An example of his theory of relativity was, if there were twins and if one twin flew into space in a rocket going near the speed of light, and returned after 40 years, he would appear to have aged only slightly, whereas his identical twin who had remained on earth would be old and wrinkled. ... "E- stands for Energy, "M- stands for Mass, and "C- stands for speed of light. ...
Such armor gave the Bismarck many advantages in protection but it did not inhibit her speed, as she was only capable of its maximum speed of 30 knots. ... Throwing a light rock into the swimming pool would sink easily, but how could Bismarck float with its weight of more than 50,000 tones? ...
Army modular light infantry division trained for air assault. ... He recalls how he saw his plane "crash at a speed of over 200 Miles per hour "while he was on his parachute Once he landed on enemy lines, the first thought that came to his mind was "what in the world was he going to do now ". ...
PEOPLE: FDR - President during WWII Truman - President who decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan Churchill - British Prime Minister Eisenhower - Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied troops in D-Day MacArthur - General who returns to Philippians - Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific Rommel - General in charge of Afrika Korps Hitler - poorly educated Austrian; joined German workers party, became leader, changed name to Nazi; became Dictator of Germany Mussolini - in Fascist Party; declared himself Dictator of Italy Tojo - Dictator of Japan Stalin - Dictator of USSR F...
Following the economic whiplash World War II had on all European countries, leaving many with an a completely taxed economy and slow progress for return; An American man by the name of George Marshall penned the Marshall Plan in 1947, otherwise known as ERP (European Recovery Program) which was instated to lend American money to European countries in order to speed along the recovery for many. ... This could not be allowed in light of the region's immense strategic importance to U.S. national security. ...
In these hard conditions, ancient builders had faced a lot of difficulties in building Gothic Cathedrals because they wanted to build a church that was much larger than previously built, and had bigger windows to allow more light inside the cathedrals. ... Although compasses and GPS both indicate directions, GPS has much more utility such as calculated speed, bearing, distance, weather and even tracking sunrise and sunset time. ...
On July 16, 1945, a brilliant flash on a quiet reach of desert in Alamogordo New Mexico changed the world; the Nuclear Age began. On that day civilization took a long step towards its own passing. Just three weeks after the leading test on august 6, a second atomic bomb was detonated, this time over...
