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the representatives of light and darkness, which in turn either lighten or darken the colors. In 1758 more than half a century after Newton’s Optics had appeared the German mathematician and astronomer Tobias Mayer (17231762) gave a lecture to the Gottingen Academy of Science entitled “De affinitive colorum commendation” (historical system), in which he tried to identify the exact number of colors, which the eye is capable of perceiving. He chose red, yellow and blue as his basic colors, and vermillion

Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel was born on April 21st 1782 in Thuringia, Germany. His was the youngest of five siblings belong to Johann Jacob Froebel and Jakobine Eleonore Friderika Hoffmann. Growing up, Froebel was neglected. At only nine months old he lost his mother. His father, being a Pastor, was often busy. When Froebel was four years old his father remarried. This new addition (stepmother) brought no relief to his feelings of abandonment and as a result his childhood was unpleasant. Froebel’s

Niels Abel's life was dominated by poverty and we begin by putting this in context by looking briefly at the political problems which led to economic problems in Norway. At the end of the 18th century Norway was part of Denmark and the Danish tried to remain neutral through the Napoleonic wars. However a neutrality treaty in 1794 was considered a aggressive act by Britain and, in 1801, the British fleet destroyed most of the Danish fleet in a battle in the harbour at Copenhagen. Despite this Denmark-Norway

of being the sex-orientated DNA, indicating that the reason of homosexuality may be related to genetics. The research is conducted by by Simon LeVay and Dean H. Hame. LeVay earned a doctorate in neuroanatomy at the University of Gottingen in Germany. He then went to Harvard University to work on the brain’s visual system, and later the Salk Institute for Biological Studies to head the vision laboratory. In 1992 he found the Institute of Gay and Lesbian Education. Hamer received his Ph.D. in biological

She was made to attend a “finishing school.” She was best in English and French. Emmy loved to play the clavier and to cook. Emmy is known for her knowledge in chain conditions on ideas for rings. Emmy received her degrees in mathematics from the University of Erlangen. The mazi’s took over control of Germany’s government, which meant she had no other choice then to leave Germany and live somewhere else. Emmy graduated from Hohere Tochter Schule in Erlangen. In 1900, Emmy passed all her examinations

Graduate Degree in physics. By the time Oppenheimer arrived in England, Einstein made the world of physics explode with his newly found formula, enticing the studies more for Julius. After his studies were over he applied for a position at Cambridge University in the Cavendish Laboratory. His profession was now directed by Nobel Prize winner, Ernest Rutherford. Ernest Rutherford received the Nobel Prize because of his genius discovery of the nucleus in an atom. When he started his career here he was to

the London banking business owned by dry goods merchant George Peabody. Than young J.P. was taken out of the Boston’s English high school and was enrolled into a private school in Switzerland where after two years he was transferred to the University of Gottingen in Germany. In 1857 the now twenty year old J.P. was installed by his father into Duncan Sherman and co (Peabody’s American representive). Than from 1860 to 1864 he acted as an agent in New York for his fathers firm renamed J.S. Morgan and

It was discovered by a man known as Friedrich Stromeyer from Göttingen University. He discovered it while trying to solve the problem which was brought up when apothecaries of Hanover, Germany, made zinc oxide. The zinc oxide was discolored instead of being pure white. Stromeyer traced the discoloration to a component which

first atomic bomb, he was known as the father of the atomic bomb. He was born on April 22, 1904, in New York City. After only three years of study, he graduated from Harvard University, and in 1927 he got his Ph.D. from the University of Gottingen in Germany. From 1929 to 1947, Oppenheimer was on the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley, where he established a leading center for research in theoretical physics (Stanley, Matthew). During that time he directed the Manhattan Project from

the first year of Hitler’s reign, the universities took a major hit. David Hilbert was a great Jewish mathematician who would contribute to the foundation of math and go on to make advancements in geometry. He also contributed to Göttingen’s reputation in the field of physics and would