| What pioneering roles have April babies played on the world stage? Question by Daniel. |
| Hello Daniel, Thank you for your question. It is more profound than it appears. We learned some valuable lessons while researching your question. We found many accomplished April babies even though we excluded great peoples of antiquity because their birthdays cannot be accurately confirmed.This was not a surprise to us. We expected a fair distribution of accomplishments from babies born in each of the twelve months. However, we were surprised to find that the pioneering standards for the five fundamental aspects of human existence, were established by individuals born in April. These five fundamental aspects of human existence are: creativity (we picked Leonardo da Vinci); mathematics, the tool humans use to solve problems (we picked Gauss); constituence of matter or energy (we picked Max Planck); human relationships as seen through human strengths and weaknesses (we picked Shakespeare); human governance based on the fundamental human desire to be free (we picked Jefferson). These individuals were all April Babies. Their accomplishments are the greatest standards by mortals, with respect to the fundamental aspects of human existence. We feature them here as the response to your question. We list them according to the year they were born (descending order). |
| Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519). A great Rennaissance man. He was a great painter, sculptor and scientist. He is most famous for his paintings, Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. The result of his scientific inquiries foreshadowed several modern discoveries in the science of blood circulation, the action of the eye, meteorology, geology and hydraulics. He did not finish most of his projects because of his vast intellectual interest. William Shakespeare (April 23, 1564 - April 23,1616) A great pioneer of Literature. Rarely is any educated adult unfamiliar with the name Shakespeare. He is perhaps the most accomplished literary personality that ever lived. He wrote many plays that continue to inspire many, generations after generations. All his works are great. They include, The Merchant of Venice, Henry the V, Othello, A MidSummer Night etc. Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826) Third president of the United States of America. Jefferson served America in various capacities during his lifetime. He was Secretary of State in Presdent Washington's administration and Vice President in President Adams' administration. As president, he spearheaded the Louisiana Purchase and commissioned the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Both accomplishments laid the foundation for the spatial greatness of America. Jefferson's epitaph, which he wrote himself, best summarize his pioneering accomplishments: |
Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of American Independence Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom And Father of the University of Virginia. Jefferson's pioneering accomplishments constitute a trilogy of freedom (political freedom, religious freedom and educational freedom), the fundamental human desire. Carl Friedrich Gauss (April 30, 1777 - Feb 23,1855) . Mathematician, mathematical physicist and astronomer extraordinaire. Gauss' doctoral thesis in which he proved that every algebraic equation has at least one root (one solution), is the basis of The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra. He is also one of the pioneers of non-Euclidean Geometry. He developed the method of least squares and the fundamental laws of probability distribution. The normal probability graph is called the Gaussian Curve. His work on the theory of numbers as expressed in his Disquisitiones de Arithmeticae (Inquiries into Arithmetic,1801) is a mathematical classic. He co-pioneered several works in electromagnetism and electricity. The unit of intensity of magnetic fields is called the gauss. In astronomy, he provided a new method for calculating the orbits of celestial bodies and helped astronomers rediscover the exact position of the planetoid, Ceres. |
| Max Karl Planck (April 23, 1858 - Oct 4, 1947) . Father of Quantum Theory and discoverer of the Universal constant known as Planck's Constant. Most people are not very familiar with Quantum Theory because of its inherent difficulty. Quantum Theory is the most fundamental of all human knowledge. In principle, it explains how to calculate what will happen in any physical, chemical or biological systems and helps us to understand how our Universe works. Quantum Theory was established when Max Planck postulated that energy is radiated in small units, which he called quanta (singular, quantum). He then discovered that the energy of a quantum is equal to the frequency of its radiation multiplied by a universal constant that is now called the planck constant (6.626 x 10-34). Quantum Theory provided the foundation for the great works of many great physicists: Albert Einstein's universal energy equation (E=mc2, in fact Planck gave Einstein his first major professional break); Ernest Rutherford's nuclear theory of atomic structure; Niels Bohr's collective motion theory of the atomic nucleus; Louis de Broglie and Erwin Shrodinger's theories of wave mechanics; Paul Dirac's, Richard Feyman's, Tomonaga Shin Ichiro's and Julian Schwinger's theories of quantum electrodynamics; Werner Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and Wolfgang Pauli's exclusion principle. |
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