Konrad Zuse (1910-1995)

Konrad Zuse

Konrad Ernst Otto Zuse (June 22, 1910 – December 18, 1995)was a German civil engineer, pioneering computer scientist, inventor and businessman. His greatest achievement was the world's first programmable computer; the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 became operational in May 1941. Thanks to this machine and its predecessors, Zuse is regarded by some as the inventor and father of the modern computer.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Konrad Zuse

Others

@ The rattling of the relays of the Z4 was the only interesting thing to be experienced in Zurich's night life!

Attributed to Zuse in: Ra L Rojas, Ulf Hashagen (2002) The First Computers: History and Architectures. p.270.[2]

@ Die Gefahr, dass der Computer so wird wie der Mensch, ist nicht so groß wie die Gefahr, dass der Mensch so wird wie der Computer.

Translation: The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.

Attributed in: Hersfelder Zeitung. Nr. 212, 12. September 2005.

@ Der Glaube an eine bestimmte Idee gibt dem Forscher den Rückhalt für seine Arbeit. Ohne diesen Glauben wäre er verloren in einem Meer von Zweifeln und halbgültigen Beweisen.

Translation: The belief in a certain idea gives to the researcher the support for his work. Without this belief he would be lost in a sea of doubts and insufficiently verified proofs.

Attributed in Konrad Zuse on "Die Erfindergalerie", dpma.de, 2008.

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Images

Konrad Zuse in 1992

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse

[2] http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse

Fritz ZWICKY (1898-1974)

Fritz Zwicky (1898-1974)

Fritz Zwicky (February 14, 1898 – February 8, 1974) was a Swiss astronomer. He worked most of his life at the California Institute of Technology in the United States of America, where he made many important contributions in theoretical and observational astronomy.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Fritz Zwicky

Plan

@ To eliminate the discrepancy between men's plans and the results achieved, a new approach is necessary. Morphological thinking suggests that this new approach cannot be realized through increased teaching of specialized knowledge. This morphological analysis suggests that the essential fact has been overlooked that every human is potentially a genius. Education and dissemination of knowledge must assume a form which allows each student to absorb whatever develops his own genius, lest he become frustrated. The same outlook applies to the genius of the peoples as a whole. [Fritz Zwicky, Morphological astronomy, The Observatory, Vol. 68, p. 121-143 (1948)]

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Images

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Zwicky

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942)

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942)

Stefan Zweig (28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer.

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Quotes·Quotations by Stefan Zweig

Success

¶ Supreme achievement and outstanding capacity are only rendered possible by mental concentration, by a sublime monomania that verges on lunacy.[2]

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Zweig

[2] http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stefan_Zweig

Zusha of Hanipol

Zusha of Hanipol

Rabbi Meshulam Zusha of Hanipol or Meshulum Zusil of Anipoli (1718–1800), Reb Zusha (also spelled Zusya), Reb Zushe, The Rebbe Reb Zusha was an early Hasidic luminary and well-known tzaddik. He was one of the great Hasidic Rebbes of the third generation and member of the academy circle of the Maggid of Mezeritch.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Zusha of Hanipol

@ In the coming world they will not ask me—Why were you not Moses? They will ask me—Why were you not Zusya? [Quoted by Martin Buber in Tales of the Hassidim: The Early Masters, Shocken Books 1968, p. 141][2]

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Images

Book by Rabbi Zoussia of Anapoli, "Menorat Zahav" (Candelabra of Gold). Edition from 1902

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zusha_of_Hanipol

[2] http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zusha_of_Hanipol

Bernard Baars (1946- )

Bernard Baars (1946- )

Bernard J. Baars (born 1946, in Amsterdam) is a former Senior Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology at The Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, CA., and is currently an Affiliated Fellow there.[1]

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Baars

Fritz Zuber-Buhler (1822-1896)

Fritz Zuber-Buhler (1822-1896)

Fritz Zuber-Buhler (1822 – November 23, 1896) was a Swiss painter in the style of Academic Classicism, born at Le Locle in Switzerland.[1]

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Gallery

Works

Birth of Venus,
by Fritz Zuber-Buhler,
Porczyński Gallery in Warsaw
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Zuber-Buhler

[2] Fritz Zuber-Buhler, Birth of Venus, 1877; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zuber-Buhler_Birth_of_Venus.JPG

Jason Zweig

Jason Zweig

Jason Zweig is an American financial journalist. He has been a columnist for The Wall Street Journal since 2008.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Jason Zweig

United States

¶ Here Comes the Next Hot Emerging Market: It is called "the United States." [Wall Street Journal, Jul 24, 2013]

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Zweig

Preity Zinta (1975- )

Preity Zinta

Preity Zinta (born January 31, 1975 in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India) is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. She is among the most successful actresses in Bollywood.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Preity Zinta[2]

Ambition

@ I want to bring a change and do something new and different in my profession, but in the beginning I’ll have to toe line, I want to be known as a performer not a star.

Plus Point

@ I am easy to work with and get along well with almost everybody.

Minus Point

@ My Hindi direction is screwed up, I blink too much and I have no technical knowledge of film making.

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[1] http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Preity_Zinta
[2] http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Category:Actors

Zulu people

South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of Africa. It has 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian oceans. To the north lie the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; and within it lies Lesotho, an enclave surrounded by South African territory. South Africa is the 25th-largest country in the world by land area, and with close to 53 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation.

Zulu people

The Zulu (Zulu: amaZulu) are a Bantu ethnic group of Southern Africa and the largest ethnic group in South Africa, with an estimated 10–11 million people living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Small numbers also live in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique. Their language, Zulu, is a Bantu language; more specifically, part of the Nguni subgroup. They remain today the most numerous ethnic group in South Africa, and now have equal rights along with all other citizens, although there is still much more to be done establishing complete social equality in South Africa society.

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Zulu Proverbs

Animals

¶ Plenty sit still. Hunger is a wanderer.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_people

Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar

Hilary Hinton "Zig" Ziglar (November 6, 1926 – November 28, 2012) was an American author, salesman, and motivational speaker.[1]

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zig_Ziglar