One interesting event from 1960 was the testing of the first atomic bomb by France. Between 1960 and 1966‚ seventeen bombs were tested by France. These bombs leaked radioactive materials that are still affecting citizens near the bomb sites in the Sahara Desert. It is estimated that hundreds of soldiers and nearly thirty million civilians were knowingly exposed to the radioactive areas. The bomb testings and radioactive exposure were reportedly meant to “study physiological and psychological effects
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On the morning of August 6‚ 1945‚ the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. On August 9‚ 1945‚ the second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. Thousands died instantaneously while many more died from radiation exposure from the bombs. The use of the atomic weapons was unnecessary due to the fact the Japan’s military was greatly weakened and ready to surrender‚ thousands of innocent lives were sacrificed simply for political power‚ and there could have been alternatives
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Debate Intro The pictures in front of you are the gruesome results of the utter destruction after the atomic bombs were dropped on both Japanese cities. Almost half a million victims; equivalent to 13‚000 tons of TNT; a 1.6 mile radius of destruction/bomb (within that radius‚ people were disintegrated‚ leaving shadows where they stood). Housewives and children were incinerated instantly‚ their internal organs boiled and their bones charred into brittle charcoal. 65% of the casualties were nine
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FUNCTIONS OF MONEY Money is something that people use every day. We earn it and spend it but do not often think much about it. Economics define money as any good that is widely accepted as final payment for goods and services. Money is so common that we rarely think about what it is. The characteristics of money include durability‚ divisibility‚ portability‚ and scarcity. Money acts as a unit of account‚ medium of exchange‚ and a store of money. First money is a store of value. Store of value
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On August 9th‚ 1945‚ the second Atomic Bomb was dropped on Nagasaki‚ and only three days earlier the first was seen in Hiroshima. These were two of the numerous events that propelled the most powerful combatants in history‚ the United States and Soviet Union‚ into the dangerous arms race we know as the Cold War. Many ask‚ “Was it necessary?” This is a controversial topic‚ asking whether or not the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians was worth saving a much smaller number of military
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In 1945‚ when the atomic bomb was dropped in Japan I felt that it was not justified. Even though it saved thousands of American lives it was at the cost of others lives. The United States could have gave the Japanese a warning before dropping not one‚ but two bombs on them. However‚ the Japanese did not surrender until after the second bomb I think a warning would have made the bombing “justified.” To begin with‚ even though the United States and Japan were at war and were protected their own citizens
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According to Hasker’s Data‚ Maddox exhibits materialism. In his mind‚ Data is only a machine. It has no traits of being in control of a mind‚ no feelings‚ and no understanding of itself. Data is not human. But respecting people‚ Maddox exhibits dualism. Maddox says having a mind that works with the body‚ entitle things such as awareness and feelings is a sound factor of being a human. The dualistic interaction view does not separate the body and the mind‚ so Maddox calls obvious the fact that human
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Dropping the Atomic Bomb: Was it really necessary? In 1945‚ the United States with help from Canada‚ released a new force into unsuspecting Japan which shocked the world. It was the weapon the Manhattan project spent months working on while spending approximately $20 billion. It used up to 12% of America’s electricity during the war even though many people did not know what they were working on. It was a weapon so powerful that many heads of this project feared it would go terribly wrong. It would
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Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Age Born April 22‚ 1904 J. Robert Oppenheimer‚ an American theoretical physicist‚ was a significant individual of the 20th century for his contributions to the Manhattan Project. Often referred to as the father of the Atomic Bomb‚ Oppenheimer led the scientific research and construction of the nuclear warhead from 1942 to 1945 (www.atomicarchive.com). This bombs’ creation not only had an initial devastating impact on human life but brought about the atomic age
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the atom splits it releases a tremendous about of energy‚ enough to power a bomb. But when they made this huge discovery there was many more problems that had to be solved before they could use such a weapon. Albert Einstein learned that the Germans were succeeding in solving how to make such a weapon. Einstein and Enrico Fermi‚ who escaped Fascist Italy agreed that the President must be informed of the dangers of atomic technology in the hands of the Axis powers. Then Einstein wrote a letter to
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