Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Hegel was a German philosopher who developed the Hegelian dialectic, in which one concept inevitably generates its opposite, and the interaction of these leads to a new concept. He used the…
Hegel was a German philosopher who developed the Hegelian dialectic, in which one concept inevitably generates its opposite, and the interaction of these leads to a new concept. He used the…
The Kellogg-Briand Pact was an agreement between the US and France to renounce war and seek settlement of disputes by peaceful means. It took its name from US Secretary of State Frank B….
Cortázar was an Argentinean novelist who gained recognition as one of the century’s major experimental writers. A permanent resident of France after 1951, his works reflect his interest in…
Born Albino Luciani, Pope John Paul I was the first pope to choose a double name, a move that honored his two immediate predecessors, Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI. Refusing to have the…
A piano maker by training, Lick spent many years in South America before returning to the US in 1848. He settled in San Francisco, where he soon abandoned the piano-making trade in favor of…
42nd Street, a hugely successful stage musical, tells the story of an up-and-coming chorus girl named Peggy Sawyer, who hails from Allentown, Pennsylvania, and arrives in New York City to…
Kahanamoku, known as the “Big Kahuna,” was an Olympic champion swimmer who is generally credited with having invented the modern sport of surfing. He was the first person to be inducted into…
It is believed that the original potato chip recipe was created by chef George Crum at a restaurant in Saratoga Springs, NY. Fed up with a customer who continued to send his fried potatoes…