Curie

Chapter Six: Completing the Table…with a Bang 1. What is the difference between a “dirty” bomb and a conventional nuclear bomb? (1 mark) The difference between a “dirty” bomb and a conventional nuclear bomb is that a nuclear bomb is designed to destroy organisms using heat and impact, while a dirty bomb is designed to kill with gamma radiation. Radiation from dirty bombs, besides burning through skin, also alters the DNA in bone marrows, which significantly weakens the body’s immune system, and…

and will enforce it in any way. Furthermore when Marjane grows up she begins to think of her future in Iran. University is soon thereafter closed and Marjane demands " No more university. and I wanted to study chemistry. I wanted to be like Marie Curie. o wanted to be an educated, liberated woman, of the pursuit of knowledge meant betting cancer so be it " ( Satrapi 73.) Marjane has an determination to be a free and liberated woman like her mother and grandmother. The fact that she is denied…

Page 15 of 18 Forever Unintelligible Gardner allows that humans have wonderful brains, that we can invent thinking machines, microscopes and any number of intelligence-enhancers, but he says there are still limits, hard limits. Just as "there is no way to teach calculus to a chimp, or even make it understand the square root of 2," he writes, "surely there are truths as far beyond our grasp as our grasp is beyond that of a cow." He concedes that once upon a time humans were chimp-like and over…

Angelou recounts a stereotype in Donleavy’s speech which promoted that white children “were going to have a chance to” achieve highly educated positions, such as scientists like Madame Curie and Thomas Edison, while black “boys (the girls weren’t even in on it) would try to” become athletes, such as Jesse Owens and Joe Louise (Angelou 54). The attitude that blacks were incapable of achieving education - black girls achieving at all –…

Be that as it may, it would only make sense that these actions done by Satrapi did show her individuality. “I put my 1983 Nikes on...and my denim jacket with the michael jackson button, and of course, my headscarf” (Satrapi 131) was the outfit of choice Marji left her house in. Knowing the strict committees were prowling the streets and the Islamic army was up and down the sidewalks, she was determined to go and buy cassette tapes of michael jackson and Kim Wilde, both very western as well as…

Science is a difficult concept simply that to define it, is to define all we know about the world in which we live. I am of the opinion, that since the dawn of the scientific age there has been a clear and defining breakdown in terms of gender in science. As a young woman studying Marine Biology, I someday wish to be viewed as a member of the scientific community. In spite of this, when I think of a ‘scientist’, a man in a lab coat is all that comes to mind. This is the historical image of…

On December 12, 2015, the world came together in Paris and for the first time addressed global warming. It was determined that the world’s goal by 2050 would be to keep global temperature increases under 2 degrees Celsius. With such high expectations, the US and other countries around the world need to invest in new power producing technologies in order to phase out the fossil fuel industry. While renewable energy sources such as solar and wind are the best long term solutions, their unreliable,…

technological invention was the mobile x-ray machine. As millions of soldiers were suffering life-threatening injuries, diagnosing the medical conditions was challenging without having access to x-ray equipment that would be found at hospitals. Marie Curie created a mobile x-ray station for the French military that was transported in small trucks and cars, that were able to be sent to the surgical stations at the front lines. With the success of these machines, further development by other…

He is the philosopher who wants understanding or comprehension and feels that happiness depends upon that. That though the world might pour its bounty lavishly upon men and all is at peace in brotherhood. Yet happiness usually be lacking were there no means of understanding the significance of all these things to the soul. He is active with regards to things, but only in the interests of consciousness.” – The Seven Rays, Ernest Wood – opus cited. These people are naturally cautious; they usually…

definition of creativity is that it is the action of creating something new or unique (Upitis 9). There are two basic types of creativity. “Big-C” creativity refers to a huge, life altering product developed by inventors such as Thomas Edison or Marie Curie. The product created often changes the way society functions or believes. This form of creativity was once thought of as the only kind of creativity. However, a new type of creativity has been discovered. “Little-c” creativity is everyday…