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- 23021: Albert Einstein 1879-1955
- Albert Einstein 1879-1955 Einstein was undoubtedly the single greatest contributor to science in the 20th century. Few will argue with that point. His gifts to today's understanding of the universe, energy, time among others base many branches of modern science. His contributions are not restricted only to the fields of science, but also to the individual person: from powerful heads of ... on Japan twice, The Soviet Union developed their own nuclear weapon. The Arms Race was on. Suddenly both countries expended large amounts of resources on making these bombs useful in combat. Three hundred billion U.S. dollars2 were spent to ignite this project and produce only a small number of functional bombs. The Soviet Union was thought to have spent about equal amounts. By the late 1950's what we now know as the Cold War erupted. Nuclear Holocaust seemed inevitable. Tensions between the Communists and the States reached monumental highs. The whole United States suddenly went into a panic mode that ...
- 23022: Bio On Shakespear
- By: fly_girl gr 8 The Life of William Shakespeare England's most talented and well know poet and dramatist was born on April 23, 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon, located in the cetre of England. His father, John, was a glove-maker and wool dealer involved ... was 26. They had 3 children. May 1583 they had Susanna then two years later had twins, Hamnet and Judith. Hamnet died at the age of 11. Susanna married a physician in 1607, and Shakespeare's other daughter married to a vintner in 1616. There was a gap in his life where no one had any evidence of him or his wife. Between 1585 and 1592. All people know, is that ... so he moved into a large home in Stratford. Some of his plays were: Henry VI, Richard III, The Comedy of Errors, Titus Andronicus, The Taming of the Shrew, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Love's Labor's Lost, and Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King John, The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, ...
- 23023: Frankenstein
- ... creature is shunned by society simply because he looked different from them and they did not understand him. People are scared of what they do not understand, which is why they were frightened by Victor’s creature. The desire to understand death leads to the desire to control it. Even though death is something that is out of the control of humans, human nature has the urge to be in control ... or a person has a deformity that makes them look different from other people does not mean that they are not human, they are just different. Now that the conclusion has been made that Victor’s creature is indeed human, we can focus on what he shows us about human emotion. This story shows us what can happen to the human nature when it is deprived of all forms of communication ... these doings because no one has taught him right from wrong or how to deal with the emotions that he is feeling. The issues of abandonment in the novel offer insight into human emotions. Victor’s creature feels abandoned by his creator and does not know how to deal with these feelings. He does not even know why he was created in the first place. After the cottagers that he ...
- 23024: Drug Identification With Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometr
- Drugs are used everyday by people in many different ways for many different reasons. Drug testing has become a standard in pre-employment testing, because of the wide variety of drug use in today's society. Drugs tested for by a possible employer include Cocaine (crack), Amphetamines (crystal), Opiates (codeine, morphine, heroin), PCP (phencyclidine), and Marijuana. Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry is used to test hair and urine samples of possible ... levels and temperature ranges. The ! most important feature of the tw o instruments being coupled is that they perform complementary analytical functions. The instrumentation of the gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer is very complex. The instrument's parts include an injector, a carrier gas, a column, a separator, an ionization source, mass separator, and an ion detector. The injector is located on the gas chromatograph and is where the sample gas is ... now separated sample enters the separator. The separator connects the gas chromatograph with the mass spectrometer, and separates the carrier gas from the separated components of the mixture. The sample now enters the mass spectrometer's ionization source where the sample molecules are fragmented and created into! positively charged ions by high beam electrons. The fragmented positively charged ions now pass through the mass separator, which is a magnetic field. ...
- 23025: Macintosh vs. IBM
- ... They decided later that if they wanted to keep up with IBM they would have to make the Macintosh cheaper and easier to upgrade in order to appeal to the business market. In 1991 Apple's desktop computing business was going down hill, and Motorola, who was their chip manufacturer, was being known as the company that was always one step behind Intel. So Apple lost developers for their personal computer ... that means we have been using an internal CPU architecture that is at least 20 years old. One thing that IBM users can look forward to is the advancements that Intel is making with it's CPUs. One of the latest things that has hit the market is MMX, which allows programs that are more graphically inclined to run faster, as well as programs that use sound. They already have chips ... than most 486DX-66 MHz CPUs. The reason being is that the Macintosh computer was totally design to run with each other. So the Operating System in the Macintosh would take advantage of the hardware's capabilities as well as the hardware taking advantage of the Operating System. So with this interconnected system it would be faster than a system not made to take advantage of every little thing in ...
