yaweh's New Writeups

To Build a Fire (idea)

2002-10-19T00:59:59Z

(A scientific perspective)

The story "To Build A Fire" was about a man named Chechaquo and his dog traveling back to the main camp in the freezing cold Klondike. After accidentally stepping in some frigid water, he built up a fire to warm up and dry off. The fire was put out by falling snow from a tree branch, and the man tried to build another fire but was unsuccessful. After hopelessly and desperately trying to warm up by running, he finally sat down and slowly died.

While he was traveling in the negative eighty degree weather, Chechaquo's warmth was being drained. The main cause of this was heat conduction. Even though Chechaquo was wearing heavy clothing, all matter conducts heat until it has reached thermal equilibrium. The heat from his body was going through his clothing and into the vast, cold atmosphere at a very fast rate. Another factor was convection. When Chechaquo gave off heat, it immediately rose above the freezing air, so the air next to his…

Alexander the Great (person)

2002-10-19T00:42:15Z

Alexander the Great 356-323BC
Aristotle served as chief tutor for several years, 343-340BC.
Father, Philip II of Macedon, killed in 336BC, after conquering
most of Greek states.

335BC- crushed Thebes; conquered region known today as Rumania
334BC- battles of Issus, Alexander destroys Persian army
333BC- capture of Tyre & Gaza
333BC- conquest of Egypt
331BC- battle of Gaugamala destroys Persians & Paris III
328BC- Alexander is made king & Pharoah
327BC- Alexander invades Afghanistan & India
325BC- Reaches Indian Ocean
323BC- dies in Babylon

Everywhere Alexander went he spread Greek culture, art, science, etc. Established 70 cities named Alexandria spreading into India/Afghanistan . For more than 3 centuries, Alexander's influence endured. After death land was divided into 3 areas among different generals.
Ptolemy was ruler of Egypt. Cleopatra was descendant of Ptolemy, and last Greek ruler in Egypt.

Rome (place)

2002-10-19T00:25:47Z

Many factors led to the creation and success of Rome.

One of these factors was Rome's prime geographical location. Rome was positioned in the center of the Italian peninsula, which was in turn in the center of the Mediterranean Sea. This location allowed Rome to influence major trading routes across the Mediterranean from the East and South and allowed Rome a lot of room to expand without going too far from home.

Rome's success was based on its military might. In its early years, Rome gained dominance over the other cities in Italy and soon had prominence over much of the peninsula. After a period of wars with its main rival Carthage, Rome became the dominant force in the Mediterranean and soon expanded throughout Western Europe and Central Europe, north Africa, and west Asia.

During this time Rome transformed its government from a republic consisting of wealthy senators to an empire with an all-powerful emperor. The Roman Empire was very successful due to…

Lord of the Flies (idea)

2002-10-19T00:15:19Z

The novel "Lord of the Flies" is a complex expression of author William Golding's deep-seated beliefs. At the surface, it is an interesting, exciting adventure story about a group of boys stranded on a deserted island. When read closely, though, it is a deep, unsettling tale of man's descent into savagery and evil. There are a number of powerful ideas at the heart of the story expressed through several recurring themes.

A major theme in this novel is that evil is a powerful and inborn element of man's character. Jack shows this early in the book, in his strong lust for hunting and killing. Later in the book, he organizes all of his followers to find and kill Ralph. Roger also demonstrates this, finding his place in Jack's group as a torturer and a murderer. When Piggy went to Jack to ask for his glasses, Roger deliberately launched the large boulder with the intention to kill. The boys' descent into evil is the main feature in the story.

A related…

Fate as presented in Homer's "The Iliad" (idea)

2002-10-18T22:10:00Z

In Homer's The Iliad, Fate is shown as the driving force behind many of the major events in the story. Fate is mysteriously created by unknown sources, told by the fates and prophesized by many. Neither gods nor men can alter Fate once it has been set. It was considered heroic for one to accept his fate honorably, and shameful to try to avoid it. Fate is thought of as a powerful force and is used to describe many of the actions in the book.

Achilles' revenge and eventual outcome at the end of the book is certain and is prophesized several times throughout the story. After Petroklos, Achilles' very good friend, is killed by Hektor, Achilles vows revenge and decides to rejoin the fight against the Trojans. When Achilles' mother, Thetis, gives Achilles a suit of armor made by Hephaistos for him, she warns him that if he executes his revenge and kills Hektor, he will die. To this Achilles replies that he must gain vengeance no matter what the consequence.…

fundamental forces (thing)

2002-10-18T21:40:52Z

We know that our bodies and the world around us are composed to matter made up of tiny particles. But, what keeps these particles in some kind of organization, what dictates the movement and relationship of matter? According to the modern Standard Model, there are four fundamental forces of nature: gravitation, electromagnetism, and strong nuclear force and weak nuclear force nuclear forces.

Gravity is the weakest of the fundamental forces. This force attracts all matter to all other matter, and has a very long range of distance at which it is effective. For the most part, gravity accounts for the movements of celestial bodies. The clumping together of matter caused by gravity accounts for the formation of planets. Gravity also accounts for why apples fall from trees and hit scientists on the head. The force of gravity between two bodies of matter is proportional to the product of the masses of the two bodies divided by the square of the distance…