Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft Corporation
Bill Gates is the chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft. Microsoft is a global leader in personal computing and business computing software, services and Internet technology. In the last fiscal year ending in June, 2002, Microsoft's revenue reached 28.37 billion US dollars, and its business covered 78 countries and regions, with more than 50,000 employees worldwide.
Gates was born in 1955, grew up in Seattle, and has two sisters. Their father, william gates II, is a Seattle lawyer. Gates' late mother, mary gates, was a school teacher, a director of the University of Washington and the president of the United International Organization.
Gates attended a public elementary school and a private lakeside middle school in Seattle. There, he discovered his interest in software and started computer programming at the age of 13.
1973, Gates was admitted to Harvard University, and now he has become good friends with Microsoft CEO steve ballmer. At Harvard, Gates developed a BASIC programming language for the first microcomputer, MITS Altair.
In his junior year, Gates left Harvard and devoted all his energy to the Microsoft Company founded by him and his childhood friend paul allen in 1975. Guided by the belief that computers will become the most important tool in every home and office, they began to develop software for personal computers. Gates' foresight and his foresight in personal computing have become the key to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. Under the leadership of Gates, Microsoft constantly develops and improves software technology to make software easier to use, more economical and more interesting. The company is committed to long-term development, as can be seen from the current R&D expenditure of more than $5 billion per fiscal year.
From 65438 to 0999, Gates wrote the book Future Speed, which showed people how computer technology can solve business problems in a brand-new way. This book is published in 25 languages in more than 60 countries. Future Speed won wide acclaim and was listed as a best seller by The New York Times, USA-Today and The Amazon.com Wall Street Journal. Gates' last book, The Way Forward, was published in 1995, and once topped the The New York Times bestseller list for seven consecutive weeks.
Gates donated all the proceeds of the two books to non-profit organizations to support the use of science and technology in education and skills training.
In addition to his passion for computers and software, Gates is also interested in biotechnology. He is a member of the board of directors of ICOS, a company specializing in protein matrix and small molecule therapy. He is also an investor in many other biotechnology companies. Gates also founded Corbis, which is researching and developing one of the largest visual information resources in the world-a comprehensive digital archive of art and photography works from public and private collections around the world. In addition, Gates also invested in Teledesic with Craig McCaw, a pioneer in mobile phones. This is an ambitious plan, using hundreds of low-orbit satellites to provide two-way broadband telecommunications services covering the whole world.
For Gates, philanthropy is also very important. He and his wife Melinda have donated more than $24 billion to set up a fund to support charities in the fields of medical care, health and education around the world. It is hoped that as mankind enters the 2 1 century, the scientific and technological progress in these key fields will benefit all mankind. Up to today, the foundation established by Gates and his wife Melinda Gates has spent more than $2.5 billion on global health, and more than $65.438+0.4 billion on improving people's learning conditions, including purchasing computer equipment for Gates Library and providing Internet training and Internet access services for public libraries in low-income communities in the United States and Canada. In addition, more than $260 million will be used for community projects in the Pacific Northwest, and more than $380 million will be used for special projects and annual gift distribution activities.
Gates and Melinda Gates of France got married in June 1994 65438+ 10/. They have three children. Gates likes reading, playing golf and bridge.
Newton's life
Newton, a great British physicist, was born on February 25th, 1642 in Woolsop village, Lincolnshire. When he was 0/2 years old, he showed interest in experiments and mechanical inventions, and made water clocks, windmills and sundials himself. He became an excellent student. At the age of 27, he became a professor of mathematics at Cambridge University .46638.666666666864 1669 was elected as a member of the royal society.
From 1685 to 1687, with the encouragement and sponsorship of astronomer Harley, Newton published the famous mathematical principles of natural philosophy, completed the historical discovery-the laws of motion and gravity, and made great contributions to the development of modern natural science. In 2003, he was elected president of the Royal Society. 36860 . 68686868686
Newton not only made great contributions in mechanics, but also made great contributions in other aspects. In mathematics, he discovered binomial theorem and founded calculus. In optics, the dispersion experiment of solar light was carried out, which proved that white light is composed of monochromatic light, studied the theory of color, and invented the reflecting telescope.
Gauss is a German mathematician, astronomer and physicist. He is regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians in history, as well as Archimedes and Newton.
Li Bai (70 1-762), whose name is Taibai, is a violet layman. Ji Cheng, whose ancestral home is in Longxi (now near Gansu Water), lived in the Western Regions at the end of Sui Dynasty, and Li Bai was born in Broken Leaves in Central Asia. (The Chu River basin south of Balkhash Lake was under the jurisdiction of Anxi Prefecture in the Tang Dynasty). When I was young, I moved to Qinglian Township, Changlong, Mianzhou (now Jiangyou, Sichuan) with my father.
He spent most of his life roaming. In the first year of Tianbao (742), under the recommendation of Taoist Wu, he was called to visit the Hanlin in Chang 'an. The style of the article became famous for a while and was quite appreciated by Xuanzong. Later, because he couldn't see the dignitaries, he abandoned his official position in Beijing for only three years and continued to wander. In the second year after the Anshi Rebellion, he felt angry and difficult, and once participated in the Lilin shogunate in Wang Yong. Unfortunately, Wang Yong and Su Zong competed for the throne. After the defeat, Li Bai was dragged into exile in Yelang (now Guizhou) and was pardoned on the way. Wandering southeast in his later years, dangtu county made Li die soon.
Li Bai's poems are mainly lyrical. After Qu Yuan, he was the first person who could really absorb its rich nutrition from the folk literature and art at that time and Yuefu folk since Qin, Han and Wei Dynasties, and concentrated on perfecting it to form his own unique style. He has extraordinary artistic talent and magnificent artistic strength. He is the most outstanding romantic poet in China after Qu Yuan, and is known as "Poet Fairy". He is as famous as Du Pu, also known as "Du Li".
Su Shi was a writer, painter and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty in China. Zi yue Zhan, no Dongpo lay man. A native of Meizhou (now Meishan, Sichuan) in the Song Dynasty. His father, Su Xun, and his younger brother, Su Zhe, are both famous writers in ancient times, and they are called "Su San" in the world. Jiayou Jinshi, Ren Fengxiang signed a sentence, advocating the elimination of drawbacks. Zongshen opposed the political reform, but in Mizhou and Xuzhou, he fought floods and destroyed locusts, helped the poor and saved the orphans, and made many achievements. Later, he demoted Huangzhou by "slandering the imperial court". Zhezong was a bachelor of Hanlin at that time and knew Hangzhou, Ying, Yang and Ding. Huizong was pardoned for the first time. Poetry, ci and prose all represent the highest achievements of Northern Song literature.
Su Shi's poems mostly express the feelings of bumpy career, but also reflect the sufferings of people's livelihood and expose the darkness of reality. The poetic style is bold and fresh, especially in metaphor. Also known as "Su Huang" with Huang Tingjian.
Su Shi's ci has a wide range of themes, such as remembering the past, giving a reply, seeing off and reasoning, which also breaks through the strict rhythm and promotes the development of ci. His representative works include Nian Nujiao and Shuidiao Tou, which created the first example of unconstrained ci, and was also called "Su Xin" with Xin Qiji.