Marie Curie Marie Curie was one of the most famous female scientists in history. She was born on November 7‚ 1867 in Poland during the Russian Occupation (“Madame Curie”). Madame Curie was the youngest out of five children. She was a bright child that loved to learn‚ and was always the top in her class. Her discovery of Polonium and Radium led her to be the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize. Madame Curie passed away at age 67 on July 4‚ 1934‚ due to over exposure to penetrating radiation
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First‚ it is important to understand where the idea of symbolic violence came from. One of the major contributors to the topic is a French academic named Pierre Bourdieu. In a lecture at the University of San Diego in 1986‚ Bourdieu outlined his theory on how symbolic capital‚ which is a combination of economic and social capital‚ provides the means for individuals to create a legitimate society in which
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research‚ she was introduced to an instructor at the School of Physics and Chemistry named Pierre Curie. At first Marie did not want to marry because of her intention to return home to Poland‚ but Pierre insisted that he would come along when she did so. However‚ unable to find a job in Poland that would accept Marie as a woman‚ she married Pierre and they worked together in Paris. They were hard at work‚ Pierre studying crystals and piezoelectricity‚ when they took interest in an experiment by Henri
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Most of us have heard of Pierre Peladeau‚ a man who has built a multi-billion dollar company from a $1‚500 loan. There is no doubt that he has achieved a lot during his life time and there is no doubt that a lot of it was good. For instance‚ he was known for donating millions to charities and even visiting dying strangers in Montreal hospitals to bolster their spirits. However‚ I believe that the bad things he did overshadow the good. He was involved in several controversies‚ the most famous being
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viewer’s attention to Venus by also painting her in the very center of the painting (The Birth of Venus: Pierre). However‚ something different he does from the other two artists’ is that he painted other figures looking at Venus. These glances lead the viewer’s eyes to Venus right away. Pierre also uses color‚ similar to Botticelli‚ to show that Venus is the main focus of his paining; Pierre depicts Venus with long‚ bright‚ blonde hair while everyone else in the painting has short brown hair. Going
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Quebec: A Distinct Society (?) The concept of recognizing Quebec as a distinct society is an idea that has been kicking around for some time‚ but just what does it mean and what are its broader implications? This paper will examine the origins of the term‚ what it means‚ and its historical context. It will then examine rival interpretations of federalism. The essay will conclude with an in-depth examination of the concept’s involvement with the failed constitutional accords and the failed Quebec
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also because of her work she was paid by the Society of Encouragement of National Industry to investigate the magnetic properties of different steels. It was this that led Marie Sklodowska to Pierre Curie‚ for her work with metals she needed a lab and Pierre agreed to let Marie use his lab for her work. Pierre had made important discoveries on magnetism
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Trudeau essay Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau had an intelligent influence on Canada‚ its culture and society in general. The four important areas that will be focused on this essay are the great leader of Canada‚ his life style‚ FLQ cries and how he scarified his life to Canadians. Pierre Elliot Trudeau was a politician‚ a lawyer‚ a writer and one of Canada’s greatest prime ministers whom had the idea of Canada’s independence and acted on it. Trudeau came into the political scene like
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times that Canada was considered to be a separate nation from Britain. Later after the war‚ likely due in part to their contributions at Vimy ridge‚ Canada gained their own vote at the League of Nations separate from the vote of Britain. As said by Pierre Berton in a publication titled Vimy: “It is a historical fact that Canada entered the war as a junior partner of Great Britain and emerged as an equal‚ her status confirmed when she‚ with the other Dominions‚ was given her own vote at the League
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news and school are terrorism acts. The October Crisis of 1970 was just another one of them. Two members from the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) had kidnapped James Cross and Pierre Laporte. Cross was a British Trade Commissioner and Laporte was a Quebec Labour Minister. After this was heard‚ Prime Minister‚ Pierre Trudeau had invoked the War Measures Act and had sent armed forces through Quebec to help police; this ended in a suspension for the civil liberties. All of this commotion was important
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