Biologically, the size of the brain is not a good predictor of intelligence. In a sample of wild animals, for example, the average size of the brain, measured from museum specimens' craniums collected from rural and urban animals over the last century or so correlates with living around people. In...
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The Public Broadcasting Service documentary about Mileva Maric, "Einstein's Wife," which broadcast in October 2003, sparked public outrage over the underrepresentation of women in science. Geraldine Hilton, an Australian writer, claimed that Maric made a significant contribution to the "Annus Mirabilis Papers of 1905." She carried out the investigation and...
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The Plurality of Humanity and the Meaning of Life The plurality of humanity is fundamental to the ideas of the meaning of life. Despite individual differences, the sole goal and objective of all human beings is to live together in harmony and grow the globe into a better future. In view...
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The global science community heard early in 1939 that German physicists had discovered the splitting of a uranium atom; there was concern about the possibility that Nazi scientists could cause widespread destruction by using the energy to produce explosives. Scientists Albert Einstein, who survived Nazi persecution, and Enrico Fermi, who...
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In California, USA, the Albert Einstein Academy Charter elementary school The provision of language immersion services where courses are offered in both English and German is one of its most influential characteristics. The addition of Spanish was later seen in this two-way bilingual curriculum. Despite the fact that the bilingual curriculum...
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