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- 1541: Atomic Bomb
- ... Tennessee. The actual design and construction of the bomb was carried out at another new town: Los Alamos, New Mexico. Before the war Los Alamos had been a tiny ranch used as a boy's school. With breathtaking speed, houses and buildings were erected at Los Alamos. Soon the town had its own newspaper, schools and a population of four thousand. Most Los Alamos residents were scientists and their families. The ... of the Enola Gay, a scout plane reported that there was little cloud cover over the primary target, the Japanese city of Hiroshima. In the city men and women jammed the streets for work and school children scampered to school. At precisely 8:15 A.M. the B-29 dropped its bomb. Seven hundred yards above Hiroshima, the bomb exploded like a huge flashlight. The blast killed seventy thousand residents, many of whom were ...
- 1542: Lab Protocols
- ... trial and error my class and I have learned that screwing around and misbehaveing in lab not only results in multiple page papers, but can also be harmful, dangerous, and costly to our teacher and school. There are many rules or "protocols" that should be followed in a lab enviroment. In this situation there are ten basic rules that must be followed at all times while participating in lab experiments. These ... Because you don't need to. The seventh rule states that activities should only be done if they are specifically discussed in your lab. This is for safety purposes and for the liability of the school. The eighth rule is that you are not to contaminate chemicals by using equipment in more than one substance without washing it thoroughly. Doing this can cause explosion, fire, bodily harm, poisonous gasses, or possibly ... result in death, poisonous gasses, bodily harm , explosion , or fire. Last but not least the tenth rule is that before taking leave of the laboratory environment set forth by the laboratory director and our prestigous school. You should thoroughly clean to your best ability the above stated area. This is to prevent possible chemical burns, toxic gasses, highly flammable substances, and acids from forming on countertops. It also helps to ...
- 1543: Jeffrey Dalhmer
- ... a dread of others that was combined with a general lack of self-confidence. He was developing a reluctance to change, a need to feel the assurance of familiar places. The prospect of going to school frightened him. The little boy who'd once seemed so happy and self-assured had been replaced by a different person, now deeply shy, distant, nearly uncommunicative." Lionel suspected that the move from Iowa to ... teenager would show some outer signs of mental illness. But Jeff just became more isolated and uncommunicative. Far from rebelling, he never argued with his parents because nothing seemed to matter to him. In high school, Jeff had average grades and participated in a few activities: he played tennis and worked on the school newspaper. However, his classmates considered him a loner and an alcoholic, who brought liquor into the classroom. He actually had a prom date, who he later invited to his parents' house for a seance. ...
- 1544: Galileo Galilei "founder of modern experimental science"
- ... work and patience.... Galileo was born during the renaissance in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564. He was raised by his mom, Giulia Ammanati, and his dad, Vincenzo Galilei. His family had enough money for school, but they were not rich. When he was about seven years old, his family moved to Florence where he started his education. In 1581, his father sent him to the University of Pisa because he ... he studied medicine and the different theories of the scientist Aristotle. He was not interested in medicine, but soon he became interested in math. In 1585, he convinced his father to let him leave the school without a degree. Galileo was a math tutor for the next four years in Florence. He spent a lot of the four years studying the scientific thoughts and philosophies of Aristotle. He also invented an ... sun and all of the planets move around the earth. Teaching these courses, he became more understanding of astronomy. In 1592, the University of Padua gave him a professorship in math. He stayed at that school for eighteen years. He learned and believed Nicolaus Copernicus's theory that all of the planets move around the sun, made a mechanical tool called a sector, explained the tides based on Copernican theory ...
- 1545: Inventions of the Early 19th Century
- ... by Big Brother. All material used in the file is original and unplagerized, so these files are SAFE to use AS-IS with no modifications other than specifics to cover the actual required topic for school. Because school can be a BITCH, these files have been prepared to aide you in your research, and are not intended to be actually turned in AS-IS, but many of you will turn them in since ... study and get good grades, then get a good job, make some money, marry someone you love, and live happily ever after... ...because, after all - Big Brother is Watching You! - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big Brother's Guide to School The Dreaded Reports actual examples........... START OF FILE -------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- INVENTIONS OF THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY The art of inventing has been around since remedies have been needed and solutions have been required to make our ...
