Jane Goodall
Background:
Jane Goodall was born on April 3, 1934 in London, England, where she stayed until she was 12. Then, her parents separated and she moved into the countryside with her mother. Even at the age of 74, she is still actively championing causes for the environment and has set up Roots and Shoots, an organisation that encourages youth to get involved and help the environment as a global community.
What inspired him or her in childhood?
(2) she had always dreamt of going to Africa, from books that she read on Tarzan, and from Dr Dolittle she dreamt of being able to talk to animals,
(3) she was innately curious about her surroundings in the countryside and kept discovering new things everyday,
(4) she also shared her stories with her encouraging parents. Once, Jane's mother was calling her in for dinner when she found Jane quietly sitting in a chicken coop, watching how chickens lay eggs. Jane had been there for five hours, fascinated and watching closely. Jane's mother joined her and listen closely to what Jane had seen over the past few hours.
Why is her discovery important?
(1) It increased awareness of communication between other animal species (e.g. dolphins)
(2) It made 
people re-think the idea of what it was that made man different from chimpanzees, since chimpanzees can do a lot of things that man can do, such as using simple tools in their daily life (using twigs to scrape out food, using a rock to crack nuts, making a sponge out of leaves to draw water out of a waterhole).
What challenges does she have to face in her life?
(1) She had to pay for her own trip to Africa (which had been her childhood dream) by working and keeping two jobs
(2) Her family and many others objected to her idea of living alone among wild animals
(3)Her first attempt to observe closely a group of chimpanzees failed
(4) She suffered from a neurological condition that prevented her from memorizing faces and patterns
But she overcame all these problems through sheer determination, strong will and good planning and strategy.
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I might want to write Albert Einstein as he ended WW2 by creating the most dangerous and deadliest weapon in Earth "Atomic bomb".I wanna know how he use the atom to create such powerful blow and i admired him.
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I stll cannt decide which scientist to research on , but i will , of cus .
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Hi magaxpro_152,
ReplyDeletedo you think the war could have been ended by more peaceful means? Because of the bomb, 140, 000 people died in Hiroshima and 80, 000 in Nagasaki. That is as many people that live in the entire Bedok neighbourhood. Would you want your neighbours to die for a war and suffer on behalf of others that fought the war to expand their own military ambitions? Since that fateful day when the bombs dropped on Japanese soil, thousands more have died due to overexposure to radiation. Up to this day, there are still generations from those that survive that suffer from illnesses that are related to the bombings. War, although it may be necessary in very few circumstances, is still not the best solution. Much less usage of technology that kills innocent civillians.
Einstein did not commit to the Manhattan Project (the project that developed the nuclear bombs), he merely signed a contract urging US to develop such nuclear warfare. He later changed his position by saying that nuclear bombs should only be used by a neutral party (the UN) to deter coutries from starting a war with others. Therefore, nuclear warfare should be used only as a last resort.
(Refer to: ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_einstein#Atomic_bomb)
You have brought up an excellent stance to show that science itself is a neutral endeavour. It is up to the people who use the science to make it beneficial or harmful to others.
I do urge you however to read up on nuclear technology and see how it can be used to harness energy as an alternative to coal and gas (which Singapore is dependent on, and we badly need an alternative!)