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    Fat Boy and Little Man‚ the two bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ due to the race to create an atomic bomb‚ the detonation of the bombs‚ and the final outcome. II. The Manhattan Project was a secret project of the making of the atomic bombs used during WWII. A multitude of ethnical groups from around the world helped make the bomb. The nuclear bomb was created when scientists took an atom of uranium-238 and turned it into plutonium-239‚ a controlled nuclear power in a chain reaction. On

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    children’s well being and academic development. Since it’s inception into the 1988 education reform act‚ the promotion of development in spiritual‚ moral‚ social and cultural areas within education has continued to be emphasised; and is now widely recognised by the country and government as key areas which children need nourishment‚ guiding and teaching in‚ along with core and secondary subjects. Although there is no specific grading criteria for development in SMSC‚ OFSTED still grade a school

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    Nuclear weapons are one of the many common fears of the modern world. Because at any minute‚ the world could suffer a nuclear filled catastrophe‚ killing millions. Not only are they potentially life threatening‚ the biggest nations in the world have stockpiles of these weapons of mass destruction. That is not the scariest part however. The effects of nuclear warfare are just as deadly‚ if not‚ worse. Nevertheless‚ the rapid extermination of the radioactive explosives ought to occur globally because

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    Various dangerous and unique were weapons were used in WW1 which made the battlefield very brutal and many soldiers didn’t know how to react when coming across tanks or even heavy artillery and aircrafts that soared the sky’s raining havoc across miles of terrains and trenches. The effects were severe with many soldiers coming home with lost limbs and even emotional shock like ‘shell shock’ which affected the men’s brains making them hear horrors like screams of agony and the sound of gunshots and

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    Drop a Nuclear Bomb in Japan? I decide to write about the nuclear bomb incident happened at the end of World War II. The United States dropped two nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki at August 6 and August 9‚ 1945. The United States was one of the United Nations‚ while Japan was one of the Axis Powers. They were on the opposite military alliances during the World War II. In order to end the war shortly‚ the United States under the command of President Truman dropped two nuclear bombs in Japan

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    The Manhattan Project During World War II‚ a scientific discovery was made that would alter the course of history. German scientists learned a new method in which the splitting of a uranium atom became achievable. This would ultimately lead to the possibility of a foreign power utilizing that energy to produce a weapon with the capacity of causing irreplaceable damage. In 1939‚ Albert Einstein‚ having come across this information‚ wrote to the United States President Franklin Roosevelt to warn

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    A nuclear explosion is caused by the release of energy in an atom‚ either through fission or fusion. Fission weapons cause an explosion by the splitting of atomic nuclei. This happens when a neutron collides with the nucleus of an atom. The protons in the nucleus are transformed into a great amount of energy and two or three more neutrons are sent out‚ which go on to split other nuclei. If this continues‚ a chain reaction will occur. The result is a gigantic explosion. To form a chain reaction‚ a

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    Were the 1920s an Era of Social and Cultural Rebellion? ​Gilman M. Ostrander believes that the 1920s were in fact an era of rebellion. He bases one of his opinions on the flapper‚ which was a “new” kind of woman in the 1920s. These women’s skirts went from going all the way down to the ankles to now at the knee. The women also began to be more involved in jazz music and acting in a more sexual way than before. Ostrander states‚ “In sex as in other matters the girls were determined to demolish the

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    and were filled with blood and pus. To make matters worse‚ increased trading between Asia and Europe on the Silk Road cause the disease to spread at an alarming rate (Benedictow) . Doctors had no way to treat infected patients and created new phesdo remedies that were often harmful.(sciencemuseum.org.uk/) With nearly 20 million people killed‚ the social‚ economic‚ and cultural effects of the disease were massive. From the plague’s origin and spread‚ to treatment methods and cultural effects‚ the

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    After World War II brought many scientific achievements (most notable of which being the atomic bomb)‚ Americans were fascinated with science and the potential of the scientific community to solve the problems that were plaguing the country. The scientific community was promoting a “save the world” complex‚ and the American people believed in the power of science. In the 1940s‚ the scientific community came up with a solution to a big problem. Malaria was common throughout third world countries

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