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- 12941: Lee De Forest
- ... transistor in 1947. (Kraeuter, 79). Forest passed away on June 30, 1961 in Hollywood, CA. De Forest wrote an autobiography entitled Father of Radio, but did not get that recognition from the rest of the world. He is remembered as one contributor to an industry that was, truth, the work of many people. (Kraeuter, 79). Kraeuter, David W. (1992). Radio and Television Pioneers. New Jersey: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries. (1999) [Online]. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/index.html
- 12942: Dangers and Destructions of Floods and Hurricanes
- Dangers and Destructions of Floods and Hurricanes Floods and hurricanes have been effecting the lives of people around the world for years. This research paper is going to state some of the worst floods and hurricanes, and how future ones can be controlled. A flood is an overflow of water on dry land. The two ... Kansas, it covered about 16 billion acres.4 Many deaths and $10 billion in damage was the result flood level records.5 In March of 1936 snowmelt equaling 10-30 in. of rain occurred in New England.6107 people died and $270 million in damage was done.7 In 1972 at Logan County, West Va. a dam collapsed following three days of rain. In less than four hours 118 lives had ...
- 12943: Creation, Evolution and Intervention: Which Theory is Correct?
- ... most other creation stories from ancient religions, the universe is said to be a great mess in which order was introduced by a God. In the bible, it states that the creator cleaned up the world and organized everything such as the stars and the day from night. In many ancient cultures the stories tend to be similar and differ only in terms of places and figures. Other ideas of creation ... but I do not believe this created modern man. I believe intervention occurred and that two products of intervention bred together in order to make the modern human. Bibliography 1)Dickey, Norma H. Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. R. Donnelley and sons; Washington,1985 2)Moses. "Genesis" The Holy Bible. Thomas Benson; Nashville,1990 3)Skeoch, Alan. Focus on Society. Merrill Publishing Company; Toronto,1988
- 12944: Milton Friedman
- Milton Friedman, like so many great life stories, was the subject of a very tough childhood. He was son to a couple of poor immigrants, born on 31 July 1912, in New York, America. At the age of fifteen, Friedman's father died. Despite this, he won a scholarship to both Rutgers University and the University of Chicago, where he achieved a Bachelor of the Arts degree ... He strongly promotes a flat rate for personal income tax and the abolition of company taxation. He promises that this would create a society in which everyone is given an equal opportunity in the business world. I disagree with him almost completely. What this really does is keeps the wealthy wealthy, and allows big businesses to prosper, leaving the smaller ones behind. By applying the same restrictions to the rich and ...
- 12945: Macario Sakay
- ... started out as an trainee in a Calesa manufacturing depot. He was also a tailor, a barber, and an performer in Comedias and Moro-Moros. His involvement in Tagalog stage shows exposed him to the world of love, boldness, and discipline. In 1894, Sakay joined the Dapitan, Manila branch of the Katipunan. Due to his commendable work, he turn out to be head of the local office. His every night activities ... Tagalog Republic that would tend to disprove the U.S. government's claim that they were bandits. The Tagalog Republic's constitution was largely based on the early Katipunan creed of Bonifacio. For Sakay, the new Katipunan was simply a continuation of Bonifacio's revolutionary struggle for independence. In late 1904, Sakay and his men took military attacking against the enemy. They were successful in seizing ammunition and firearms in their ...
- 12946: Nuclear Energy: Uranium Fission
- ... source is our oceans. Sea water contains 3.3x10^(-9) (3.3 parts per billion) of uranium, so the 1.4x10^18 tons of sea water contains 4.6x10^9 tons of uranium. All the world's electricity usage, 650GWe could therefore be supplied by the uranium in sea water for 7 million years(Energy 25). This is a only a theoretical number because it is not possible to get all ... sources. By mid 1996, there were 32 countries of varying size, political persuasion, and degree of industrial development, which included nuclear power in their energy mix and were operating nuclear reactors. About 17% of the world's electricity is being produced by some 440 reactors, with 30 more under construction. Belgium, China, France, Hungary, India, Japan, Switzerland, UK, USA, and Russia are just some of the countries with major nuclear energy ... Blinkin 17). We need to continue to expand our use of nuclear energy to its full potential. Through continuing research and innovation, America's technological leadership in the nuclear industry is unmatched anywhere in the world today(Clarke 35). Maintaining that leadership position not only benefits our society today, but also will create opportunities for our children. By providing our society with a reliable, economical, and clean supply of electricity, ...
- 12947: Magnatism & the Things We Think We Know About It!
- Magnatism & the Things We Think We Know About It! Magnatism is a wonderous natural phenomanon. Since days before scientific discoveries were even written down the world has been playing with the theories of magnatism. In these three labs we delt with some of the same ideas which have pondered over for long before any of us were around. In these conclusions ... of a compas (or any magnet) is attracted to. This is actually the south end of the earths magnetic field, explaining this confusion. All of this was learned on our very difficult trip through the world of the magnet and now that we have conducted these experiments, done the research, and made these conclutions we now know that much more about the voo-doo world of the magnet!
- 12948: Mark Messersmith
- ... a painting is based very much on an individual s thought processes. This work is very unique and seems to take on a different personality or theme each time you examine it. Although you find new things with every viewing, one thing remains constant. The idea of nature vs. nature tends to stick out in your mind as you picture the actions of the various animals shown. Although very hard to ... work of Messersmith you can never be sure whether he is saying that nature is working against itself and man is working against nature or if he just has a messed up outlook on the world. Art is meant to be appreciated and enjoyed. The artwork of Mark Messersmith is almost totally unable to be understood , much less appreciated. Personally, I would rather never see another Messersmith exhibit again. A lot ...
- 12949: Martin Luther King Jr. 5
- Nearly three centuries ago, African slaves were brought to the New World and put into slavery. They were treated more cruelly in the United States than in any other country that had ever practiced slavery, and ever since its prohibition, African-Americans have fought oppression. Martin Luther ...
- 12950: Fossil Fuel Consumption, CO2 and Its Impact on Global Climate
- ... societies into the energy-intensive economies of today. Since the eighteenth century the industrialising countries have come to rely on non-renewable energy resources, and at present about 80 per cent (Myers, 1994) of the world's commercial energy is derived from oil, coal and gas. Although it has been observed that the growth of energy consumption is closely correlated with the increases in gross national product thus our economic development ... a value of 600 ppm. It has been estimated that the pre-industrial level of carbon dioxide have been as low as 260-70 ppm by volume (Goudie, 1994). Thus, it appears that the industrial world is increasing the atmospheric CO2 contents by an appreciable amount. It is arguable that the increase in CO2 concentration may not be induced by fossil fuel consumption since the carbon cycle is always operating, it ... R. A., Energy and Problems of a Technical Society, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 394-400. Myers, N., 1994, The Gaia Atlas of Planet Management, London: Gaia Books Limited, 96-113. Tolba, M. K., 1992, The World Environment 1972-1992, London: Chapman & Hall, 61- -71.
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