Alexander Dubček was the leader of Czechoslovakia in 1968. He was a communist, yet he wanted to transform Czechoslovakia into a democratic nation. He was born in Uhrovek, Slovakia on November 27th, 1921. His family moved to the Soviet Union in 1925. Dubček received an early education in Kirgiziya and became a loyal communist. In 1944, he moved back to Slovakia and secretly joined the Communist Party. After World War II, very loyal communists were appointed to high government posts. Moscow wanted…

Olympic gold medalist with the Russian’s women’s basketball team, Alexander Ovechkin seemed destined to become an amazing athlete. One of the most debated, yet amusing hockey players currently playing in the National Hockey League, Ovechkin’s incredible talent, speed, physical authority, and youthful enthusiasm is something that hockey fans can’t seem to get enough of. Like most hockey players, Ovechkin found his passion for the game very young. He picked up his first hockey stick at two years old, and…

behaviors. The id is present from birth, while the ego and the superego are not. The id consists of instinctual and primitive behaviors. The id is driven by the pleasure principle, which looks to satisfy the body and mind’s wants and needs. It is very instinctual; for example, the id is the reason we seek out food when we’re hungry, why we want water when we’re thirsty, use the restroom when we feel the need, and keeps us from repeating situations we have found to be physically painful. The id is…

their child marriage and Albert Einstein parents were one of them. His parents were against that marriage because Einstein lack money and was not prepare for the married life. Since they did not have a lot of money when they got married they live at a very small apartment in the capital of Switzerland. His wife failed the physic exams and ends up helping Albert type up his articles and becomes pretty much a housewife, also by taking care of their child. Albert Einstein later on got a job as a clerk…

A Historical Biography of Alexander the Great Alexander the Great lived before Christ, but he was driven by a vision of global unity as modern as today. Alexander is seen in many roles in our culture. The most famous of these is being a great general and conqueror of the world. During his short life, Alexander conquered the known world and helped spread the culture of the Greeks. Much of what he accomplished must be viewed in the circumstances of his time and his upbringing. Without these…

cellphones, and the way we communicate with the world would be entirely different. (Pewresarch) Michael Hart’s book The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History ranks Alexander Graham Bell as the forty second most influential person in history and he is one of the most influential persons in history. Alexander Graham Bell’s influences of his father and grandfather caused him to take interest in the human voice and imitating its sounds. Although he is known for his invention of the telephone…

Alexander the Great Alexander, the great king of Macedonia, won many wars and conquered the land of Persia and defeated there king Darius III. He was meant to be the leader of an army that his father had made because as he was growing up he was raised as a commander. At the age of 20, Alexander was already the king of Macedonia. Six years later he conquered Persia. As a young kid Alexander the Great was formed to be a hero and as he grew up and completed his accomplishments he was…

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare, man with intelligence, creativity, and with great passion for love, was one of the most prestige playwright, poet, and actor from the British Literature. He contributed his whole life writing some of the finest and well known plays and poems that are still highly valued in the present literary world. Shakespeare’s conventional themes for most of his plays and poems are about universal matters such as love, jealousy, and beauty which were common focus during…

characteristic of Beethoven’s music. The first of which was the difficulty of music. As Beethoven when through his compositional life, he would not compose for amateurs as some composers of his time did. He always retained the difficulty of the pieces at a very high level. His first published composition was no exception, having many sixteenth and thirty-second note runs. He also transposes the piece from C minor to C major toward the end of the last variation, which is one of his signature transpositions…

Alexander Fleming was born on August 6, 1881 to Hugh Fleming and Grace Morton. His parents shared the same occupation as farmers. He was born on a rural farm in Lochfield in East Ayrshire Scotland. Alexander or Alec as his family called him had three siblings Grace, John and Robert. He also had four half siblings Jane, Hugh, Thomas, and Mary who were from his father’s previous marriage. Alexander’s education began at Loudoun Moor School, then he moved to a larger school called Darvel School. He…