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- 8631: Atlas
- ... Hesperides (Daughters of the Evening,) the Hyades, and the Pleiades. He was also the king of the legendary Atlantis. In etymology Atlas means bearer or endurer. An image of Atlas is a person with the world on his back. Also a book of maps is called an atlas. Atlas played a major part in Greek Mythology. He was in the war with Titans against the gods (Olympians.) Atlas partnered with his ... depicted as a man bearing a globe. He was strong and well built. His hair was shoulder length and he had a beard and mostache. He was usually depicted kneeling on one knee holding the world on his shoulders. Atlas had two main values. These values were his strength and his physical endurance. The main reference to Atlas in the modern world is a book of maps. A book of maps or an atlas is named after Atlas. A figure of Atlas supporting the earth was used in the title pages of early map collections. The ...
- 8632: Fahrenheit 451
- ... girl of seventeen who changes his mind about everything. Clarisse McClellan knows many things that Montag has never considered. For instance, she recites poetry, the ideas of great philosophers, and most importantly, facts about the world’s history. When she first speaks to Montag of these illicit things, he is taken aback and begins to question all that he has been told. Not trusting his current knowledge and cursed with a ... But, Montag did not give up. He soon remembers an old retired English professor, Faber, he met one year earlier. Faber jumps at the chance to help Montag and together they venture into the unwelcoming world to try to show others the importance of knowing their past. In light of these facts, one theme of this story, it is not necessarily the eldest, who is the wisest, can be found in ... quote proves to be true in Fahrenheit 451 because Montag’s knowledge of the past is lacking and what he does know is inaccurate. When he encounters the truth, it is like an entirely different world being opened up to him. Obviously, this newfound knowledge would not be as awesome if he had known it all along. This, along with other aspects of the book, made this novel truly enjoyable. ...
- 8633: DNA
- ... of DNA in all living thing are the same so it is possible to take one gene from one living thing and transfer into another living thing. To give an animal permanent genetic change the new gene must be inserted into the single cell embryo from which all the cell’s will develop in the adult animal’s body. It is much difficult to introduce DNA into plant cells. So humans ... of money on pesticides to kill those worms. Now with ‘genetic technology’ humans are trying to make bollworm resistant cotton. Humans have found a bacterium that kills the bollworm, they are going to put this new gene into the cotton so it will produce a protein that kills the bollworm, but the protein is harmless to all the other living things. The second example I have got is disease free potatoes. Potatoes always get infected by the leaf roll virus, with the new ‘ genetic technology’ humans are able to put a gene that normally produces the outer protein coat of the virus. It helps the potato to resist the leaf roll virus and tastes the same. The ...
- 8634: Aurora Borealis 2
- INTRODUCTION One of nature=s most spectacular phenomenons to date is the once mysterious aurora. This dazzling show of lights has been working its magic for people around the world for several years. But, few know the cause of this amazing light display. It is the purpose of this report to reveal this mysteryC a mystery that scientists aspired to solve for nearly 300 years. WHAT IS AN AURORA? An aurora is a luminous atmospheric phenomenon that can be seen most frequently above 60° North or South latitude, and sometimes spills over to other parts of the world. It consists of rapidly shifting patches and dancing columns of light of various colours. Dramatic displays occur around spring and fall equinoxes but the aurora can be seen any cloudless night, the best time being ... theories. The inuit believed that the northern lights were the spirits of dead relatives, dancing around in the sky, while the Vikings believed that they were caused by a fire on the edge of the world. In the fourteenth century, Aristotle described the auroras as jumping goats caused by the earth=s vapours being set on fire by meteors. Later on, in 1707, a Norwegian physicist claimed that they were ...
- 8635: Lord of The Flies: The Evil & Primitivism in Man
- ... allegory. This means the character, events and setting represent deeper truths or generalizations then those suggested by the surface story. There are four main characters, and each character represents different types of people in the world. Jack is the dictator who uses force to show his thoughts and feelings. Therefore he is the destructive side of man. He is the type of person who would rather have fun and gratification over ... the right to speak. By the end of each chapter there is no order and there is usually chaos, this shows that evil and/or fear has control, meaning Jack has control. Allegorically in the world it would be a legislative government versus a military type of government. Where Ralph is the legislative and Jack is military. The disorder caused by Jack, threatens the island and the society that Ralph has ... tree suggests that humans have de-evolved, gone backwards in evolution. Ralph cries: "If only they could send a message to us... a sign or something." The dead pilot was the sign that the real world isn't doing any better then they were doing on the island. Jack objects to doing things that Ralph tells the whole group of the boys to do, as well he objects to Ralph' ...
