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Marie MagdaleneMarleneDietrichDecember 27 1901 May 6 1992was a German and American actress and singer whose career spanned from the silent film era of the 1920s to the 1980s Noted forher glamorous persona and exotic looks Dietrich became one of Hollywoods highestpaid actressesDietrich who sided with the allies was known for her humanitarian efforts during World…
Rita LeviMontalcini April 22 1909 December 30 2012 was an Italian Nobel laureate honored for her work in neurobiology She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with colleague Stanley Cohen for the discovery of nerve growth factor NGF the protein that causes cell growth due to stimulated nerve tissue
Neville Goddard February 19 1905 October 1 1972 was born in St Michael Barbados and came to the US in 1922 to study drama and dance While touring with his dance company in England he developed an interest in metaphysics After his return to New York he gave up the entertainment industry to devote his…
George Orson WellesMay 6 1915 October 10 1985 was an American actor director screenwriter and producer who is remembered for his innovative work in film radio and theatre He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time creating such classics as Citizen Kane The Third Man and The Magnificent…
Philip Kindred Dick December 16 1928 March 2 1982 was an American author who wrote 44 novels and about 121 short stories most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime His fiction explored varied philosophical and social questions such as the nature of reality perception and identity and commonly featured characters struggling…
Richard Phillips FeynmanMay 11 1918 February 15 1988 was an Americantheoretical physicist known for his work in thepath integral formulationofquantum mechanics the theory ofquantum electrodynamics and the physics of thesuperfluidityof supercooledliquid helium In 1965 Feynman received theNobel Prize in Physicsjointly withJulian SchwingerandShinichir Tomonaga
In 1961 poet Robert Frost was invited to read at the inauguration of President John F Kennedy It would be the first by a poet for an inaugural ceremony Presidentelect Kennedy asked Frost to recite the poem The Gift Outright unless the poet planned to write a poem especially for the occasion Frost did in…
Harry S Truman May 8 1884 December 26 1972 was the 33rd president of the United States serving from 1945 to 1953 A member of the Democratic Party he previously served as vice president from January to April 1945 under FDR and as a US senator from Missouri from 1935 to January 1945 Assuming the…
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy May 29 1917 November 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963 He was the youngest person to assume the presidency by election and the youngest president at the…
Richard Milhous Nixon January 9 1913 April 22 1994 was the 37th president of the United States serving from 1969 to 1974 A member of the Republican Party he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D Eisenhower His five…
Richard Milhous Nixon January 9 1913 April 22 1994 was the 37th president of the United States serving from 1969 to 1974 A member of the Republican Party he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D Eisenhower His five…
Harry S Truman May 8 1884 December 26 1972 was the 33rd president of the United States serving from 1945 to 1953 A member of the Democratic Party he previously served as vice president from January to April 1945 under FDR and as a US senator from Missouri from 1935 to January 1945 Assuming the…
Robert Francis KennedyNovember 20 1925 June 6 1968 also known by his initialsRFKand by the nicknameBobbywas an American politician and lawyer He served as the 64thUnited States Attorney Generalfrom January 1961 to September 1964 and as aUS Senatorfrom New York from January 1965 untilhis assassinationin June 1968 when he was running for the Democratic presidential…
Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de BeauvoirJanuary 9 1908 April 14 1986 was a French existentialistphilosopher writer and social theorist Beauvoir wrote novels essays biographies autobiographies and monographs on philosophy politics and social issues She was best known for her trailblazing work in feminist philosophy includingThe Second Sexpublished in 1949 a detailed analysis of womens…
Born in Salem MassachusettsThomas A Watson January 18 1854 December 13 1934 was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston He was then hired by Alexander Graham Bell who was a professor at Boston University They were known for the…
RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner operated by the White Star Line that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton England to New York City Of the estimated 2224 passengers and crew aboard more than 1500 died making it the deadliest…
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill November 30 1874 January 24 1965 was borninOxfordshire Englandof mixed English and American parentage He would becomea statesman soldier and writer who served asPrime Minister of the United Kingdomfrom 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War and again from 1951 to 1955 Apart from two years between 1922 and…
A Short History of European Law brings to life 2500 years of legal history tying current norms to the circumstances of their conception Tamar Herzog describes how successive legal systems built upon one another from ancient times through the European Union Roman law formed the backbone of each configuration though the way it was used…
A memoir of politics and activism from the bestselling and beloved author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS A brilliant writer a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman BARACK OBAMA It is 1964 and Maya Angelou is on her way back home leaving behind her beloved and now seriously teenage son Guy…
From selfhelp to medication therapy and cognitive neuroscience this book traces the uses and limits of psychology Offering a systematic exploration of the ways in which psychology is used in contemporary society it refines our understanding of the extent of the field In addition to conceptual analysis of how science truth biology mind and meaning…
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