Some Great People

                     Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation . Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.  Early Life -                                        Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in the village of Mvezo in Umtata, then part of South Africa's Cape Pr...

              Albert Einstein ( German) (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He is best known to the general public for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = m c 2 , which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect", a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory.                Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers and more than 150 non-scientific works.. His intellectual achievements and originality have made the word "Einstein" synonymous with ...

             Elon Reeve Musk ( Born June 28, 1971) is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and engineer. He holds South African, Canadian, and U.S. citizenship and is the founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla , Inc. co-founder of Neuralink; founder of The Boring Company co-founder and initial co-chairman of OpenAI and co-founder of PayPal. In December 2016, he was ranked 21st on the Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People. He has a net worth of $19.4 billion and is listed by Forbes as the 40th-richest person in the world. Early Life -             Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, the son of Maye Musk (née Haldeman), a model and dietitian from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and Errol Musk, a South African electromechanical engineer, pilot, and sailor. He has a younger brother, Kimbal (born 1972...

Wait But Why   Wait But Why (WBW) is a website founded by Tim Urban and Andrew Finn and written and illustrated by Urban. The site covers a range of subjects as a long-form blog. Typical posts involve long-form discussions of various topics, including artificial intelligence, outer space, and procrastination, using a combination of prose and rough illustrations. History -                          Early in the site's history, it focused on social media and funny quips about technology such as "7 Ways to Be Insufferable on Facebook" and "11 Awkward Things About Email", but over time Urban focused on deeper, more data-driven topics. On May 21, 2014, Urban posted "The Fermi Paradox," a post that became extremely popular.                      ...