Molecular Nanotechnology and Literature Imagine a world where you could have anything you wanted. Gold? Here it is. A new car? Presto. Diamonds? Oh, here, please have some of mine, there's more in the back. Of course, this is not our world at the present, but it might be the world of the future. Molecular nanotechnology will be able to provide whatever one needs or wants, for free or for a minuscule amount of payment. However, it will not only affect commercial and material goods. It will affect
Stephensons novel, The Diamond Age, one is shown how the technology of the time reshapes the political, economical and educational aspects of history. That technology is the manipulation of molecules into atomic-sized machines called nano-machines. Stephenson brilliantly shows how such a powerful and truly revolutionary technology like nanotechnology could change life, as we now know it, or they in the future know life. Nanotechnology, as nanotechnology exists in The Diamond Age, is well developed and
Snowcrash The day was finally here, the day to pick our novels to read for the semester. Being Nick I hadnt even looked at the reading list and the time was here to pick my novel. My friend in the class Maygan let me look at the reading list for a brief second. I skimmed through the list looking for an interesting book title and maybe a title that I could relate something in my life to. I picked the novel SnowCrash, by Neal Stephenson. SnowCrash, sounded like a fun snowboarding novel or winter
The word diamond is originated from the Greek word, adámas, meaning invincible. While in todays’ time diamonds are used to convey love and wealth, diamonds were first used, about 3,000 years ago, in India for a more beneficial cause. During that time they were desired, not only for their value but for their refraction of light. During the past 3,000 years there have been many myths associated with diamonds. Some beliefs were conspired based on forms of metaphysical properties, medical treatments
carbon, not a precious metal, which carries more prestige than all three of them together. The diamond. Ever since the Kimberly diamond rush began in 1866, diamonds have played a very distinct role in our society. We are taught from an early age on that diamonds are extremely valuable due to their unrivalled beauty and apparent rarity. However not many people are aware of the fact that ever since diamonds were found in Kimberly, South Africa, the industry of distributing and selling this precious gem
this is a rare and astonishing ability and not that Neil Diamond has seemed to have conquered. Mr. Diamond has been creating music that has charmed audiences for decades. His lyrics, catchy and sweet, have captivated listeners and made a name for themselves all over the world. His music came back into the limelight when he announced the inspiration behind perhaps the most popular of his songs- “Sweet Caroline.” American songwriter Neil Diamond went through many struggles throughout his life. From an
Are Diamond's A Girl's Best Friend? Diamonds are said to be a symbol of love and appreciation. What do diamonds really symbolize? Do they symbolize that love can be bought, or how materialistic humans are. Have people ever stopped to think where this shiny stone came from, or how much blood was spilt over it. The United Nations definition for a blood diamond is: "Diamonds that originate from areas controlled by forces or factions opposed to legitimate and internationally recognized governments
is expressed in much of Fitzgerald’s writing. From an early age he had an “intensely romantic imagination” (F. Scott Fitzgerald Biography); he longed for a life of passion, fame and luxury. F. Scott Fitzgerald was not just one of America’s most prestigious short-story writer and novelist, he was also a celebrity. His writing is famous for its depictions of the Jazz Age in the 1920s. The Jazz Age during which Fitzgerald wrote “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz” was a very complex period for United States
Conflict or blood diamonds are diamonds that have been mined by means of forced labor or slavery. Blood diamonds come from places like Sierra Leone. The people of Sierra Leone are being enslaved by the rebel Revolutionary United Front (R.U.F). A majority of the people that are enslaved are children including what are called demobilized child soldiers. Demobilized child soldiers are child soldiers that no longer are in the rebel army but have to stay at camps where all of the "retired" child soldiers
find that this war was primarily caused by the diamonds in the country. In efforts to preventing such a tremble in this or any other country again, many solutions to this issue have been brought up from around the world. A war named Blood Diamonds had hit in Sierra Leone, causing many tragic events to occur including the 50,000 people dead. In efforts for the war to be named Blood Diamonds, the war had been caused mainly by the easily extractable diamonds in Sierra Leone. Attacks of the Revolutionary
Although Greenland and Australia are thousands of miles apart and very different in geography, they also have many similarities. In his book “Collapse”, Jared Diamond shows that both countries have the five factors that can contribute to a society’s collapse. Greenland’s Norse society already collapsed a long time ago, while Australia is still a First World country going strong. If some things there don’t change, the country’s living standard will go down and there could be major problems.