- 23026: Livvie
- "Livvie", A Celebration of life Eudora Welty’s "Livvie", is a great story on how life should be celebrated. The story is about a young woman , who marries and old man, that in a since imprisons her. The young girl gets a second ... 512-513). He does not realize how unappreciative he is making Livvie. Livvie, her name too has a symbol. It means "life" or "live". "She is unable to live her life Watt 2 under Solomon’s strict rule (Sample Short Story Analysis). Solomon is not letting her live her life. Therefore, she cannot appreciate the few things in life that he has given to her. Miss Baby Marie and Cash shine ... Marie does so by showing Livvie what the outer world has to offer. Example about cosmetics, Livvie gets so excited about the color of the lipstick. It must remind her of something in life. Cash’s youth attracts Livvie. The setting also plays a significant part in the story. The story is set up in a nice isolated area. It is in the spring around Easter. By Solomon staying in ...
- 23027: Frankenstein
- ... by people, honored by people and revered since the beginning of time. Yet even today not one person can say what is morally right. It is a matter of opinion. It was Dr. Victor Frankenstein's opinion that it was alright to create a "monster". Frankenstein's creation needed a companion. Knowing that his first creation was evil should the doctor make a second? With the knowledge at hand, to Dr. Frankenstein, it is not at all morally correct to bring another ... bestow I will quit the neighbourhood of man,"(pg 142) promises the morally corrupt monster to the doctor upon the completion of his partner. When the doctor, if and when he, finished his first creation's mate there is a chance that the monsters will not keep their promise and stay in Europe envoking fear into townfolk. The good doctor, trying to act morally, destroys the monster for the good ...
- 23028: Capital Punishment: Against
- ... no one can bring another human back to life. Juries are often white and this may lead to racial decisions. Of the 144 executions since the 1976 reinstatement of the death penalty in the U.S., not one white person has been executed for killing a black. Of the 16,000 executions in U.S. history, only 30 cases involved a white sentenced for killing a black. Therefore, no one, including the government, should have the power to tell another human that they must be put to death, no matter what they commit. Today's government and justice system is not as efficient as it should be. If a mistake is made in an execution sentence and an innocent person dies, no one can bring their life back. Now, ...
- 23029: Benjamin Franklin: A Man of American Ideals
- ... his timetable for the twenty-four hours of a day, reading and working dominate most of his time. Aside from being diligent, frugality and the simplicity of life have been an important part of Franklin’s life as evident from the following passage. We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance my breakfast was a long time bread and milk, (no ... pewter spoon (873). Having fancy dinner plates and silverwares is something that seldom interests Franklin. Practical issues are what concern him the most. Although he is raised in a pious family, he rejects his parent’s religion and avoids going to churches because he believes that the prevalent view focuses too much on religious doctrines, but not enough on fundamental moral principles. His deist view reflects his belief in practicality. He ... a better citizen through the words of God, and that is what he expects the minister to preach in public worships instead of teaching some dogmas that seem “unintelligible . . . [and] doubtful” (873) to him. Franklin’s optimistic view toward human nature is what separates him from most people today. Though his attempt to perfect himself in thirteen weeks is humorous, it is without a doubt that he is sincere in ...
- 23030: Thomas_Jefferson
- ... his 20s, Jefferson read voraciously in Enlightenment philosophy, 17th-century English history, political theory, and law. Drawing on this learning, he drafted in1774a Summary View of the Rights of British America as instructions for Virginia's delegates to the First Continental Congress, which met to consider the colonies' grievances against Great Britain. Virginia leaders instead adopted a more legalistic set of instructions,, and Summary View was published anonymously as a pamphlet. As Jefferson's authorship became widely known, however, he moved suddenly into the front rank of American political theorists. In the pamphlet, Jefferson argued that the original settlers of the colonies came as individuals rather than as agents ... In George With , he found an equally gifted teacher of the law. Jefferson was admitted to the bar in 1767 and first elected to the Virginia House of his home, Monticello. Despite several desultory courtship's, he did not seriously consider marriage until 1770, when he met Martha Wayles Skelton, a Wealthy widow of 23. They were married in1772. Jefferson as President In the election of 1800, Jefferson an his ...
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