Edgar Ray Killen

Most individuals with even the most rudimentary knowledge of science have probably heard of x-rays and gamma radiation. Very few however, will be able to tell you where these forms of radiation come from. The answer: Pulsars. Pulsars, or neutron stars, are physics sandboxes that provide extreme conditions for humans to experiment with which are not readily available on Earth. Due to this usefulness, the discovery and research of these phenomena should be of the utmost importance. These neutron…

Imaginative creators, the word ‘intellectual,’ of course, became the swear word it deserved to be, “We must all be alike.” “Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal.” Pg.55 In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there were certain characters that were content throughout the entire novel, or for the parts they were in. Clarisse McClellan is a exciting girl whom loves to read and socialize with others in the novel. This is a quote said…

In the novel, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, it tells about a character life by the name of Montag. Montag is the protagonist and changes throughout the story. Guy Montag is a fireman. Instead of these firemen fighting fires, they create the fire. They create the fire by burning books. Books are not allowed and if you have a book in your household and the firemen find it, the book will be burned. Guy Montag in the beginning of the novel was into his job and really loved it. The thing he loved…

Fahrenheit 451 In the story “Fahrenheit 451”, the character in this story name Montag has changed. There were different things that Montag did that he changed himself in the story. He was told to burn books without knowing why and how could book be bad. As the story continued, many more things change for Montag that he completely changed a lot more. Here is how Montag changed in the story “fahrenheit 451”. In the beginning of the story, Montag is a thirty year old guy from the 24th…

Fahrenheit 451 In the story “Fahrenheit 451,” by Ray Bradbury, the protagonist, Montag is a fireman. Montag is a thirty year old man who lives in the futuristic world. Also, he is a fireman who burns books. He explains in the beginning how he dislikes books and he adores burning them. But toward the end of the story Montag has a change in perspective about how he feels about the world. He starts liking books but in the world he lives in books are frowned upon. Basically, the story is about…

Imagine a place where you are forced to conform to a new system that denies you the privilege of reading and enjoying books. In Ray Bradbury’s book Fahrenheit 451 books are burned by firemen and it is considered against the law to read any book. many people do not get to understand the messages that books can give us because of the dystopian world they live in. Bradbury reveals the theme that individuality exists within all but will struggle to show if it has been forced to conform. Fahrenheit…

In the story Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, society was much different than the society we live in today.In Raybradburys’s predictionof the future nobody in all of America read books, being smart and thinking was frowned upon. The firefighters didn’t fight fires,unlike firefighters today they started the fires. The things firefighters turned to ashes was books. Books are illegal to own in bradbury’s book. If someone finds out you have books, firefighters come to your house burn your books and…

Throughout Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, the author, demonstrates a dystopian society. Bradbury show the reader an extreme application through the burning of books. Books are the publics source of knowledge, which is being taken away. In Fahrenheit 451, the terrifying dystopian society represents the dangers of censorship. The definition of a dystopian society is "a futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through…

During an exam, ultrasonic beams propagate through a patient’s tissue by means of the transducer. As the beam propagates, there is a loss of energy through absorption, reflection, and scattering. This loss is displayed in the image as shadowing. To start, shadowing may result due to the absorption or reflection of most of the energy. The degree of shadowing is dependent on the structure and size of the object that’s blocking the ultrasonic beam and its relativity to it. Shadowing is seen when…

Radiologic Technology is an interactive career in which X-ray machines utilize ionizing radiation to take images of patients’ bones throughout their bodies that may or may not be broken. The image is then sent to a Radiologist who analyzes and diagnoses the image and sends the results to the doctor. As a technologist you must be able to effectively operate the X-ray machines, correctly position patients, interact with them to make them feel comfortable while always staying as protected as…