It seems to me that to become a world famous scientist outside if scientific community one has to do a lot of things other than science. Most modern popular scientific figures are there because they have published popular science books, media appearances or in case of Feynman, his lectures.

So what did Albert Einstein do that landed him in front of public spotlight? Were there some popular works he published or public appearances that he did that I'm not aware of? Or maybe his defection to U.S. was used as an anti-German propaganda?

I don'tt really know if this is a history question or not.

I am taking a group of 8th graders to Europe and they are eager to learn about European History. Book suggestions? Movies? Podcasts? Historical fiction welcomed.

I'd imagine this is possible, given a birth date circa 1900, possibly with lying about age involved. The DoD considers November 1, 1955 the official start date of the Vietnam Conflict, since this is the date MAAG Vietnam came into being.

I'd rather a focused answer in your field or in one location than a broad answer covering eunuchs through all of history.

I'm asking this becouse i was trying to find a book to write a 10 page paper on for my american civ. history class and asked the professor if it was ok to do the paper on the empire of Khan and he told me he didn't help america in anyway.So now i'm curious to know if he helped america develop in anyway or help any empires come to America .

I recently saw an Ask Historians question about Africans visiting America before Columbus, and I know about Leif Erikson and the Viking expeditions (and heard rumours of Portruguese fishermen), but did the Chinese actually visit America (and Australia and Antarctica) in 1421? Also, a second question: what gives with that native American language that's closest relation is Japanese?

I hear that Russian culture was created after the Mongols were pushed out of Russia, but then why do we refer to post-Rurik Russia as Kievan Rus (emphasis on Rus)? Were there a Rus people before the Mongols?

The Scythians produced gold jewelry on a relatively large scale, but there aren't to my knowledge many gold-producing areas in the region they were active in. Where did all that gold come from?

Was there a movement for the formation of a unified Scandinavian nation similar to Germany, Italy, or Yugoslavia? Sweden, Norway, and Denmark come from viking/norse ancestry and had been mostly closely related countries for centuries. If there wasn't a movement, why not? If there was, why did it never succeed?

How did a German Soldier's diet change as World War II went along its course? Were any branches of the Wehrmacht given preferential treatment when it came to the meals it was served?

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Why wasn't there widespread and long-term trench warfare during World War Two like there was in World War One? Was it a result of technological advancements, military strategies changing, an aversion to trench warfare by military commanders during WW2, or something else entirely?

Was there fishing off the coast of occupied Europe in World War 2? Did occupying powers allow far-ranging fleets? Did Allied air and naval forces attack or capture trawlers of occupied nations engaged in actual fishing?

It seems that local fishing fleets might have been an entry point for intelligence agents or saboteurs to continental Europe. Would the need to feed the population outweigh security risks? Or was it just not that much of a risk?

I know Franco was very active in preserving Spain's neutrality during his time in power, but did he ever consider territorial gains like Hitler and Mussolini?

At any point of the war. If at the end, would the peace details been any different if he had not killed himself?

I just read the line "stunning U.S. victory in Operation Desert Storm" in an article, were people truly surprised?

And how did they fight fires on board sailing ships?