In David Baldacci’s novel, Wish You Well, the reader is introduced to a one-of-a-kind, sweet, ginger, mountain kid named Jimmy “Diamond” Skinner. He is carefree and seemingly unafraid of anything, going so far as to cross a gorge on a log, sliding under a train that can begin to move at any minute, and has had a fair share of confrontations with a bear. While Diamond is very fun and adventurous, he has never been formally educated. This would easily make the reader believe that he fits the exact
follows the bloody past of the blood diamond, otherwise known as the traffic and conflict diamonds. These diamonds are nicknamed blood diamonds due to the amount of people murdered and innocent blood shed over groups wanting to get their hands on these rocks. The documentary shows us just how horrifying these beautiful gems, the symbols of wealth and love, are obtained. Many people, of any age, out in the hot sun, forced to work and dig just to find a few diamonds buried deep in the earth. Men, women
Schwachman – Diamond Syndrome (SDS) is a condition inherited that causes problems in the body. It especially affects the bone marrow, the pancreas, and the skeletal system. In the bone marrow, people with this condition do not produce some or all of the types of white blood cells, leading to the person developing more serious health conditions like myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), aplastic anemia, and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The disease is autosomal recessive meaning it had to come from both
Are Diamonds Really Forever? “Will you marry me?” These are the words most women dream of hearing one day: the moment when their significant other drops to one knee and pulls out a diamond ring. The engagement experience has always been about the love between two people; however, this age old tradition has not always included the diamond ring. Today, it is the common practice for a man to present a ring of any different shape, size or color to the woman he is hoping will become his fiancée and one
Diamonds can be created through both geologic forces and man-made processes. However they are made diamonds have many uses. In the first part of this essay we will look at the geologic forces involved in the making of a diamond. Next we will examine the man-made processes. In closing we will take a brief look at the many uses of diamonds. As we begin to look at how diamonds are formed it’s important to understand a little about the composition. Graphite which is used for pencil lead and a lubricant
with varying results. Carey and Diamond (1977) conducted an experiment to illustrate that children below the age of ten remember photographs of faces presented upside down with equivalent accuracy as photos presented upright; however, they found that these children were easily deceived by simple disguises. They hypothesized that at the age of ten children develop the ability to encode faces despite photo orientation and/or superficial disguises. Carey and Diamond presented evidence to support their
author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, stated in a conference, “I was one of those children forced into fighting at the age of 13, in my country Sierra Leone, a war that claimed the lives of my mother, father and two brothers. I know too well the emotional, psychological and physical burden that comes with being exposed to violence as a child or at any age for that matter,” (Brainy Quotes). He grew up during the civil war in 1991, when the Revolutionary United Front (R.U.F.) attempted
authors of the 1920s and 1930s. His lyrical stunts awed the buyers of his novels and short stories; probably the most obvious of these feats would be his use of irony. In 1922, Fitzgerald ability to weave irony into both “Porcelain and Pink” and “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz” by creating characters with false identities that cause conflicts later on in the story. Fitzgerald, like he does in most of his stories, starts us off with a brief overview of the location and the people that are there. In “Porcelain
Ten thousand young children are being forced to fight in Sierra Leone’s civil war for the rebel or government army as child soldiers. Children under the age of eighteen are being forced to fight in the front lines, do suicide missions, and act as spies, messengers, or lookouts. In Sierra Leone these children are also being forced to mine for diamonds,