 50 minutes planning my rescue and 10 minutes implementing my plan." Einstein recognized the importance and power of planning. Planning is a powerful tool and allows one to effectively channel his or her goals and success Planning is a crucial step of the success process, and without it, Life goals is limited. In the realms of music and writing, artists have…

Due to the fact I showed up exactly on time and didn 't use my fifteen minutes safe zone arrival time I ordered to write 4 page essays; am writing this essay about the importance of time to the United State Navy and general use of time. To understand been on time someone have to know what it means to be in time. To be in time is been punctual and accountable responsibly. Besides that he/she asks himself/herself those questions; what is my attitude towards time? Is showing up on time important…

Jean Jacques Rousseau was a Swiss born philosopher. His father was an educated watchmaker. His mother died at childbirth and his father was exiled from Geneva. He had a hard time living with his mother's family. At the age of 16, he fled Geneva and went to France. Paris was culturally very different from Geneva. He suffered from deep isolation and his life was very unstable. He was involved in many strange affairs with women. However, he met a woman named Mme de Warens who was 10 years older…

Gregor Mendel, known as the “father of modern genetics”, he was born in Austria in 1822. Mendel was sent to a secondary school in Troppau to continue his education, he grew up in a German speaking family and graduated high school in 1840. After his graduation he went onto a 2-year program at the Philosophical Institute at Olmutz University. Around 1854, Mendel began to research the transmission of hereditary traits in plant hybrids. At the time of Mendel’s studies, it was a generally accepted…