Robot and the Foundation trilogy‚ The Naked Sun and Foundation’s Edge‚ The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Science which was the encyclopedic work of science for the layman. The Fun They Had is also one of his marvelous works. The events of this story take place in distant future‚ 2157. There are no real schools here‚ the books printed on paper are replaced by screen books and human teachers are replaced by mechanical ones. The hero of this story Tommy once finds a very unusual book in which words are static
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However‚ it is the Earth’s neighbor‚ Mars‚ which has the biggest chance that life may exist on. In my opinion‚ I think we still have to go a long road to answer the question: “Is there life on Mars?” Mars is the fourth planet of the Solar System. It is the nearest planet to Earth. Therefore‚ there are many similarities between two planets. For example‚ according to BBC (n.d.)‚ Mars has the surface with mountains‚ valleys‚ volcanoes and the atmosphere above it; Mars moves around the Sun so it also has
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Written assignment - "The fun they had" "The fun they had" is a science-fiction short story written in 1951 by Isaac Asimov. The text has its focal points on the human behavior as a response to the development of technology - human dependency of technology and how it has become a necessity in order to live a normal life. The text expresses‚ how the progression of technology have lead to the closed and therefore more "efficient" school system that Margie is a part of. As she reads the "real" book
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Colonization of Mars What does a planet need to have in order to support life? Earth is unique in our solar system because it is the only planet that is supporting life. Some scientists go so far as to say that the Earth is a “perfect planet” because it has features that are the perfect environment for living organisms; these features include our atmosphere‚ water‚ and a single moon. Earth is also in a place in our solar system where the Sun gives off the right amount of energy to drive the
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Osmolovskaya Group 302 “THE FUN THEY HAD” Analysis The text‚ or even better‚ the passage I am going to speak on is taken from the book written by I. Asimov “The fun they had”. The extract begins with introducing Margie to us‚ but does not imply introduction. In the passage‚ where the author describes finding of a real book he uses the pronoun ”HIS”. The author underlines it graphically‚ to show the vast gap in the epochs‚ habits‚ morality‚ way of life and model of life. To show
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decides to serve.’ For Mars‚ Incorporated the target market for any of its candy products is anyone who likes chocolate. However‚ Mars will implement market segmentation for the new sugar-free M&M’s the company is preparing to market. Market segmentation is an approach that divides the larger market into subcategories of consumers with common needs and characteristics. These subgroups may require different marketing strategies (Armstrong & Kotler‚ 2009). The target market for Mars‚ Incorporated for the
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giving signal to the runners to get ready‚ set and run! But for me as first timer to join a fun run‚ it has more in depth meaning. READY. As a greenhorn‚ aside from preparing the running paraphernalia‚ I also conditioned myself to run farther than I normally did. In fact‚ I and my friends went to a sports complex in our place a week before to stretch out and have a trial run on the oval though in the fun run we had the road as the track. After getting myself ready or shall I say ourselves‚ because
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Life on Mars For centuries people have speculated about the possibility of life on Mars owing to the planet’s proximity and similarity to Earth. Serious searches for evidence of life began in the 19th century‚ and continue via telescopic investigations and landed missions. While early work focused on phenomenology and bordered on fantasy‚ modern scientific inquiry has emphasized the search for chemical biosignatures of life in the soil and rocks at the planet’s surface‚ and the search for biomarker
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Abstract: The environment of Mars is controlled by a myriad of processes‚ however water and weathering on the surface of Mars is still an extremely controversial topic. This project aims to explore the current evidence we have for liquid water in the past and present by inspecting the geomorphological evidence and evaluate the role it plays in shaping Mars’ topography. From terrestrial analogs‚ we can begin to explain the processes that occur on Mars. Due to the similarities of outflow channels‚
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TEAM FUN! 1. Which of the functional HR processing can be identified in Tony’s area? Tony has been doing “training and development programs” by sending Joe and Eric to a supervisor’s school for work scheduling‚ job team assignments‚ and project management. We also find the “motivation function” in Tony’s area where he function as a compensation and benefit manager‚ as we know compensations and benefits motivate employees to do better in their jobs. He also arranged picnics for the employees
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