properties, but similar chemical behavior is known as allotropy (sederberg 2006). For example, diamond is the most known carbon allotrope (ibid). It is the hardest naturally occurring substance. On the other hand, graphite is the second carbon allotrope (ibid). It is a very soft material. Where is often used in lead pencils . The three best-known carbon allotropes are amorphous carbon, graphite, and diamond. Since the 1980s, scientists have been synthesizing newer allotropes, including carbon nanotubes
Samantha Arrastia October 21, 2014 English Description Essay “Field of Glory” MDC Softball Field while not a pasture of silence, was a diamond of Glory. The Dimension of the field is 225ft in depth. The moist and shiny auburn clay from the freshly tended infield along with the sharp solid white lines that pass through the four bases, whose distance between each other are 60 feet away, drawing a diamond shape pattern. The grass line is shaped into a semi-circle which separates the infield and outfield
Have you ever had a dream that felt so lucid, so vivid, that you were convinced it was real life? Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “The Unbeliever” could be one of those dreams. In this poem Bishop brings the reader into the fantastical world of a sleeping man. On top of the mast, the dreamer attempts to resist the supernatural elements around him. The cloud and the bird simultaneously insist that he needn’t fear falling from the air because there are invisible pillars of “marble” (Bishop, 24) propping them
For centuries black people have been shunned away from society. They have been viewed as “foolish” and “illiterate.” For these reasons, they have not had the opportunity to express and to voice their opinion. Not given the opportunity, there is no room for judgment; as to know whether a black person has the ability to produce valid ideas. As a result, the black people have only gained the personality and identity that white people have allowed them to get. Audre Lorde, however; challenges those ignorant
different groups, such as: calendar customs which are activities related to certain days in the year or lifecycle customs which are activities connected with the key moments in people’s lives like getting married or dying. (GREEN, 169, 1997) This essay will describe 3 calendar customs which people in Ireland celebrated and will show how they celebrated them. The first one will be Saint Brighid’s day which is celebrated on 1st February between winter solstice and spring equinox. As a second one will
One of the things that I really liked about Descartes was his ability to accept that, “It is, however, possible that I am wrong, and that I am mistaking bits of copper and glass for gold and diamonds” (Descartes, pg. 6). I also agree with his decision that he wanted his work released after he died. Maybe if Galileo had the same strategy as Descartes, he would have not died the way he did. One aspect that I disagree with Descartes is the first
English Language and Literature Studies; Vol. 5, No. 1; 2015 ISSN 1925-4768 E-ISSN 1925-4776 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education 13 Historicizing Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: A Critique of King Leopold II’s Colonial Rule Isam Shihada1 1 Associate Professor of English Literature and Gender Studies, Department of English, Gaza Strip, Palestine Correspondence: Isam Shihada, Associate Professor of English Literature and Gender Studies, Department of English, Gaza Strip, Palestine