Marie Curie Essay

Rontgen didn’t understand how the radioactive rays were produced and neither did anyone until Henri Becquerel was experimenting with uranium salts and discover that the rays were emitting from the salts themselves and was named “radioactivity” by Marie Curie. Radiation is produced by both natural and artificial/man-made sources. Natural sources that would produce radiation in Earth or its atmosphere would be cosmic rays that emit radiation in big rays that reach the Earth from space, rocks and…

than just a hobby. While just about every boy goes through chemistry phase, David’s love for chemistry surpassed the short-lived phases of others. If there was one story in the Golden Book that influenced him the most, it was definitely the story of Marie and Pierre…

The War on Nuclear Power Since the beginning of time, people have needed energy to stay alive. Even though back then it came in the form of food, now that times have changed so drastically, even objects that aren 't necessarily alive need energy too for a person to survive. As the price for fossil fuel continuously rises, we have turned to other solutions to get the energy we need in more sufficient and eco friendly ways, such as wind power, solar power and nuclear power. One of the most…

Dalton Ellis Adv. Chemistry Mr. Lawson 6th 1/05/16 Reading Assignment I choose The Disappearing Spoon, by Sam Kean because I read short reviews on all the books on the reading list, and this one seemed the most interesting. After doing some research on the boom I found that it had great reviews online, and was one of the top ten most recommended books in the chemistry genre. This book caught my attention because it gave a brief history of many of the elements, and I was keen to learn how to…

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings,” said Lao Tzu, a famous philosopher and poet in China history. Through the conception of Tzu, early stages always contain many struggles, but if people go through it, they will see the glory at the end. Tzu’s perception is familiar Jarvis’s concept, “small is the new big,” in his book “What Would Google do?” Google used to be an idea, then moved on to a small company and finally become a giant technology industry. Not only Google started…

The battle between Good and Evil is never-ending. This pointless and unquenchable clamor came to fruition mere seconds before the forbidden fruit was picked off the calamitous tree. Writers from all walks of life have taken the liberty of exemplifying this redundant storyline through the fruits of their imagination, immortalizing the endless battle. Whether this is illustrated through the townspeople and an unruly king, peasants and the aristocrats, or even a nation against omnipotent deities,…

Control over oneself is something that almost everyone strives for. From preteens to the elderly, freedom and autonomy is a basic human desire. This is case for women, in the past and present, which fought and are still fighting for control over their reproductive rights. A woman’s body is her own and women have been fighting for this freedom for hundreds of years. Many women come from different backgrounds and have been through different situations, so to restrict all women from making…

Cultural Diversity in Elementary Education According to the Alabama Course of Study, cultural diversity is imperative when it comes to the success of the scientific community. People from all different ethnicities, religions, nationalities, groups, and races have contributed to the world of science and the many groundbreaking discoveries over the course of many centuries. In order for science education to be successful in the elementary classroom, students must find relevance in what they are…

specialize in one of the sub-disciplines, but Winifred pursued neurochemistry, theoretical chemistry, nuclear chemistry, and biochemistry. She wished to be versatile chemist, but had a particular attraction to bio and nuclear chemistry. Idolizing Marie Curie and Albert Einstein, she dreamed to obtain a Nobel prize like her heroes and wished to do them proud. Often, it can seem as though she’s oblivious to the world around him, but his observation is a quiet and incessant one, cataloging bits…

The line of Disney Princesses started just before World War II with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Next in the line, after the war, it was Cinderella (1950), followed by Sleeping Beauty (1959), The little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Pocahontas (1995), Mulan (1998), Princess and the Frog (2009), Tangled (2010), Brave (2012), and Frozen (2013). Each of the movies presents a main female character, usually oppressed, and a main male character, usually quite masculine and…