movie begins with Marty meeting with Dr. Brown at a mall because Doc needed to show him a new invention he had created. Marty meets with him at the mall‚ which is where Doc tells him that he has stolen plutonium from the Libyans‚ which was supposed to be used to make a bomb. He uses that plutonium for a time machine he created. The Libyans find Dr. Brown and shoot him. Marty jumps into the time machine and goes back to 1955 without realizing it. He then goes out to find Dr. Brown‚ the creator of
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This semester‚ I read The Disappearing Spoon and Other True Tales of Madness‚ Love‚ and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean. The main reason I wanted to read this book is the concept behind it: every element is unique and has had a unique role in history and society. It is such a clever idea to write a book that outlines the uniqueness of each element and the roles that each one has played in our daily lives and the lives of those before us. And like I was
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Common Elements/Uses Element Common Uses &/or Descriptions Aluminum A light metal used in making airplanes‚ buildings‚ pots and pans‚ etc. Bromine Used in photography‚ medicines‚ insecticides‚ etc. Calcium A soft‚ metallic chemical element found in limestone‚ marble‚ chalk‚ etc. Carbon Found in coal‚ oil‚ gas‚ living things‚ and inks. Chlorine Used in bleach‚ in chemical to kill germs in swimming pools‚ and found with the element sodium in table salt. Chromium A shiny metal usde on bumpers
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soldiers‚ discovered Radium and Polonium‚ Nuclear power plants‚ treat a few types of cancers‚ nuclear reactors‚ restore sight to the blind‚ and sterilize medical instruments. So without her all these discoveries would of had to wait 42 years until plutonium was made. Marie Curie is one of the most important scientist in the world due to her
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saved lives but as far as many people believe‚ he caused a lot of loss and death‚ since he was the one who made the choice of dropping the two bombs. After the drop of the uranium bomb in Hiroshima‚ the Japanese did not give up at all‚ so then the plutonium bomb was dropped in Nagasaki. But if the Japanese did not think of surrendering after the second bombing‚ would not the President plan on bombing again the third time? Actually‚ the President had used two kinds of atomic bombs and was not sure which
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World War 2 - Synthesis Essay World War Two was a very eventful war. With the rise of Nazi Germany; Countries were forced to take action leading up to the certain events that would be forever recorded in history. There were many events that happened throughout‚ but the overall most important event was the dropping of the atomic bombs on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ Japan. There were many historical articles that explained with great detail the tragedy and devastation of the dropping of the bombs
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Introduction “Now I am become death‚ the destroyer of worlds‚” (Oppenheimer‚ 1965‚ 0:47). So said Julius Robert Oppenheimer‚ one of the men credited with creating the atomic bomb‚ when describing the first test detonation of a nuclear weapon on July 16‚ 1945‚ at the Alamogordo Bomb Range in New Mexico ( Sublette‚ 1999)‚ as he quotes the Hindu holy text‚ the Bhagavad Vita. Nuclear weapons have only been used in warfare twice‚ both times by the United States during World War I‚ when the United States
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Born on April 22‚ 1904‚ J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist and professor for the University of California at Berkeley. During WWII‚ he was appointed as the head of the Los Alamos Laboratory where he played a crucial role in the development of the atomic bomb and gained the nickname "The Father of the Atomic Bomb". After the war‚ he was appointed the chairman of the General Advisory Energy Commission and served as a prominent voice on the use of nuclear weaponry until passed
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A gravity assist kind of acts like a sling shot and propels a spacecraft forward giving it enough speed to get where it need to go. The Voyager space probes used Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators to power the equipment on board. They use plutonium-238 to power the generators‚ which has allowed it to last for an extremely long time. As of 2006 the spacecrafts power is at 60%‚ which is far better than expected‚ and this is allowing the spacecraft to operate longer than expected all the way until
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1‚000‚000 soldiers‚ and 5‚000‚000 japanese soldiers. One of the other alternatives was the idea of displaying to true power of the atomic weapon to Japan through a test. Such an idea had way too many flaws to be applicable. There was only enough Plutonium and Uranium available to the US for two bombs‚ (Little Boy‚ Fat Man). Also this idea was a risk because if the weapon did not detonate‚ the US would look even weaker to the Japanese. The idea of barricading the Japanese was also a considered solution
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