In 1931 Florey had excelled to a position as Chair of Pathology at the University of Sheffield. In 1935 he returned to Oxford, and within weeks he set out to find a biochemist that would become a part of his research team. He found him at Cambridge. In this book we are also introduced to Ernst Boris Chain who was, like Florey, not native to England. He was German, but he was also in four other languages. His grandparents were devout Jews how had immigrated to Germany from Bavaria. Learning, study
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Amalie Emmy Noether was born on March 23, 1882 in Erlangen, Germany. In her late life, she had underwent surgery to remove a pelvic tumor, but died from a post-operative infection on April 14, 1935. Noether was 83 years old when she died in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Max Noether and Ida Amalie Kaufmann were the parents of Emmy, along with her three brothers: Friedrich (Fritz), Gustav Robert, and Alfred Noether. During her childhood, Noether did not stand out academically and, being female, was not
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Ms. St. Clair p.2-C14089 Who’s the Real Genius? Thomas Jefferson, a man of great intelligence, was mistaken in his argument about ”American Genius”. The document states that the country was so young and undeveloped to produce any genius’s except George Washington, Ben Franklin, and David Rittenhouse, “whose memory will be adored while liberty shall have votaries, whose name will triumph over time” (American Genius ). In the document “American Genius” he talked with great enthusiasm about these key
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Competitiveness is described variably depending on the person in question. Some inquire that competitiveness is a virtue acquired by workers in an attempt to be the best in their field, while others insist that competition is but an instinct, bound by blood and instilled into all beings, size and shape disregarded. Every day, you and I compete, simply to live in optimal conditions. Though we may or may not literally fight for or against others, competitiveness is accepted as persistence, the strive
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Harry Hess was born in New York on May 27, 1906. He died on August 26, 1969. Harry Hess made many contributions to science such as he discovered features on the floor of the ocean that appeared to be mountains with the tops flattened. Harry Hess used sounding equipment. The sounding equipment takes measurements of the sea floor. Harry Hess is a geologist who studies plate tectonics theory. The theory of plate tectonics explains the features and movement of Earth’s surface in the present and the past
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Carl Jacobi’s Legacy Mathematics is a diverse and multifaceted entity in the world of academics. There are several mathematicians who have implemented concepts in the institution of Math. German mathematician Carl Gustav J. Jacobi was one major contributor to the analysis of elliptic functions and theories. As a professor at the University of Berlin, he was an inspiration during his time; however, Jacobi went through many trials and tribulations throughout his childhood, education and achievements
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In 1939 Scientists discovered that a powerful explosion might be possible by splitting an atom. Engineers, Scientists, and the Army got together to start the Manhattan Project (The process of the making of the atomic bomb.) Albert Einstein helped the scientists with his theories. He sent a letter to President Roosevelt telling him how Hitler was trying to create the same bomb, he approved that they should start the Manhattan project, because they were scared that the Nazis would do it first. The
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in the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University (AEA) and at the Einstein Papers Project at Caltech (EPP) can now be accessed with a user-friendly interface via the internet. The system offers easy navigation, displaying the search results and additional information such as filters, related topics and similar items. Some of the digitized documents are accompanied by annotated transcriptions and translations, as edited by the EPP and published in the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein
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from his research conducted at IRRI and in cooperative studies with scientists in relevant fields of study. Albert Einstein Trying to convince you that Albert Einstein was rejected in any way during his lifetime let alone a moron is a hard sell, considering that he was one of the most famous men on the planet at the time. But buried deep in a lifetime of utter brilliance, Einstein was saddled with one big mistake. One that it turned out wasn't a mistake at all. To understand, you have to know
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Who is Ida Rolf? Who is Ida Rolf? Dr. Rolf was a strong willed woman of the 20th century. She was driven to help others and herself learn as much about the structural alignment and function of the human body, as was conceivably possible. She did just that and her legacy continues today at the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration. Ida was born and raised in the Bronx in 1896. She graduated with a PhD in Biochemistry in 1920 and continued her work as a researcher studying not only chemistry
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