Before They Were Famous
Before becoming the voice of a generation in technology, he briefly worked at Atari and later traveled to India seeking spiritual enlightenment.
Steve Jobs
48.8566° N, 2.3522° E
Paris, France
This theory explaining gravity and spacetime earned Albert Einstein the Nobel Prize in 1921.
Theory of Relativity
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by ____.”
“the color of their skin but by the content of their character”
This everyday word for leisure comes from a Latin root meaning “permission” or “license.”
Vacation
Before redefining modern physics, he worked as a patent clerk in Bern, Switzerland.
Albert Einstein
35.6895° N, 139.6917° E
Tokyo, Japan
This discovery by Alexander Fleming revolutionized medicine by treating bacterial infections.
Penicillin
Ask not what your country can do for you — ____.”
“ask what you can do for your country”?
This word meaning “fake” comes from a Latin term for “to mold or shape.”
Fabricate
Before becoming one of Hollywood’s most bankable directors, he directed episodes of Columbo and Night Gallery.
Steven Spielberg
40.7128° N, 74.0060° W
NY, NY
The discovery of this structure explained how genetic information is stored.
Double Helix Structure of DNA
“Mr. Gorbachev, ____.”
“tear down this wall”
This common English word originally meant “ignorant” or “uneducated,”
Rude
Before founding Amazon, he worked on a hedge fund’s quantitative trading models.
51.5074° N, 0.1278° W
London, England
This particle’s discovery confirmed the mechanism that gives mass to other particles.
Higgs Boson
“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, ____.”
“we shall fight in the fields and in the streets”
This word for irrational fear comes from Greek roots meaning “fear of fear.”
phobophobia
Before global fame, this British author survived on welfare while writing in cafés in Edinburgh.
J.K. Rowling
33.8688° S, 151.2093° E
Sydney, Australia
This economic theory analyzing market behavior earned its creator a Nobel Prize in Economics.
Game Theory
“The only thing we have to fear is ____.”
“fear itself”
This English word for a person who talks a lot traces back to a Greek term meaning “to chatter.”
garrulous