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    The Life Of Lise Meitner

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    The Life of Lise Meitner In the beginning of the life of one of the most significant female scientist to date, there was obscurity. Born in Vienna, Austria on November 7th of 1878 during turmoil of war and persecution that would seem to not cease throughout her life, she was bound to surpass her limitations as a necessity to prosper the scientific status. Born the third child out of eight in a Jewish family, she still was not one to go unnoticed or to be persuaded, as a strong minded individual tends

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    Honor: regard with great respect. In my words honor is how we respect others, people and traditions that we believe in. Honor is a way that we will often judge if someone is good or not, but maybe we should look at some other things about the person before we judge if they are honorable or not. James Chadwick was born in Bollington, England, UK on October 20, 1891. His parents Joseph and Anne a storekeeper and servant. James Chadwick went to Manchester's Central Grammar School for Boys. When he

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    Albert Einstein was a scientist, specifically known as a physicist. Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany. According to history.com, he grew up in a “middle class Jewish family in Munich.” This meant that his family was neither poor or rich. As a child, Albert Einstein had a love for music, mathematics and science. According to biography.com, he enjoyed classical music and even played the violin. Biography.com also states that Einstein experienced speech difficulty,. While speaking

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    Although Meitner had no official title at the University of Berlin, over time due to her work with Hahn she became established within the program particularly with Max Planck who she requested to attend the university. Planck utilized his reigning status at the University to slowly incorporate Lise into their community simply by allowing her to introduce herself and engage in complex conversation with other scientist, which showed she has no lack of knowledge. As she became a more respected individual

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    He had a lot of passion for what he was doing and faith in his theories. If he gave up on everything he did, Planck would not have gotten a hold of his work and start a physics career for Einstein. As for Frankenstein, if he didn’t believe in himself and didn’t have the passion for science as he did, he would not have done the science experiment. Because he did

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    Main Idea Essay: Hermann Von Helmholtz Hook: Hi there, Hermann is the name and science is my game. Introduction and Background info (birthplace, birthdate, any relevant childhood info, relevant relationship info, etc.): I was born on August 31st, 1821. My father is Ferdinand Helmholtz who was the headmaster of Potsdam Gymnasium. My mother was Caroline Penn, she was English. At the age of 17 I found that I began to like physics, but unfortunately I had to work as a military doctor. Although I was

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    Albert Einstein was a very intuitive,smart,and caring man,but his life was very challenging.At the age of twelve he was very involved in his faith (according to biography.com,he composed songs and sang them on the way to school.Albert was very smart,but that also put him in danger as if that wasn't enough he was a jew,a crime in the eyes of the germans. Did Hitler ever respect Albert Einstein? The answer is yes he did,in fact Albert was a big part in modern science advancements he had papers on

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    Max Planck was born on April 28, 1858 in Kiel, Germany to Julius Wilhelm and Emma Planck. As a child, Planck was greatly interested in music and was even a talented musician who played many different instruments, however, after being under the influence of Hermann Muller, Planck became interested in physics. Planck studied at the University of Munich and started schooling there at the age of 16 and by the time he was 21, he had a doctorate degree in thermodynamics. After schooling, Planck became

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    Max Planck was born in Kiel, Germany, on April 23, 1858. He later died on October 9, 1947 (aged 89). Max was a German theoretical physicist, where his fame lay mainly with the origination and development of the quantum theory, which revolutionised our understanding of atomic and subatomic processes. Fort this he won the Noble Prize in Physics, 1918. Planck was the sixth child in his family and came from a high intellectual family. His great grandfather, and grandfather were both theology professors;

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    Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany.He grew up with many obstacles but overcame them and eventually became on of the most popular scientists in history.From the theory of relativity to the atomic bomb he was an amazing scientist.Albert Einstein created many theories about physics that helped solve many problems in the field by using hard work and determination to overcome challenges and change the way the study was viewed over time. Albert Einstein created many new concepts

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