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    Pros And Cons Of Eugenics

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    The science of eugenics began in the twentieth century by the Franci Galton who coined the idea that favorable characteristics in humans were hereditary. These desirable traits were seen to be prominent in the superior classes thus, sterilizing women of inferior traits to prevent her from spoiling the chances of the master race. This master race consisted of those with high intelligence, fair skin tones, desirable physical characteristics, and not a descendent of a minority background. This form…

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    of the greatest event since creation.” Telephones are a tool for communication. Telephones impacted America by providing a way to connect with others around the world. Everyone and everything has a creator or should I say inventor. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone on March 10, 1876. Alexander was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He graduated from the University College in London. During his early life both of his brothers died of tuberculosis. Both his grandfather and…

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    “Guillotine” by Jon Bellion is a song to listen to when feeling hopeless and lost in a world of thought. Despite the chorus being about a guillotine, which represents death by decapitation, Bellion’s reference to a guillotine is about himself losing control, and even though he does sometimes lose his head, the significant other in this song will still love him no matter what. Through the song “Guillotine” by Jon Bellion, Bellion portrays himself to be a trustworthy significant other by embracing…

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    The Dream By John Donne

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    In the poem “The Dream” by John Donne, it talks about the speaker having a happy dream about the person he’s in love with. The poem describes the speaker as a person who is madly in love. So in the dream, the speaker sees the woman and tries to woo her to come into bed with him by giving her compliments. But the woman pinpoint the right time of the pleasure in his dream, then uses this opportunity to wake him up. The narrator understands because he wants to be awake with the woman and promises…

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    Technology is all around us, I’ve learned from an old class I took that technology is even that of a pencil but here, we will be talking about technology like everyone thinks of technology, the phones, computers, and tablets. Technology has advanced and changed for the better (as most would say) every day since human civilization but in the past 30 years or so technology has taken a big turn into our society and has changed our social norms and everyday way of life. Technology has also changed…

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    MOSFET Case Study

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    In 1959, metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) was invented by Dawon Kahng and Martin M. (John) Atalla at Bell Labs. Julius Edgar Lilienfeld had already patented the basic principle of this kind of transistor in 1925. But later the Bell Labs edition was allocated the name bipolar junction transistor, or merely junction transistor, and design of Lilienfeld came to be identified as field effect transistor. Later, Jean Hoerni found that Silicon dioxide (SiO2) should be used to…

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    The history of each country is the most relevant piece of his nation. America is a beautiful country with a valuable culture, who was forged in their beginnings with the reconstruction of the nation after the devastating Civil War. This was an extensive process in the life of the each american. The country had been devastated. For that reason, the economy of the south loser had been inflected to about a 60% of its wealth, while the winner north had been ended the war needing supplies and article…

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    Imagine that you and a group of children are stranded on a tropical island with no shelter, no grown ups, and no civilization. Do you think that this new environment you are in will impact the course of your life? I do because the people we surround ourselves with, impact our decisions. To start, the bad people we surround ourselves with impact our decisions by influencing us negatively. For example, in the book The Lord of the Flies, Jack, a character in the book, goes from a nice,…

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    Alexander Graham Bell Have you ever loved doing something so much that you want to pursue a career in it? Well imagine a person who worked very hard at what they loved doing and became a triple threat. Alexander Graham Bell was a very significant historical figure to this nation. He invented and conducted experiments for things that help us humans make our lives easier everyday. Also, he has helped people with disabilities not lose the privilege of knowledge. Alexander Graham Bell was a…

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    renew the caveat he never announced his invention, which let alexander Graham Bell to step in and receive a patent. Others believe that Antonio Meucci should be the “father of the telephone” because he was the inventor that had the idea first to create a more advanced communication system. Even though Antonio Meucci might of had the idea before Bell, his was “after all it was his design that was first patented,” which let Bell have the same idea but let him copyright it, because of the more…

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