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The Bernoulli family, with eight world-famous mathematicians spanning three generations, has left a permanent mark on the fields of math and physics. The Curies have two Nobel Prizes between them: Marie and Pierre share one in physics, and Marie has another in chemistry. These exceptionally talented families are extremely rare, though. In fact, the practice of hiring and collaborating with close relatives is often considered nepotism and is generally frowned upon. The idea of nepotism goes back to the Middle Ages, when Popes (who did not "officially" have children) used to nominate their nephews for important posts in the Catholic Church.
This passage is mainly about
(A)the Bernoulli family's impact on the field of physics
(B)the definition and examples of nepotism
(C)Marie Curie's rise to fame
(D)nepotism in the Catholic Church
Transcript
- 00:02
Okay see readers last one in the section and the
- 00:05
question right here This passage is mainly about what All
- 00:12
right the bernoulli family with eight world famous mathematician spanning
- 00:16
three generations has left a permanent mark on the fields
- 00:19
of math and physics The curies have two nobel prizes
Full Transcript
- 00:22
between him Marie and pierre share one in physics and
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math He has another in chemistry Well these exceptionally talented
- 00:28
families are extremely rare In fact the practice of hiring
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and collaborating with close relatives is often considered nepotism It's
- 00:35
generally frowned upon the idea of nepotism goes back the
- 00:38
middle ages when popes who did not officially have children
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used to nominate their nephews for important posts in the
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catholic church Ah the irony We wish we owned hypocrisy
- 00:48
dot com but we don't it's owned by politicians Well
- 00:51
the examples in the paragraph all relate to families that
- 00:54
collaborate with each other which is defined as nepotism A
- 00:57
modern example of this would be a fortune five hundred
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ceo who hired his brother as a vice president giving
- 01:02
him a generous stock option package even though said brother
- 01:05
only went to clown college and this was not in
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fact a clown manufacturing corporation We think that would make
- 01:11
for a great sitcom No but the company's shareholders would
- 01:14
not be too happy about it again unless it was
- 01:17
a clown manufacturing corporation or shmoop Alright with loser ball
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there brah newly family and malik ut yur mentioned for
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their family work relationships but they're not the main idea
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The passage and the mention of the catholic church Health
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readers understand the origins of nepotism and well it's Just
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one example illustrating bigger idea there So the answer is
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b definition and examples of nepotism You really shouldn't do 00:01:40.135 --> [endTime] that unless your clan no
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