The Unknown Decay from the Radiant Element of Deceit
What the radium dial painters experienced is haunting and mystifying. Knowledge is power and the extensive information we know today compared to the minuscule knowledge of the late 1800s is truly mind-warping. In this paper, the author will discuss the history of the watch dial painters, approximate doses, studies that were done on the pathology, and the principles of as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA). Thinking back on these times may reflect the simpler and better days, but this unfortunate…...
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Marjane’s Life and Character
Effects of setting on the adult Marjane Satrapi's personality The setting in the veil is that of strife, Islamic religion, and a change in political regime. The setting, just like the environment affects the characters' story behavior and personality. Adult Marjane loved freedom, brought about from the moment she was ten when they had to wear veils although the previous regime supported equal rights and was non-religious. The rebelliousness for freedom starts from the story when she says, She wanted…...
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Science & Gender: A Timeline of Inequality
When you ask someone to name a scientist, is he or she just as likely to name a female as they are a male? I am inclined to say no, that there is a much greater likelihood that the first name they think of will be that of a man. Upon examining the relationship between science and gender across the past few centuries, a pattern emerges that supports this assumption. Throughout history, women have been marginalized in the path of…...
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Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Radium
Do you know why radium is an interesting element? In “Radium Girls” by Kate Moore, radium is similar to that two-sided friend. The only difference is that it has both a benefit and a negative concept. Some girls from the book suffered because of this element. Radium is not only an element, but it also has a whole story behind it. It could cause cancer or inflict effects on your body but can also cure the illnesses that are caused…...
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Chemistry and Famous Chemists
Marie Curie Marie Curie was a female chemist. She was born on November 7, 1867, and died on July 4, 1934. She was a French physicist and she is mostly known for her work on radioactivity. Marie Curie is actually the person that discovered radioactivity! Along with discovering radioactivity, she also discovered the radioactive elements polonium and radium. How cool is that? Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. The first woman! That really tells you how…...
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The Book of Blanche and Marie
In world literature, one can find a variety of incarnations of eternal love: Tristan and Isolde, Romeo and Juliet … Swedish writer Per Olov Enquist is her as a woman with amputated limbs, lying in a wooden box. Well, every time their characters «Book about Blanche and Marie” – the story of real women. One, Blanche Wittmann, – suffering from hysteria patient of Dr. Charcot, who participated in the public speeches of the famous psychiatrist. The second – even more…...
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