Nobel Foundation

Throughout his life Martin Luther King embodied the philosophy that nonviolence was the way to resolve problems. He reaffirmed his stance on violence in his acceptance speech for the distinguished Nobel Peace Prize: “…I conclude that this award which I receive on behalf of that movement is a profound recognition that nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral question of our time - the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to violence and…

Why Darwin’s Inconsistency Is Significant In the article Darwin and the scientific method, author Francisco Ayala compares two scientific methods and discusses Charles Darwin’s impact on the scientific community. A scientific method is a procedure that scientists use to make systematic observations, experiments, and to formulate a hypothesis. During the 18th century, Darwin discovered one of many reasons on why evolution occurs and established the theory of natural selection that would later…

profound and influential geniuses of our time was Albert Einstein, a theoretical physicist who is credited with the development of the theory of relativity, which has become a monumentally influential development in the field of physics. This famous, nobel-prize winning scientist originated from rather humble beginnings. Einstein was born on March 14th, 1879 in Germany. His father was a engineer and salesman while his mother stayed at home with the children. The family business was…

Mother of the nation, she is the voice of the voiceless. Chilean poet, Gabriela Mistral, was the first ever Latin American Nobel Laureate for literature, having won the prize in 1945 (Williamson 531). She wrote for those who could not speak up for themselves, as well as for her own self. Her poetry essentially focused on Christian faith, love, and sorrow. Throughout her life, she had to witness several of her loved ones pass away, and her early years were appalling. Sadly, she herself also…

the church to come after him. Paul’s contribution to the bible has been known to be very important in the history of Christianity. Of the new testament 27 books, Paul (debatably) wrote 13 of them. His works and letters have essentially laid the foundations of what it means…

president, the face of equality. Nelson Mandela is an inspirational man to millions of people and most people don’t know everything about him. Mandela has won more than two hundred and sixty awards, more than any one in history, ranging from the Nobel Peace Prize to Philadelphia Liberty award, presented to him from former United States president Bill Clinton. His struggle anti-apartheid has led him to write many novels, but what most people don’t know is that he has not always a good Samaritan.…

Lester Bowles Pearson was a Canadian soldier, who won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis. He was the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 22 April 1963 to 20 April 1968. During Pearson's time as Prime Minister, his Liberal minority governments introduced universal health care, student loans, the Canada Pension Plan, the Order of Canada, and the new Flag of Canada. Pearson also convened the Royal Commission…

1. Introduction For the purpose of this research report the focus will be on the Information Search stage of the consumer decision process and how research into this topic can be used to predict consumer behaviour. Consumer behaviour is a discipline dealing with how and why consumers purchase or do not purchase goods and services (Quester, Pettigrew, Kopanidis, Rao Hill, & Hawkins, 2014). That is, the study to discover the forces that affect and influence consumers purchasing behaviours. This is…

The Decline of Deutsche Physik Contextual Analysis of the Exodus of German Physicists in the Early Twentieth Century “So we see that we cannot attach any absolute signification to the concept of simultaneity, but that two events which, viewed from a system of co-ordinates, are simultaneous, can no longer be looked upon as simultaneous events when envisaged from a system which is in motion relatively to that system” In 1905 German physicist Albert Einstein published the first paper of a new…

Nelson Mandela has definitely had a global impact on the world due to his remarkable fight with establishing equality throughout South Africa. Nelson’s Madela’s Leadership Styles and Theories History Essay illustrates Schumpeterian, Martin and Osberg, and, the Ashoka five criteria social entrepreneurship concepts. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in a village called Transkei located in South Africa. Since his father was the chief of the village he gained a lot of exposure to…