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…
pupils including growing crystals on pipe cleaners and making lava lamps. This proved to be very popular and helped me to improve my skills in planning and leadership. I attended a PhD work shadowing day at the University of Southampton.
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
spectrometer. Alongside my studies I work as a Medicine Counter assistant at Day Lewis pharmacy; from this experience I have seen the real life impact of chemistry in the treatment of incredible numbers of medical conditions. As well as learning about the pharmaceutical industry I have also developed communication and problem solving skills from interactions with customers solving important and often urgent problems with prescriptions. Outside of school I enjoy bouldering which has taught me perseverance and quick thinking skills as it is a challenging and somewhat dangerous sport requiring focus. I also attend an Explorers group which is a branch of Sea Scouts, this has given me the opportunity to work as a team with many different groups of people as well as planning skills from mapping and navigating routes on the water.
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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.
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.
...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.
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.
Writer and film critic Roger Ebert once said that the Hitchcock Blonde, “…reflected the same qualities over and over again: They were blonde. They were icy and remote. They were imprisoned in costumes that subtly combined fashion with fetishism. They mesmerized the men, who often had physical or psychological handicaps…” Much of this is true of Grace Kelly’s character Lisa Fremont in Rear Window: although she is neither icy nor remote, she is very fashionable and must rise to the occasion of the hero given the physical handicap (broken leg) of her man, Jeff to help nab the killer.
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.
The development of quantum mechanics in the 1920's and 1930's has revolutionized our understanding of the chemical bond. It has allowed chemists to advance from the simple picture that covalent and ionic bonding affords to a more complex model based on molecular orbital theory.
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...
Though many people fail to realize it, chemistry is a subject essential to everyday life, due to the fact that it is the branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which matter is composed. But what we must understand is that everything in the universe is composed of matter, hence chemistry is necessary in learning more about the world and universe that we live in. There are many careers and fields affiliated with chemistry that people pursue to learn more about the composition of the universe, but for now, let us examine the logistics of three of these careers. These three careers involving chemistry are geochemistry, environmental chemistry, and chemical engineering.
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.