I first read Jared Diamond’s Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel in the Fall 2003 based on a recommendation from a friend. Many chapters of the book are truly fascinating‚ but I had criticisms of the book back then and hold even more now. Chief among these is the preponderance of analysis devoted to Papua New Guinea‚ as opposed to‚ say‚ an explanation of the greatly disparate levels of wealth and development among Eurasian nations. I will therefore attempt to confine this review on the "meat and potatoes"
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IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY Submitted by Vivek Agarwal Roll No-68 | | TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 3 2. ABSTRACT 7 3. INTRODUCTION
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Reflection on Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Jared Diamond: A Genius or a Nut Case? My Review of Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel It was the prehistory of the world that drew attention to Diamond’s brain that gave him the wonderful thought of writing this book about how our world is today‚ with the differences of culture‚ cargo‚ religions‚ skin color‚ etc. One simple question his friend Yali asked‚ “Why is it that you white people develop so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little
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In the story Guns‚ Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond pages 17-21 Jared is trying to understand why humans are developed differently‚ he is also trying to determine why only certain communities of people has became powerful. The author also goes on to tell us readers about the many different inequalities between civilizations in the modern world. Jared met a man name Yali‚ Yali was a politician. During the reading Yali was trying to come up with solutions to questions that he was asked‚ concerning
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GROWTH OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY WHY THE INDUSTRY? The reason for focusing on this industry is that‚ Steel industry has become a major production and consumption market‚ with tremendous potential for growth after the reduction of the export tariffs from 15% to 5%. There has been a consistent rise in the prices and the demand expectations are growing rapidly for the coming years due to planned investment in infrastructure development‚ increased urbanization and growth in key steel sectors i.e.
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1. Company background: Mention the sectors that the company operates in‚ main products/brand names‚ market share‚ geographies of operations‚ new developments‚ main competitors etc. Which business segment and/or geographical segment - generates most revenues‚ is the most profitable‚ employs the most capital & tangible assets 2. Company Management: Board Size & Composition –is the board diverse enough with reference to Gender‚ Age‚ Educational Background‚ Experience‚ independence etc. Has the
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Essay Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel is an amazing book. When I first looked at it I told myself I would never be able to read it because it was so big‚ but I knew I had to. By the title I thought it was going to be about the Civil War. When I began reading Yali’s question I realized that it was about early civilizations and their advancements. When I started reading the book it was very boring and I didn’t know how I was going to finish it. As I got to around page 75 I began to
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4140 Steel The first metal sample that will be discussed is 4140 steel. This sample was subject to multiple heat treatment processes that included quenching‚ normalizing‚ full annealing‚ and tempering. The micrographs of the heat treated samples can be seen below in Figure 2. Figure 2: 4140 Steel Micrographs 100X a) Baseline‚ prepared by Bryan Biggs b) Quenched‚ prepared by Cameron Palkowski c) Normalized‚ prepared by Michael Rodriguez d) Full Annealed‚ prepared by Avery Callahan e) Tempered
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Stainless steel commonly react with certain substance that probably will produce some defect whether inner or outer surface. This material contains small casting defects‚ mainly shrinkage cavities‚ due to the manufacturing process. Commonly in industries related to piping system‚ stainless steel pipelines and cylinder tubes are equipment or object that frequently used in our removable insulation installation. In most industrial nowadays‚ stainless steel pipes are frequently exposed to high temperatures
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Superman (1978) and Man of Steel are two very different films that are based on the same idea. Both films were made in times where technology changed the quality of each film. Superman (1978) was made 35 years earlier to that of Man of Steel. One sees the difference in both films when looking at the posters of each film. Poster 1 is a Superman (1978) poster which shows the title of the film and the famous Superman logo in the middle. The poster shows how old it actually is due to the quality of the
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