- 8636: Articles Of Confederation 4
- ... of the unreliable and unstable Articles, the Constitution was formed. Though the Articles instilled a seemingly well functioning governmental establishment, the Articles were far from a flawless governing mechanism. In the early days of the new British-free America there was a great fear of the new system of government being of the same mold of their former, a monarchy, or even a dictatorship. There was one group of revolutionaries that supported a monarchy being formed. This faction was a section of the Continental Army called the Society of the Cincinnati. They urged the rise of George Washington, a veteran colonial general, as the country s new king, but Washington refused. In an effort to subside the uproar of the common folk, and to prevent eventual isolation of sovereignty of national affairs unto one person, the Articles granted each state exclusive ...
- 8637: Biotechnology
- ... really can't predict what kind of medical misfits there will be in the future, using this life-saving technology to their own personal, perhaps evil, advantages. Dealing with politics, Bioengineering has opened a whole new door pertaining to the military, whose use of it may create an ultimate destruction. The alterance of nature is un-natural, and creates an unbalancement in life. When we use this technology towards the wrong ... economic needs. The government has probably taken this germ-warfare in to consideration, and is leading to an unhappy resolution. In this case, Biotechnology has no advantages. Socially, Biotechnology is a breakthrough in science. Our new techniques of giving nature a hand, in this case, will pave the road of the genetic highway to come in the future. We are now able to create the perfect tomato, the largest, reddest apples, and the plumpest grapes. We can score more milk by the cow, and create new chemicals to heal people. This is a society where we need not worry about a plague affecting our fruits and vegetation, nor our dairy and meat products. When we do not need to worry ...
- 8638: Ap Us History How Effective Th
- Before the Constitution, there was the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was a new national government that reserved freedom, sovereignty, and independence for the states. The Articles of confederation provided an effective form of government for western lands, on the contrary, foreign relations were not were not as well ... of 1787 to the American life. The Ordinance of 1785 established the law for the lands north of the Ohio River. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provided three stages for the creation and admittance of new states, as well as served as a precedent for banning slavery in certain areas. Both Ordinances set basic points for surveying the new land, allowed territorial government in the beginning stage of development, and provided reasonable standards to become a state. They both also became prime examples for the organization of territories later acquired west of the ...
- 8639: Pride And Prejudice - Jane Aus
- ... in the novel. I read because I enjoy it, not because I want to be taught life visions. STORYLINE: Title: Pride and Prejudice [Chapter 1] Mrs. Bennet tells her husband, Mr. Bennet, to visit the new owner of Netherfield, Mr. Bingley. He is quite rich and he is single which makes him a wanted man with all the girls in the neighbourhood. Mr. Bennet tells her that he won’t be ... with him is odd, he doesn’t say a worth so Lizzy decides that he must be punished for that. She starts a conversation. After a while she tells him she that she has a new acquaintance. Mr. Darcy gets upset and when he finally answers he is [{bitter}]. Mr. Lucas interrupts their conversation by mentioning that Mr. Bingley and Jane are dancing together. It seems to bother Darcy but he ... be visiting Charlotte in Hunsford. But first they pay a visit to the Gardiners in London. Jane is happy to see Lizzy and Mrs. Gardiner wants to know everything about Miss King, Mr. Wickham’s new friend. Lizzy gets an invitation for a holiday. They have a nice evening in the theatre. [Chapter 28] Next morning they drive to Hunsford. Mr. Collins shows them around and leads them to their ...
- 8640: Albert Einstein 3
- ... theoretical physics publications, written in his spare time without the benefit of close contact with scientific literature or colleagues. Einstein earned a doctorate from the University of Zurich in 1905 for a thesis On a new determination of molecular dimensions. He dedicated the thesis to Grossmann. In the first of three papers, all written in 1905, Einstein examined the phenomenon discovered by Max Planck, according to which electromagnetic energy seemed to ... small amount of energy. Einstein used Planck's quantum hypothesis to describe the electromagnetic radiation of light. Einstein's second 1905 paper proposed what is today called the special theory of relativity. He based his new theory on a reinterpretation of the classical principle of relativity, namely that the laws of physics had to have the same form in any frame of reference. As a second fundamental hypothesis, Einstein assumed that ... to be bent slightly, in the direction of the Sun. This would be highly significant as it would lead to the first experimental evidence in favour of Einstein's theory. About 1912, Einstein began a new phase of his gravitational research, with the help of his mathematician friend Marcel Grossmann, by expressing his work in terms of the tensor calculus of Tullio Levi-Civita and Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro. Einstein called ...
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