Milestones by Sayyid Qutb

Milestones by Sayyid Qutb OutlineSayyid Qutb was born in 1906 in Egypt (1906-1966) was a Government Official, Writer, Literary Critic and finally an Islamic Political Leader. Above all he was a famous Islamic Scholar and he get popularity after the publication of his book "Milestones". When Sayyid Qutb opened his eyes Egypt was under the control of the British.AbstractSayyid Qutb belongs to a religious family background. Even though he was interest in Western literature and he studied Western literature extensively [p,12] and criticized it in his writings, poetry, short stories and articles. Qutb was in America for two years for which he criticized him personally. He got back to Egypt with a mind filled with hatred of the West and strong-minded fundamentalist.ReviewGetting back to homeland he joined Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, the first and largest Mass Islamist Group. When the Brotherhood came to end with the ruling Arab nationalists in Egypt and an endeavor was taken to kill the president Gamal Abdul Nasse r, the jihadi activist, Qutb was arrested for conspiring a plan against Nasser's independent Egypt and was sent behind the bars for 10 years (1950-1960), where he wrote the book.English: A green version of http://commons.wikimed...Just after the publication the "Milestones" in 1964 he was again captured and locked up and prosecuted1 for another plot against the Nasser regime, and he was hanged in October 1966. His death elevated his position to Shaheed or Martyr in the eyes of many Muslims and he became the Hero of the Muslim. Milestones turn out to be a best-selling brand and widely distributed across the Muslim world. To date, nearly 2000 editions of the book have been published.The Title Ma' alim fi al-Tariq (Sayyid Qutb Ma' alim fi al-Tariq, Arabic Egypt 1964) translated into English as "Milestones Along the Way" or Milestones Along the...

John Mauchly, Creator of UNIVAC and ENIAC

John Mauchly, Creator of UNIVAC and ENIAC Electrical engineer John Mauchly is best known for co-inventing, alongside  John Presper Eckert, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, known as  ENIAC. The team later co-invented the first commercial (for sale to consumers) digital electronic computer, called the UNIVAC. Early Life John Mauchly was born on August 30, 1907 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland. In 1925 Mauchly attended Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, on a full scholarship and graduated with a degree in physics. John Mauchlys Introduction to Computers By 1932, John Mauchly had received his Ph.d. in physics. However, he had always maintained an interest in electrical engineering. In 1940, while Mauchly was teaching physics at Ursinus College in Philadelphia, he was introduced to the newly developing field of electronic computers. In 1941, John Mauchly attended a training course (taught by John Presper Eckert) in electronics at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Immediately after completing the course, Mauchly also became an instructor at the Moore school. John Mauchly and John Presper Eckert It was at Moore that John Mauchly began his research on designing a better computer and began his long working relationship with John Presper Eckert. The team collaborated on the construction of the ENIAC, completed in 1946. They subsequently left the Moore school to start their own business, the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation. The National Bureau of Standards asked the new company to build the Universal Automatic Computer, or  UNIVAC- the first computer to be produced commercially in the United States. John Mauchlys Later Life and Death John Mauchly formed Mauchly Associates, of which he was president from 1959 to 1965. He later became chairman of the board. Mauchly was the president of Dynatrend Inc. from 1968 to his death in 1980 and also president of Marketrend Inc. from 1970 again until his death. John Mauchly died on January 8 1980, in Ambler, Pennsylvania.