Although the tragic story of a few thousand young American women‚ knowingly and horrifically poisoned by their employers‚ sounds like a dystopian novel‚ it is the real story of the Radium Girls. In the early twentieth century‚ the Radium Girls worked in factories‚ painting watch dials with luminous‚ radium-laced paint by pointing the brush with their mouths. Unaware‚ these women ingested the toxic chemical that drilled holes into their very bones– the very same chemical that the companies proclaimed
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Who do you think is considered great? One person who is great is Marie Curie. She is great because she was considered one of the greatest scientists of all time even though women were not treated equally in her time. In order for Marie Curie to be grand‚ she worked through her setbacks and had many‚ many achievements. Marie Curie had many achievements but she also had many setbacks. Some of these were that she didn’t have enough money to get into Sorbonne for a long while. Another is that
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Marie Curie‚ originally Maria Sklodowska‚ is a renowned scientific figure in our world today. Born on November 7‚ 1867 in the city of Warsaw which was at the time under Russian control‚ Marie was bound to become something special from the start. Even though hardships were thrown her way at a young age‚ such as the death of her mother and one of her sisters‚ Marie pushed onward and overcame her grief. Although her family was poor‚ she was determined to persevere through the difficulty and make
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Sociology of the Body Pierre Bourdieu coins the term ‘habitus’ to explain the role of the body in class reproductive dynamics. Summarize his position Introduction Pierre Bourdieu’s account of class reproductive dynamics stems from his belief that your “habitus” dictates how your body engages in the reproductive dynamics of class theory. This notion of “habitus” has become central to the studies on social inequality. Bourdieu and Structuralism Bourdieu is a typical example of a structuralist
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people in‚ even when they know this love will not last and is forbidden. Marie Curie was a passionate physicist and chemist who is famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity‚ as she was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her husband was also an instructor at the school of physics and chemistry; it was their mutual interest in natural sciences that drew them together. However only after eleven years of marriage‚ Pierre was killed in a road accident‚ leaving Marie devastated by his death. After
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Leaning over a microscope wearing a crisp white lab coat is a biochemist developing the cure for cancer. Wearing faded blue jeans and a red polo shirt is the company information technologist fixing the company security system. An engineer designs a reusable space shuttle powered by interstellar radiation. Human computers calculate the moon landing to assure the safe arrival of the first men on the moon. Imagine a person in these positions. What did they look like? What color was their skin? Was it
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Becquerel In 1896‚ Becquerel’s earlier work was surpassed by his discovery of the occurrence of natural radioactivity. Becquerel decided to investigate whether there was any connection between X-rays and naturally occurring phosphorescence‚ after his discussion with Henri Poincaré on the radiation which had been recently discovered by Röntgen (X-rays) and which was accompanied by a type of phosphorescence in the vacuum tube. He had inherited from his father a supply of uranium salts‚ which exhibits
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Trudeau said he was willing to fight during World War II‚ but he believed that to do so would be to turn his back on the population of Quebec that he believed had been betrayed by the government of William Lyon Mackenzie King. Trudeau reflected on his opposition to conscription and his doubts about the war in his Memoirs (1993): "So there was a war? Tough... if you were a French Canadian in Montreal in the early 1940s‚ you did not automatically believe that this was a just war... we tended to think
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achievements‚ or noble qualities. Marie Curie exemplifies all of these qualities. Growing up in the late 1800’s Curie outshined all expectations. She became famous for discovering Radium and Polonium and helped pioneer the beginnings of modern science. Marie Curie is a true hero because of how she handled her early struggles in life‚ her scientific discoveries‚ her determination in a time when women weren’t appreciated‚ and her selflessness. Without Marie Curie science wouldn’t be the same. Maria
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Marie Curie LIFE OF MARIE CURIE Marie Curie(1867-1934) was a French physicist with many accomplishments in both physics and chemistry. Marie and her husband Pierre‚ who was also a French physicist‚ are both famous for their work in radioactivity. Marie Curie‚ originally named Marja Sklodowska‚ was born in Warsaw‚ Poland on Nov.7‚ 1867. Her first learning of physics came from her father who taught it in high school. Marie’s father must have taught his daughter well because in 1891‚ she went
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