Joseph (Jo) Rotblat was a nuclear scientist. He helped to make the first atomic bomb. But for decades he campaigned against what he had helped unleash. Until he died last year, aged 96, he pursued this aim with the dynamism of a man half his age, inspiring others to join the cause. He was born in Poland in 1908.
Einstein used a combination of theories on mass, energy and light to come up with his formula of e=mc2 and from that he became the father of modern physics. Michael Faraday was an uneducated English blacksmith who grew up in the 19th century. When Faraday was 20, he received tickets to a series of lectures at the Royal Institution that was the beginning of his journey into science . Faradays interests in science soon brought him to the top of his field where he discovered the invisible fields of electricity and magnetism .He created the law of conservation of energy which is the total amount of energy in an isolated system remains constant over time. Faraday also discovered the electromagnetic waves when conducting an experiment that later on led to the invention of the electric motor.
At the beginning of chapter 9, Nick Carraway informs the reader upon the impact that Gatsby’s death and the ‘holocaust’-like aftermath of it has had upon him, through the quote "After two years," then, "I remember the rest of that day, and that night, and the next day". The days he is referring to are the ones after Gatsby’s demise – and how there was an endless flow of reports and policemen flocking to the mansion, creating a twisted, parodical version of his famed parties. However, it could be also considered not a parody, since the policemen and such care as much about Gatsby as his party-goers did beforehand – the sad truth of Gatsby’s life and the ‘American Dream’ as a whole. Nick, revealing his respect for Gatsby that has developed over the summer – showing character development throughout the story – worries that the reporters swarming the house care not about Gatsby and simply wish to turn his tragic death into a best-selling headline, filling their story with whispered rumours and degrading lies. Worse than this, Nick finds that nobody seems to be trying to validate or dismiss the rumours that are surrounding Gatsby’s death, finding himself alone as Gatsby’s only true friend –
Larry Platt tackles the journey of Allen Iverson and attempts to explain how he has crossed over into mainstream American without changing his self image in the book title “Only the Strong Survive Odyssey of Allen Iverson.” This book started out of conversation between Platt, Ann (Iverson’s mom), and Allen about writing the Iverson’s family autobiography but instead turns into what Platt says “an originally reported, part bio, part meditation on the phenomenon that is Allen Iverson.” Mr. Platt is author, reporter, and editor of a Philadelphia magazine. His background aids him when writing about Allen Iverson because he goes in to grave detail about events that effected Iverson, one being bowl alley incident that lead to Allen’s incarceration at the age of seventeen. The reason I stumble across the subject that is Allen Iverson because what he means to black youth, in all hoods across America Iverson is thought as one of them a real nigga were it be through all of his tattoos of self expression or how he keeps it all the way real, or easier put take me as I am attitude. Allen is not only one of the most prolific scorers in NBA history, he also a hip hop icon and represents the misunderstood youth of America. Iverson’s historic contribution to the NBA are what we believe is the new defenses such as how teams can now run zones (we the youth thinks this a ploy just to slow him down from scoring baskets), the increase calls on carrying the basketball which took away his crossover dribble which help propel him into mainstream, fashion need we say arm and leg sleeves that players now wear in both basketball and football.
The Audacity of Hope Book Review Many years before he was President of the United States, Senator Barack Obama was working on writing two New York Times best sellers. A little more than ten years after his first book, Dreams From My Father, was published, Senator Obama released his second book, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. The book chronicles President Obama’s general views of modern day American politics, as well as his specific views as a democrat. By focusing on one topic per chapter, President Obama is able to effectively address a wide spectrum of issues while still maintaining a clear and in depth focus. In the first chapter, titled “Republicans and Democrats,” President Obama addresses the growing divide between the two parties and the inefficiency that this lack of communication and cooperation creates.
Boys and Girls Club of America Anthony J. Cole COMM/215 February 10,2011 Ruben Diaz Boys and Girls Club of America Considering the recent changes in economy funding a non-profit community book festival in a major United State city for the Boys & Girls Club of America (BGCA) requires knowledge of planning large events, marketing strategies, and grant funding. Planning large an event takes proficiency and knowledge of the targeted group and the appropriate connections with city officials in the planning of a major book festival. Knowledge of the targeted group is important when presenting a proposal of this magnitude to city officials on behalf of the Boys & Girls Club of America (BGCA). The knowledge of city officials in planning large event is important in order to get feedback, security arrangements, precise area, and the proper permission to hold a large event. In the following statements include the history of the BGCA (Boys & Girls Club of America), the importance of why having a book festive for the BGCA can be a positive impact to children statewide, an explanation of the different steps needed to conduct a large book festival, and the different ways BGCA is planning to fund the book festival.
The working title of this presentation was called: “Globe to Globe Visits Prison, or, To Whom Does Shakespeare Belong?” This event took place on Thursday, January 31, 2013. Mr. Steve Rowland, who is a well-known documentary maker, came to Oxford College of Emory University and gave a very touching presentation about the impact of Shakespeare’s work throughout prisons. He talked more in depth of what he had sought out to do and his vision for the end product. Mr. Rowland told me that he has not decided on what he wanted to do with all of these clips that they have been recording for over a year. He has been to many parts of the world and has a great interest in helping these prisoners understand what the stories that Shakespeare has written
He moved to Warsaw in 1902 and became the head of the Hebrew school he has founded. Before the Second World War, he visited the United States and Palestine, published books, and started to write his first diary in 1933, the year Hitler rose to power in Germany. Prisoner in the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw, his gave his diary to a forced laborer Jewish friend before his deportation. Kaplan might have died in Treblinka between December 1942 and January 1943. This extract begins on November 2 of 1940, almost one year after the German’s invasion of Poland (September 1939) and the creation of the Warsaw’s ghetto on October 12 of 1940.
Pamela Kipe Mr. Harris AP Language & Composition November 21, 2014 Rhetorical Analysis Portfolio Project - Frank Rich 9/11 Reflection Year after year when 9/11 comes around, Americans demonstrate their love for their country in patriotic lengths. Flags at half-staff, hundreds flocking to the symbiotic Ground Zero, where just thirteen years ago stood the roaring World Trade Towers, the monetary heart of New York City. Frank Rich proclaims his proposition, in an essay in New York Magazine, on how the attacks on 9/11 did not unify our country, despite the fact that that was supposedly former President George Bush’s objective, but rather ripped us apart. Rich’s use of a formal yet sarcastic tone accompanied with his diction and verifiable facts he gathered demonstrates just how 9/11 did not bring us together as a nation. “National unity proved to be short-lived,” is right.
I found two books from the Quincy Junior High Library along with a reference book. Also I have two internet sources; one is from ChicagoTribune.com which I found by myself and the other internet source was found by my mom’s co-worker, USAtoday.com. My database was a little bit harder to find but I did find one on Escohost. It is called, ”The World’s Most Dangerous Drug.” Dierker - 2 Methamphetamine Drug use, abuse, and addiction have been in our country for many decades. A new drug; Methamphetamine, has been on the rise for about twenty years; effecting tons of families and ruining millions of lives.