Nelson mandela foundation biography of albert einstein
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Albert Einstein's Biography
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A man who ruled Science at the beginning of the 20th century and discovered new dimensions of subjects like Time, Space, and Gravity in human history. He won the most honorable award in the world. The Noble Prize for Physics. The name of the one who is considered the most intelligent person in human history is Albert Einstein.
Today we will know the story of his life, and don't miss the 10 unheard facts about Einstein's life (read till the end). Let's dive deep into it:
Early Life and Family
On March 14, , Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, in the German Empire's Kingdom of W�rttemberg. His parents, Pauline Koch, and Hermann Einstein, were secular Ashkenazi Jews who worked as engineers and salespeople. He had one sister, Maria. Maria was two years younger than Albert. When the family relocated to Munich in , Einstein's father and his uncle Jakob established Elektrotechnische Fabrik J. Einstein & Cie, a business that p
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Professor Hawking is in South Africa to launch the Next Einstein initiative, to discover and nurture maths and science talent all over Africa. The initiative builds on the success of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, AIMS, a pan-African centre for postgraduate training and research, based in Muizenberg, Cape Town. AIMS has so far graduated young scientists from 30 African countries and an additional 53 students, including 20 women, are currently completing the programme.
The Next Einstein plan is to create many AIMS centres, all over Africa. The second AIMS centre opens in Abuja, Nigeria, in July and additional centres are planned in Ghana, Uganda, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Botswana, Rwanda and Sudan.
Accompanying Professor Hawking were David Block, Professor in the School of Computational and Applied Mathematics at the University of the Witwatersrand, Pik Botha, who was a Cabinet Minister in the government led by Mr Mandela, and Neil Turok, founder of AIMS and Professo
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Address by Nelson Mandela on accepting an Honourary Doctorate at the Sheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar
30 June
Esteemed Rector of the University,Professors and personal,
Students and workers,
Distinguished members of the Gvernment and representatives of the broad masses of the people of Senegal:
We are indeed humbled bygd the distinction you have just bestowed on us by awarding us and honourary doctorate of the University of Dakar named after Sheikh Anta Diop.
We accept this honour both in my own name but also in the name of my colleagues with whom inom served many years in prison and on behalf of the millions of our people who have upheld the banner of freedom, truth, human dignity and the integrity of the African people throughout our continent and in the Diaspora.
We säga this because we know that you did not want to honour us alone, you intended this award to be your own affirmation of your support for our common cause and our common struggle for the total destructi