- 1546: The Dubliners: Summary
- ... in the world of books. He believes that there is much more to learn that what is learned inside the classroom. He believes the real lessons in life should be learned in the outside world. School for the narrator is seen as a strict structure where the education is taught according to what adults want them to learn. So instead of going to school he decides to learn through adventure and romance he has read about in his cowboy novels. " The adventures related in the literate of Wild West were remote from my nature but, at least, they opened the doors of escape. I Like better some American detective stories which were traversed from time to time by unkempt fierce and beautiful girls. (15) He skips school often and hopes to live some of the stories he reads in his Wild West books. During one of his adventures he meets an old man who resembles Father Flynn with his wise words ...
- 1547: Catcher In The Rye 7
- ... He wanted to keep children innocent and pure. There are several quotes and examples to support this in Catcher in the Rye like when the kid was singing in the park of Radio City, the school scene, Allie s death and Holden s rage over Allie s death. Allie s death helps make Holden s decision about wanting to be a catcher in the rye. Holden wished he could have caught ... he would catch them before they fell off the cliff and hit the harsh reality of how the world really is, sad, disappointing and lonely in Holden s mind. While he was at Phoebe s school "[Holden] saw something that drove him crazy. Someone had written Fuck You on the wall. (Salinger 201) Those two little words, drove him " damn near crazy". All Holden could think about is how the little kids in the school would have seen it and wondered what it meant. Then some dirty kid would tell the little kids and the little kids would have been changed forever by those two little words. Holden rubbed ...
- 1548: Catcher In The Rye By Jd Salin
- ... wanted to get out of there. He then talks about where his room is at pencey and how its in a hall named after Ossinburger some fat guy who donated alot of money to the school. He remembers of the time when Edgar Marsalla fladulated loudly during some speach that ossiburger gave during church. He then made it to his room where he was happy to be (his room had two ... into phoebe's room and wakes her (she's really happy to see him and questions his being there and he lies to her about why he's there) he then talks to her about school and people. Chapter's twentythree- twentyfive: *Holden's parents come home from their party and he almost gets caught but makes it out safely. He ends up at Mr. Antolini's house where he is ... sits in the rain and cries out of joy and because he is such a confused boy. Chapter twentysix: *Holden says he isn't gonna tell us anymore, but he could tell us about what school he's suposed to go to after he gets out of the mental institution. He says the doctors are askin him a million questions and so is his brother DB. "Don't ever tell ...
- 1549: Charles Shultz
- ... nothing in common yet that is what makes their friendship so genuine. Marcie is the smartest of the PEANUTS clan, but also the most naive. She s always willing to help out her friend with school work and she s on the phone to remind her of homework. There is an innocence to Marcie and Peppermint Patty is her protector. Marcie is also completely clueless when it comes to sports yet ... Brown invited Franklin to visit him at this house across town for another play session. Later, Franklin showed up as center-fielder on Peppermint Patty s baseball team and sits in front of her at school. Franklin is thoughtful and can quote the Old Testament as effectively as Linus. In contrast with the other characters, Franklin has the fewest anxieties and obsessions. He and Charlie Brown spend quite a lot of ... so proud of his newborn baby sister, Sally, that he passed out chocolate cigars, but ever since then he s been trying to understand her. She always looks for the easy way out, particularly at school, where her view of life reflects much of the frustration and confusion kids experience. She has the schoolgirl crush on Linus, her Sweet Babboo. She may never win Linus heart, but she has her ...
- 1550: Creationism vs Evolution: Through The Eyes of Jay Gould
- ... values has also brought the return of age old debated topics. One issue that truly separates Americans is the issue of creation versus evolution. Since the 19th century, this divisive topic has been debated in school boards and state capitols across America. In many instances religious fundamentalists won the day by having banned the instruction or even the mention of "ungodly" evolutionary thinking in schools. With today’s social and political ... of necessary skills . . . but these skills do not exhaust the limits of what such a complex machine can do" (57). Gould ends by describing Wallace’s thinking as having direct ties with creationist thought. A school of thought that Gould obviously portrays as wrong throughout his essay. Throughout The Panda’s Thumb, Gould tells us about the debate between Darwin and Wallace over sexual selection and the origins of human intellect ... friendly" while sufficiently and consistently arguing a clear and precise point are the attributes that make Gould’s essay such a delight to read. More important, however, is the social implications of this essay. While school boards across the nation debate the subject of whether evolution should be taught in the schools, Gould’s work stands out with it’s overriding validity and straightforwardness. It is an example of reasonable ...
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