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The New Jersey Portal New Jersey is astate located in both theMid-Atlantic andNortheastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of theheavily urbanizedNortheast megalopolis, it is bordered to the northwest, north, and northeast byNew York State; on its east, southeast, and south by theAtlantic Ocean; on its west by theDelaware River andPennsylvania; and on its southwest byDelaware Bay andDelaware. At 7,354 square miles (19,050 km2), New Jersey is thefifth-smallest state in land area. According to a 2024U.S. Census Bureau estimate, it is the11th-most populous state, with over 9.5 million residents, its highest estimated count ever. The state capital isTrenton, and the state's most populous city isNewark. New Jersey is the only U.S. state in which everycounty is deemedurban by the U.S. Census Bureau. It is themost densely populated U.S. state. New Jersey was first inhabited byPaleo-Indians as early as 13,000 BC. TheLenape were the dominantIndigenous group when Europeans arrived in the early 17th century, and they were subdivided into dialectal groups such as the Munsee, in the north, and the Unami and the Unalachtigo, elsewhere.Dutch andSwedish colonists founded the first European settlements in the state, with theBritish later seizing control of the region and establishing theProvince of New Jersey, named after theChannel Island ofJersey. The colony's fertile lands and relativereligious tolerance drew a large and diverse population. New Jersey was among theThirteen Colonies that supported theAmerican Revolution, hosting severalpivotal battles and military commands in theAmerican Revolutionary War earning the title, "Crossroads of the American Revolution." New Jersey remained in theUnion during theAmerican Civil War andprovided troops, resources, and military leaders in support of theUnion Army. After the war, the state emerged as a majormanufacturing center and a leading destination for immigrants, helping drive theIndustrial Revolution in the U.S. New Jersey was the site of many industrial, technological, and commercialinnovations.Many prominent Americans associated with New Jersey have proven influential nationally and globally, including in academia, advocacy, business, entertainment, government, military, non-profit leadership, and other fields. (Full article...) Selected article -show another.jpg) TheGlen Rock is a 570-ton boulder located inGlen Rock,New Jersey, United States. The boulder, which is the namesake of the town in which it is located, is the largestglacial erratic found atopTriassic bedrock in the state ofNew Jersey. The exact origin of the rock is uncertain, though studies alternatively place its origin in New York State'sHudson Highlands and theNew Jersey Highlands. The Glen Rock, which is composed ofgneiss, is located in the center of a former glacial lake. The cultural history of the Glen Rock predates the settlement of New Jersey by European colonists. TheLenape, who referred to the boulder asPamackapuka, used the rock as a trail marker, a location to build signal fires, and as a throne for chiefs used when presiding over meetings. Later, beginning in colonial times, European settlers to the region used the rock as a landmark on trails and as a marker for land deeds. The Glen Rock, which had been largely submerged under soil, was excavated during road work in 1912; supporting structures were added to the rock during that time to prevent it from collapsing. Following theFirst World War, a memorial plaque was installed on the rock to honor veterans who had died during the conflict. In 1964, the New Jersey State Office of Historic Sites designated the Glen Rock as a state landmark. (Full article...) Selected picture -show another Credit:Uris New Jersey news'Related portalsSelected biography -show another Einstein in 1947 Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-borntheoretical physicist best known for developing thetheory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions toquantum theory. Hismass–energy equivalence formulaE =mc2, which arises fromspecial relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of thephotoelectric effect". Born in theGerman Empire, Einstein moved to Switzerland in 1895, forsaking hisGerman citizenship the following year. In 1897, at the age of seventeen, he enrolled in the mathematics and physics teaching diploma program at the Swissfederal polytechnic school inZurich, graduating in 1900. He acquiredSwiss citizenship a year later, which he kept for the rest of his life, and afterwards secured a permanent position at theSwiss Patent Office inBern. In 1905, he submitted a successful PhD dissertation to theUniversity of Zurich. In 1914, he moved to Berlin to join thePrussian Academy of Sciences and theHumboldt University of Berlin, becoming director of theKaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics in 1917; he also became a German citizen again. In 1933, while Einstein was visiting the United States,Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. Horrified by theNazi persecution of his fellow Jews, he decided to remain in the US, and was grantedAmerican citizenship in 1940. On the eve ofWorld War II, he endorseda letter to PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt alerting him to the potentialGerman nuclear weapons program and recommending that the US begin similar research, later carried out as theManhattan Project. (Full article...) Did you know? -show different entries
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