Benjamin Franklin - Izumitelj, fizičar, pisac

Benjamin Franklin - Inventor, physicist, writer



Čuvaj se malih pukotina, mala će pukotina potopiti i veliki brod.
Beware of small cracks, small cracks will sink a great ship.

- Benjamin Franklin je američki državnik, filozof,
izumitelj, fizičar, ekonomist i pisac.
- Rođen je 17.1.1706., Boston.
- Umro je 17.4.1790., Philadelphia.
- Pronalazač je gromobrana.
- Otkriva i dokazuje postojanje pozitivnog
i negativnog elektriciteta.
- otkriva tijek i karakteristike Golfske struje.
-1775. godine postaje član američkog kongresa i jedan
od autora "Deklaracije neovisnosti".
- U Philadelphiji je osnovao prvu javnu knjižnicu.
- Franklin sudjeluje u stvaranju američkog ustava 1787.
- Franklin je personifikacija i simbol svoga
prosvjetiteljskog vijeka.

- Benjamin Franklin American statesman, philosopher,
inventor, physicist, economist and writer.
- Born on 17.1.1706., Boston.
- He died on 17.4.1790., Philadelphia.
- The inventor of the lightning rod.
- Detects and proves the existence of a positive
and negative electricity.
- Reveals the course and characteristics of the Gulf Stream.
-1775. became a member of the U.S. Congress and a
author of "Declaration of Independence."
- In Philadelphia, he founded the first public library.
- Franklin participates in the creation of the U.S. Constitution 1787th
- Franklin is the personification and symbol of his
century Enlightenment.

Maksim Gorki - Pisac

Maksim Gorki - Writer



- Najlepši je užitak i najveća radost života o
sećati da si ljudima potreban i drag.
- The most beautiful is the greatest pleasure
and joy of life that you feel people need a drag.

- Maksim Gorki je ruski pjesnik.
- Rođen je 28.3.1868. Nižnji Novogorod.
- Umire u Moskvi 18.6.1936.
- Borio se protiv carizma, tražio društvo revolucionara
narodnjaka i branio interese siromašnih.
- Poznatija djela su mu:
- Mati, Djetinstvo, Među ljudima, Malograđani itd.

- Maxim Gorky was a Russian poet.
- Born on 28.3.1868. Nizhny Novogorod.
- Death in Moscow 18.06.1936.
- He fought against carizma, sought a revolutionary society
populists and defended the interests of the poor.
- Known works are:
- Mati, Childhood, Among men etc.

Ernest Hemingvej - Pisac i novinar

Ernest Hemingvej - Writer and journalist



Kad se ljudi slažu sa mnom,
uvijek imam osjećaj da sam negdje pogriješio.
When people agree with me,
I always feel that I am wrong somewhere.

- Ernest Hemingvej je bio američki pisac i novinar.
- Rođen je 21.7.1899. Oak Park, Illinois.
- Velik dio njegovih djela klasici su američke literature, a neka su i ekranizirana.
- Hemingway je svoja djela pisao prema vlastitim iskustvima koja je imao kao ribar, lovac i zaljubljenik u borbe bikova.
- Godine 1952. objavio je djelo Starac i more, za koje je 1953. dobio Pulitzerovu nagradu.
- Neka od poznatih djela su mu:
- Zbogom oružje (1929).
- Snjegovi Kilimandžara (1932).
- Peta kolona (1938).
- Kome zvono zvoni (1940) itd.

- Ernest Hemingvej was an American writer and journalist.
- Born on 21.7.1899. Oak Park, Illinois.
- Much of his works are classics of American literature, and some are ekranizirana.
- Hemingway wrote his works according to their own experiences that he had as a fisherman, hunter and lover of fighting bulls.
- In 1952nd published his The Old Man and the Sea, which in 1953. won a Pulitzer Prize.
- Some of the most famous works are:
- Farewell to Arms (1929).
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1932).
- Fifth Column (1938).
- For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), etc.