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of the day, which had a large role in thought, leading up to the eventual Communist Revolution in Russia in 1918. One significant text written in this time period is Kafka’s Metamorphosis, the story of Gregor Samasa turning into a bug, published in Prague in 1915. While Kafka in not a known communist, by growing up in the climate of the time, his seminal…

Tesla studied Mathematics and Physics at the University of Graz where he was first incited by AC current and the implementation of it in a motor and later went on to study philosophy at the University of Prague. [4] As with all great scientific inventions, while on a walk, he thought of an idea to create a brushless AC induction motor, contemplating his first vision of in the sand, sadly the idea that revolutionized the world remained at the mercy of wind…

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Babylon Revisited first presents itself as a heart warming tale of a father facing the mistakes of his past with a determination to right his wrongs and regain his role in his daughter’s life. However, we come to find, as an audience, first impressions can be deceiving. Fitzgerald portrays Charlie Wales to be a charismatic, fun loving, businessman who, like any, has made mistakes in past. As we become better acquainted with our protagonist, “we will find that it is…

I am from a different country, so I am from a very different culture. I saw different things and my life was influenced by different factors than other kids from the United States. I am from the capital city, Prague, and I am from economically stable family. I believe that every person is unique and there is no person same as other and we have to respect that. I totally respect other people 's ideas, however, I disagree with them too. My life is mostly influenced by school, soccer, and my…

workers broke out. However, the tide soon turned when differences among the revolutionaries gave the reactionary forces an opportunity to suppress the revolution. In June, Czech leader Frantisek Palacky organized a Pan-Slav Congress in the city of Prague, demanding equality with the Germans. On June 17, Austrian forces crushed this rebellion and a month later regained control in Milan. In December, Francis Joseph succeeded Ferdinand I as the emperor of Austria and, using the force of a Russian…

Executive Summary: Carl Menger was an prelovent Austrian economist in the late 19th Century. He came for a fairly wealthy family and had vast access to academia given his father was a lawyer. Menger grew in economics while reporting on the market and later went on to take what he learned as a reporter to conclude his own theories on the economy. He developed the modern day explanation of money and came to describe marginal analysis and marginal utility. His ideas are complementary to the…

In Prague, Alan met a German boy named Jako and grew very fond of him during his time there. The American’s adopted him, gave him a uniform to wear, and cared for Jako. They tried to find him a permanent home but had no such luck. So, Alan offered for Jako…

extraction of fossil fuels by the process of fracking (Hough 2014). However, fracking itself induces only small earthquakes known as microearthquakes which are of less concern than larger more destructive earthquakes such as the November 2011 quake in Prague, OK. This was the largest earthquake to take place in relation to activities the oil and gas industry engages in however it was due to the injection of wastewater (produced from fracking) (Keranen et al. 2013). In a study conducted by…

January, 1933 to May, 1945; a calamitous and tragic time period where six million Jews were taken out of existence. No one could foresee that a demanding, judgmental, and controlling leader was going to take over the presidency of Germany and order for the torture, misery, and execution of a manifold of innocent people. Adolf Hitler, born in 1889, grew up in close proximity to the border of Germany and eventually led his way up the political chain and became chancellor in 1932. From being…

According to Ollman, Marx believed that “capitalism was a volatile economic system that would suffer a series of ever-worsening crises—recessions and depressions—that will produce greater unemployment, lower wages, and increasing misery among the industrial proletariat. These crises Ollman state will convince the proletariat that its interests as a class are implacably opposed to those of the ruling bourgeoisie. Consequently armed with revolutionary class consciousness, the proletariat will…