ZINN, Howard

Howard Zinn

24 August 1922 – 27 January 2010

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York

American historian, author, educator, playwright & activist

ZINN, Howard

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ZINN, Howard
American Authors Civil Rights Activists & Humanitarians Commentators, Critics & Pundits Educators Historians New York (birthplace) Playwrights & Screenplay Authors Political Theorists Uncategorized

ZINN, Howard

CitationContextSource LinkCitation “History can suggest to us alternatives that we would never otherwise consider. It can both warn and inspire. It can warn us that it is possible for a whole nation to be brainwashed, for “enlightened” and “educated” people to commit genocide, for a “democratic” country to maintain slavery, for oppressed to turn into oppressors, for “socialism” to be tyrannical and “liberalism” to be imperialist, for whole peoples to be led to war like sheep. It can also show us that apparently powerless underlings can defeat their rulers, that men (for at least most moments of time) can live like brothers, that men can make incredible sacrifices on behalf
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ZWORYKIN, Vladimir
Authors Engineers Inventors Russian

ZWORYKIN, Vladimir

Learn more about Vladimir Zworykin | Here are a few good places to start – Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (2006) National Academy of Sciences – ‘Biographical Memoir’ by Jan Rajchman: www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/zworykin-vladimir.pdf ‘Electrical Engineering Hall of Fame: Vladimir K. Zworykin’ (March 2009) Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) overview of Zworykin’s professional contributions, by James E. Brittain; online via Vdocuments: https://vdocuments.site/electrical-engineering-hall-of-fame-vladimir-k-zworykin-scanning-our-past.html ‘Vladimir Zworykin, Television Pioneer, Dies at 92’ (1 August 1982) New York Times obituary by Robert Thomas Jr.: nytimes.com/1982/08/01/obituaries/vladimir-zworykin-television-pioneer-dies-at-92.html   Image link: ZWORYSKIN, Vladimir Kosma (1929) with Mildred Birt, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., Demonstrating new cathode ray TV tube, No known restrictions, SIA 90-105 [SIA2010-1667], Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives,

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