Steven Chu Omar Maftoon Period 1 Stephen Chu was born on February 28‚ 1948 in St. Louis‚ Missouri. He attended University of Rochester in New York during 1970 where he received both a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics and a Bachelor of Science degree in physics. He also received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of California‚ Berkeley‚ in 1976. His field of study is physics. Steven Chu’s early research was on atomic physics and developing laser cooling techniques and the trapping
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Critical Response Essay I class‚ we read a short story by George Orwell called Shooting an Elephant. It was a story about courage‚ judgment‚ and the pressure of peers. I personally did not like this story. I found it boring‚ pointless‚ and just another "hasn’t -this -happened -to -you" story about nothing. However‚ it was very well written‚ and if I had to critically respond to this story‚ I would praise the author on a number of things. The story opens by describing the relationship between
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Critical response: A Raisin in the Sun‚ Lorraine Hansberry The play falls under realism the stage design and setting is a representation of everyday life. The characters behaved‚ spoke‚ and dressed like ordinary people. This play brings the awareness of social and political problems‚ which inspires change. The characters of the cast represents real life personalities‚ which shapes the way they behave. The language used in the play is conversational. This play is also a multicultural play‚ which
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Critical response Robert Frost –The Oven Bird This poem contains 14 lines and is written mainly in iambic pentameter with a little variation in some lines. Each line rhymes with some other line‚ but there is no regular rhyme pattern. Nevertheless‚ you can call this poem a sonnet in my opinion‚ because it contains the key features of a sonnet: Iambic pentameter‚ an octave (eight lines) and a sestet (six lines) and a theme linked to nature. As mentioned‚ the base metrical pattern of this poem is
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Response to the language used by Kent and Lear Lear’s monologue of harsh comments towards Gonerill presents the audience with the childlike side of his character. Lear’s anger is triggered by Gonerill’s newly played authority over him. Here‚ Lear is placed in a situation he is uncomfortable with and his sporadic rant is unjustified with regards to Gonerill’s actual actions. Gonerill orders a level of disrespect to come from the servants of her castle towards Lear’s “so disordered‚ so deboshed and
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‘I have a Dream’ – Critical Response Essay ------------------------------------------------- How does ‘I have a Dream’ By Martin Luther King conform to‚ or deviate from‚ the conventions of a persuasive speech‚ and for what purpose? ------------------------------------------------- I have chosen the question “How does the text conform to‚ or deviate from‚ the conventions of a particular genre‚ and for what purpose?” I have decided to analyse Martin Luther King’s classic Civil Rights Movement
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September‚ 18 2013 Stephen Hawking 1243 Brown St. Europe‚ Oxford 21348 Re: Scientific Research
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November 19‚ 2012 | Martin Luther King Jr. | Leader Assessment | | | Dawan Robinson Leadership 200 Dawan Robinson November 19‚ 2012 LEAD 200 Martin Luther King Jr.’s Biography Martin Luther King Jr. was born January 15‚ 1929 and passed away April 4‚ 1968 in Atlanta‚ Georgia. He faced many challenges during the Civil Rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assaulted several times by people on the streets. He received hundreds of phone calls‚ and letters‚ which was
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From his birth through teenage Professor Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 in Oxford‚ England‚ which is exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo. From a very early age Hawking showed the qualities of a scientist‚ he was always inquisitive. He liked to build models to see how things worked. Hawking went to the High School for Girls (yes‚ the school was supposed to be for girls) at St. Albans at the age of 8. Later‚ he switched to St. Albans School by passing the eleven-plus
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The 1960’s were full of hate crimes towards the black community‚ calling for action. Some believed action through violence would solve issues‚ others such as Martin Luther King Jr. believed in a future where all would be equal. He knew he could achieve this through non-violent protests. Today we live the present knowing the words of Dr. King are still very relevant to today’s society with the recent uprising of racial troubles and inequality among the people throughout the nation. King was born January
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