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Prize Essays and Term Papers
Alfred NobelBorn in Stockholm in 1833 of Swedish parents, moved with his family
to St. Petersburg, then the capital of Russia, at the age of nine. There his
energetic and inventive father soon acquired a strong and respected position as
an inventor and industrialist. Nobel subsequently lived in several ...
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Kazuo IshiguroKazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, on 8 November 1954. He came to Britain in 1960 when his father began research at the National Institute of Oceanography, and was educated at a grammar school for boys in Surrey. Afterwards he worked as a grouse-beater for the Queen Mother at Balmoral ...
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Marie CurieThough she died many years ago, is still one of the greatest names of science to this date. She made her mark in 1898 when she, and her husband Pierre, announced the discovery of two new elements, polonium and radium. Five years later they shared the Nobel Prize in physics. was the first female ...
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Margaret Atwood~~ "There is so much silence between the words..." SOCI 4019 September 29, 1999. An Overview of Works, Styles, and Themes has written a great number of novels and other forms of literature. The major press editions are as follows: ~ WORKS~ Poetry ¨ 1964, The Cirle Game ¨ 1968, The Animals in That ...
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John Steinbeckwas born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas, California, a farming community with of about 2500 people. He was the third of four children and the only son of John Ernst and Olive Hamiton Steinbeck. His sisters Beth and Esther were much older than John and he felt closest to Mary, the youngest. He ...
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George BizekGeorges Bizet, who is best known for his opera, Carmen, has remained
somewhat of a mystery as far as his musical education, social life, and
personal life. He is not like so many other composers and musicians of the
Romantic Period who led a highly publicized life like Hector Berlioz, ...
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Toni Morrison"The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows:/--/ one part to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction.." this is an excerpt from the will of Alfred Nobel, the man who proposed ...
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Irene Joliot-curieIrene Curie was a brilliant dedicated scientist who accomplished many things throughout her life but was overshadowed by those around her throughout her life. She was overshadowed by Nobel laureate parents Maire and Pierre Curie, by co-laureate and husband Jean Frederick Joliot, by her physicist ...
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HemmingwayErnest Hemingway’s tough, Terse prose and short, declarative sentences did more to change the style of written English that any other writing in the twentieth century. II. Ernest Hemingway has had many great accomplishments in his historical life but just one event has hardly sticks out from the ...
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HemingwayErnest ’s tough, Terse prose and short, declarative sentences did more to change the style of written English that any other writing in the twentieth century. II. Ernest has had many great accomplishments in his historical life but just one event has hardly sticks out from the rest. The Old ...
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Paul EhrlichThe German bacteriologist made important advances to the world of medicine. He is best remembered for his development of the arsenic compound number 606, which was used as a treatment of syphilis. As a Nobel Prize Winner and an honored scientist, fellow scientists and doctors praise for his ...
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Life of the Famous J.K. RowlingJoanne "Jo" Rowling, OBE[1] (born 31 July 1965),[2] better known as J. K. Rowling (pronounced /'ro?l??/, ROH-ling),[3] is a British author best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990. The Potter ...
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Mother Teresawas a wonderful woman and a great influence on the world today. She was born in 1910 in Macedonia with the name Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She was born into a family of deeply religious Catholics. Agnes felt she got the calling to work for God at the young age of fourteen. She joined the Loreto order ...
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Charles LindberghOne of the greatest heroes the world has ever known Charles Augustus Lindbergh. He is most famous for his transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. Lindbergh acquired great fame for doing "good will" tours in Latin America. Other than politicians and war heroes no one has yet quite ...
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George Dantzigwas born on August 14, 1914. He studied mathematics at the University of Maryland, receiving his A.B. in 1936. He received an M.A. in mathematics from the University of Michigan in 1937.
Dantzig worked as a Junior Statistician in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics from 1937 to 1939, then, from ...
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Marie Curie: A Pioneering PhysicistAspirations come from hopes and dreams only a dedicated person can
conjure up. They can range from passing the third grade to making the local
high school football team. Marie Curie's aspirations, however, were much
greater.
Life in late 19th century Poland was rough. Being a female in ...
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The Lottery: Theme And IronyLike most stories “The Lottery” has a theme and irony. The story leaves the reader to debate over what the prize may be. The title lets the reader know that there is something, either good or bad, being given as the prize. A lottery is a gamble that someone takes to win a certain prize.
The ...
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Albert Einstein 2Albert Einstein was born March 14, 1879, in the small town of Ulm, in Southern Germany. His parents, Hermann and Pauline, were Jewish. His father was an electrician whom also was interested in electrical inventions. However he was very unsuccessful in his business, and as soon as Albert was born, ...
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Albert Einsteinwas born March 14, 1879, in the small town of Ulm, in Southern Germany. His parents, Hermann and Pauline, were Jewish. His father was an electrician whom also was interested in electrical inventions. However he was very unsuccessful in his business, and as soon as Albert was born, the family ...
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Charles LindberghOne of the greatest heroes the world has ever known Charles Augustus Lindbergh. He is most famous for his transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. Lindbergh acquired great fame for doing “good will” tours in Latin America. Other than politicians and war heroes no one has yet quite matched his ...
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