Chemistry is well known as the ‘central science’ due to its relevance and importance within other fields of science. After studying chemistry, biology, physics and politics in year 12 chemistry emerged as particularly fascinating to me; providing understanding of the circumstances and relevance of quantum theory beyond the purely theoretical approach taught in physics and the chemical reasons why many biological processes happen. When reading ’Between Genius and Genocide: The Tragedy of Fritz Haber, Father of Chemical Warfare’ by Daniel Charles I developed an interest and began to research ethics in chemistry. The moral debates surrounding the life and work of Fritz Haber led to me continuing my research in the form of an EPQ. This discusses chemical ethics and its relevance to chemistry today using the work of Fritz Haber as a posthumous case study particularly focusing on his development of chemical warfare and the Haber-Bosch process. Since starting my A-level studies I have been a chemistry prefect. As part of this role I mentored a GCSE student helping her to organise her work and understand the techniques required for answering chemistry exam questions. I also as part of team ran a chemistry club for younger students; we planned, organised, risk assessed and performed well known interactive experiments with the younger …show more content…
I shadowed two chemistry PhD students, one working within the field of analytical chemistry and the other in biochemistry working with cells. This allowed me to experience working in a university lab and research in different fields of chemistry. I also experienced a lecture at the university as part of this day. I also visited Southampton prior to this for a twilight session in which we used lab equipment to extract components from nutmeg. This was a fantastic experience of using university laboratories including testing our extracted compound in a mass
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This person joined the Nazi party and worked his way up to the top. People called him cruel. Even Hitler said that he was one of the most cold hearted SS officer he had ever met. This person was no other than Reinhard Heydrich.
Chemical warfare is the use of chemical agents to injure, incapacitate, or kill enemy combatants. First seen during World War I (WWI), the devastating effects of widespread chemical warfare were eventually deemed inhumane by an international consensus and chemical agents were subsequently banned from use. Still, despite the tendency of the modern warrior to overlook antiquated tactics, the threat of chemical agents in the theater of war cannot be entirely discounted by today's Soldier. By analyzing the application, evolution, and overall legacy of chemical weapons in the Great War we can work to minimize the danger they pose in current conflicts and those of the near future. For it is only by understanding the past that we can understand the present and shape tomorrow.
Slotten, Hugh R. "Humane Chemistry or Scientific Barbarism? American Responses to World War I Poison Gas, 1915-1930." The Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 2. September, 1990. p. 476-498.
...easons. However, it was later proven to be more effective as an herbicide; then, during the Vietnamese War, the substance became chemical warfare when it was contaminated and turned toxic, subsequently injuring and killing hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people. Although Agent Orange later became a chemical of mass destruction, Galston had positive intentions and the agent was originally intended to be a beneficial discovery. This shows how virtue ethics and utilitarianism contrast; while utilitarianism would suggest persecuting Galston for Agent Orange's inadvertent consequences, virtue ethics regards Galston's objective as evidence that he was The fact that the destructive effects of the agent only arose later is an example of how ethical judgements failed to predict and limit the impact of chemical research, which subsequently resulted fatal consequences.
Kleber, B. (2003). The chemical warfare service: Chemicals in combat. Office of the Chief of
Chemical weapons and their use is one of the most important issues facing the world today. Not only is the use of such weapons highly controversial, but also the very idea of such weapons of mass destruction being in the hands of dangerous leaders. Next to nuclear weapons they are the most feared, and the prospect of these weapons not only concerns people, but also frightens them. As a result of these fears, America has entered a new war that could bring devastating effects upon our world. It is a very sensitive topic among many countries, and is out of hand primarily because of the introduction of chemical weapons to the world in the First World War. Many people have the same feelings about chemical weapons. Chemical weapons are wrong and those that exist in the world should be destroyed, but it is not that simple. Chemical weapons are very dangerous and even after their destruction, they are still very hazardous. Innocent people are being killed accidentally with chemical weapons, whether it is poor storage or bad transportation. The fact is that chemical weapons need to be destroyed, through very careful means. The production and use of chemical weapons is ethically wrong based on the devastating effects they have on the entire world. The weapons are something that is very difficult to get rid of, and we need to develop better ways to protect ourselves against their use and disposal.
Over the years, I have developed an innovative approach to teaching and conducting research with undergraduates through creating and presenting course materials in both laboratory and classroom settings. In my experience, the best teaching involves concrete, hands-on examples, so I engage students in my courses by encouraging the maximum laboratory participation possible.
Haber Persuasive Essay Imagine a man who saved millions and also killed millions; a man who young German students today accused as a “murderer.” Is this a good man doing evil or is this an evil man doing good? This man was known as Fritz Haber, the father of chemical warfare. Haber was a “because I can” person. Haber wrote, "We only want one limit, the limit of our own ability,” his ego to become a patriotic German and doing all he could for his country.
1. Brown, Theodore L., H. Eugene LeMay Jr., Bruce E. Bursten. Chemistry: The Central Science. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2000.
Quantum mechanics has profoundly changed the way we think about science and how we learn account the world. Since the time of the scientific revolution, we have viewed science as a very precise endeavor. If only we can collect enough relevant information about the parameters involved, we can predict exactly how the natural world will behave. Quantum mechanics has taught us that not only is that very not correct, but that the very act of observing the changes the nature of what we are looking at.
The impact of the war was soon to leave a mark in history. The use of chemical weapons adversel...
Throughout my school career I have always loved chemistry. In Chemistry there was always a sense that there was more, there was always something new and exciting to be discovered and theories to be proven (or even disproven). Chemistry was the main subject with a real practical aspect to it during school and it is this, along with my genuine fascination with the subject, which fuels my desire to study it further.
As we transverse through the realms of imagination and connect with the world of reality, we build our own paradigms which construct our future and stand the test of time. It is one such paradigm that helps me set up my aplomb for inculcating the decision to make a pursuit of chemistry. Chemistry appeals to my practical and analytical nature, the part of me that starts by asking "How?" and "why" and doesn't give up until I have the believe that I can debunking this myth. All aspects of chemistry and the every changing needs of society particularly in the environmental field and medicinal chemistry fascinate me. In particular, I enjoy experimenting and the challenge of understanding chemistry and its surrounding issues. Chemistry is, in my opinion, the most conspicuous of the sciences today. As a science of matter and its properties, Chemistry can be applied to almost any situation from medicine to environmental sustainability. It is this ubiquitous practical side of chemistry that has aggrandizes its appeal to get immersed into it with zeal and enthusiasm. I have been an avid learner of science since my childhood. I used to wonder at the astronomical number of compounds around us and different properties of different molecules, reactions, activation energy, bond strength, structures etc and numerous other riddles that chemistry envelops. This indomitable thirst to know about chemistry leads me to choose chemistry as a major subject in B.Sc (Hons.) and opt for organic chemistry as my graduate major.