Guns‚ Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond Prologue 1. Summarize Yali’s question. This requires mentioning race‚ intelligence‚ and development of technology. Yali asks "why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little cargo of our own?" What Yali is asking is about the origins of inequality between countries and societies in the world. He wants to know why people of European descent are rich and powerful while people like him
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BOOK REPORT The Outsiders By: S.E Hinton(New York: Puffin Books‚ 1967) The outsider: The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. The title of this book is related to the story‚ because in the novel‚ Ponyboy and Johnny are outsiders. They can be thought of as Outsiders because they are labeled Greasers although they do not act like
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more unique ones is from Jared Diamond. He created the book “Guns‚ Germs and Steel‚” which was later turned into a TV miniseries. In it‚ Diamond travels around the world looking for an answer to a question that was asked by a New Guinean. Eventually‚ he turned to history. He looked at different societies and analyzed what caused them to be the way they were. Finally‚ he found an answer; geographic luck. In Episode 1 and 2 of “Guns‚ Germs and Steel‚” Jared Diamond addresses an important question that
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Name:_______________________________________________ Viewing Guide: Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: Episode 3 Date:______________ Directions: Before viewing the film‚ read each question below so you know what information and ideas you should be looking for as you watch Episode 3. Record your answers to each question by providing as many facts‚ details‚ and examples as possible to answer each question. Be prepared to discuss your answers with the class. You will use some of the information collected
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Book Report No: 3 Johnny Angel By. Danielle Steel Summary: With a word or a smile‚ seventeen-year-old Johnny Peterson could light up a room‚ fill his mother’s heart with pride‚ and inspire the best in those around him. A star athlete and class valedictorian‚ tall‚ lanky Johnny had a future filled with promise - until he stepped into a car on prom night‚ dazzling in his rented tux‚ and in an
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Today’s Inequality Jared Diamond gets asked an important question “Why you white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little”. To Diamond‚ the question seemed obvious‚ yet he didn’t have an answer. That’s why in “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: Episode 1” Jared Diamond discusses the problem of why some countries have so much while others rarely enough to survive. Also how those rich countries start developing and inventing new technology to help them thrive. At first‚ during the age of the
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Chapter 2 Summary—Sergio Gonzalez In Chapter 2 of Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚ Jared Diamond uses the example of Polynesia to defend his theory whether the environments in different places can predict or determine what is going to happen in a community in the future. Since Polynesia is made up of several islands‚ it can provide several examples of communities that may differ from each other due to its isolation. That is why some countries are richer/poorer than other and what
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Figure 1: Stress-Strain Curve – Steel 1045 Figure 2: Stress-Strain Curve – Mild Steel Figure 3: Stress-Strain Curve – Aluminium Table 1: Physical Properties of Specimens Material Initial Gauge Thickness (mm) Final Gauge Thickness (mm) Initial Gauge Width (mm) Final Gauge Width (mm) Initial Gauge Length (mm) Final Gauge Length (mm) Initial Cross-Sectional Area (mm2) Final Cross-Sectional Area (mm2) Steel 1045 6.0 5.8 12.3 11.7 50.2 57.9 73.8 67.9 Mild Steel 6.1 3.2 12.3 7.2 50.0 70.0 75
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4140 Steel The first metal sample that will be discussed is 4140 steel. This sample was subject to multiple heat treatment processes that included quenching‚ normalizing‚ full annealing‚ and tempering. The micrographs of the heat treated samples can be seen below in Figure 2. Figure 2: 4140 Steel Micrographs 100X a) Baseline‚ prepared by Bryan Biggs b) Quenched‚ prepared by Cameron Palkowski c) Normalized‚ prepared by Michael Rodriguez d) Full Annealed‚ prepared by Avery Callahan e) Tempered
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Determination of Manganese in Steel Submitted by: ------------------- Date of Submission: 27.03.11 Objectives: In steel production aside the iron‚ which is the primary source‚ some amounts of manganese is used together with carbon. The objective of this experiment is determining the manganese amount in the steel compound by using UNICAM UV-VIS Spectrometer. Theory: Many molecules absorb ultraviolet or visible light. The absorbance of a solution increases
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