English 101 The Bombs Bursting in Air Hiding behind a fence post‚ my dad prepared to fire his next missile. Careful not to expose too much of his body‚ he would survey the area for his enemy. One could see the look of determination in his eyes when he spotted his target. He would load his barrel‚ light the fuse‚ and take aim. Only the screams of his adversary were indications of his accuracy. Although brave‚ my father is not a war hero. He is simply a survivor of the bottle rocket duel with my
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Okinawa in 1945‚ the United States now had the ability to bomb Japan. After the United States’ blockading and relentless bombing of Japan‚ the nation refused to surrender. As a final attempt to avoid the invasion of Japan‚ the United States dropped the atomic bomb Little Boy on Hiroshima on August 6‚ 1945. Three days later‚ the Soviet Union declared war on Japan and invaded Manchuria. On the same day‚ the United States dropped the second atomic bomb
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Atomic theory is the idea that matter is made up of small particles made of atoms. The atomic theory first had 5 points which were stated by John Dalton who came up with it. The first one was that all elements were made up of small units called atoms. The second one was that all atoms of a given element are identical to each other. Third‚ all the atoms were different from all the other atoms. Fourth‚ atoms of different elements combined together in equal numbers to form compounds. Fifth and final
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6 FROM INTENTIONS TO ACTIONS [From: I. Ajzen (1988)‚ Attitudes‚ personality‚ & Behavior. Chicago: Dorsey Press] It*s a long step from saying to doing. Cervantes In the previous chapter we began to unravel the mystery surrounding prediction and explanation of specific action tendencies by turning our attention to behavioral dispositions that correspond precisely to the particular action tendency of interest. Based on this principle of compatibility‚ the present chapter introduces a conceptual
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speak)‚ there is much information regarding its atomic buildup. Every element’s atoms are composed of three main subatomic particles: neutrons‚ electrons and protons. Located in the atom’s nucleus‚ protons and neutrons are referred to as nucleons. The electrons rest outside of the nucleus at various energy levels (orbitals). Most of an atom’s mass comes from its very small nucleus‚ whose protons and neutrons each have a mass of approximately 1 u (atomic mass units). Electrons‚ on the other hand‚ have
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The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Written By: Nicholas Phandoe World War II began on September 1st‚ 1939 when the Germans invaded Poland and then ended on September 2nd‚ 1945 with the signing of the surrender documents from Japan aboard the American Battleship USS Missouri. During the course of 1941 when the US joined WWII‚ and 1945 when it ended over 291‚000 US American
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Chemistry Atomic Structure: The Electron A myriad of trends occur on the periodic table‚ whether it is defined through the size of the atoms or the first ionization energy that may occur‚ many other trends can be found simply looking horizontally or vertically on to the table. As you look from left to right you can see that the reactivity of the elements increase‚ this is due to the number of electrons increasing on the shell. This also once you go down the table; the shells become further and
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Route that never broke the business capital of India was once again rocked by serial blasts on July 11‚ 2006. There were 8 explosions in 8 local trains between 6.20 and 6.35 p.m. resulting in 190 causalities and more than 600 injured. After the 1993 serial blasts this was the severest terrorist attack in the country. There were eight explosions within 12 minutes between 6.21 and 6.33 in the local trains and railway stations. The first blast occurred at Kher o a train bound for Boriwali fram Churchgate
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The world changed in 1945 when the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan‚ many people have debated whether or not this was necessary. The United States atomic bombing of Japan was justified. The Japanese would not have given up if the United States had not dropped the two atomic bombs. The Japanese code to encrypt messages was called the Purple Code‚ by this time in the war the United States had long broken the Purple Code and in their “Secret” messages. They said that they were not going to surrender
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The Development of the Atomic Theory Have you ever wondered how the atomic theory came to be? Or have you have wondered who it was that helped in its development? There was not just one man who came up with the atomic theory‚ but there were many scientists that contributed to its development. One of these scientists was Democritus‚ a Greek philosopher. Democritus was the son of Hegesistratus‚ and he was a student of Magians and Chaldaeans. By some authorities he was thought of as the greatest
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