| 单词 | element |
| 例句 | Burnham knew, however, that the fair’s size was just one element of the challenge. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Observations of the microwave background and of the abundances of the light elements indicate that the early universe did not have the kind of curvature required to allow time travel. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z On any other day, his chinos and button-down would be fine for a casual photo op, but for the first time in a long time, he’s feeling distinctly out of his element. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “It was much easier, and more pleasant, to understand round-faced young Professor Ernest Orlando Lawrence of the University of California tell how he transmuted elements with ‘deuton’ bullets.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Now it’s the only thing protecting me from the harsh city elements. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z There is Brahman, the world soul, the sustaining frame upon which is woven, warp and weft, the cloth of being, with all its decorative elements of space and time. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But basically they all felt sheepish and so out of their element it was crazy. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z No. Hell if he’s going to force me out of my element. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There was a certain carnal element to the proceedings, yes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But there is an element of machismo in the Sherpa culture that makes many men extremely reluctant to acknowledge physical infirmities. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z There are twelve elements named after people, and plenty of stars, comets and asteroids—but no planets or planetary moons. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Where am I? I’m right in my element, Flopsy. I’m in a little haunted house down the road. Never mind. Just talk to me.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z But this new element—the innocent child—put his lapse beyond mitigation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z For it was an element It was a dimension, a power of darkness. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But I was in my own, separate element, too, submerged in rare sensations, pushing evolution’s envelope. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He hoped that the elements would not divert the jurors from the crucial and difficult matters at hand. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Still, if one subtracts all the superstitious elements from the subject, there’s something appealing about the small residue that remains. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He shakes all over, as if the palsy is something outside him, an element like wind. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z In doing so, he completely abandoned two principles which had been fundamental to Aristotle: that the element earth is a sphere, and that the element earth is at the centre of the universe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z By an accident of geography, the colonists who landed at Sydney in 1788 inherited those elements. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A notable element of all these East-West rivalries was that the western rep-resentatives nearly always seemed to embody certain attributes that stood in stark contrast to those of their eastern counterparts. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mutually supporting and interlocking, these diverse elements made possible the Scientific Revolution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Uhh ... perhaps in English. In Japanese a story would have an element of invention in it. We don’t want any invention. We want the ‘straight facts’, as you say in English.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A typical scientific paper has never pretended to be more than another little piece in a larger jigsaw—not significant in itself but as an element in a grander scheme. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But as I approached thirteen a Dionysian element stole over my features. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The problem was that you needed something really hot–hotter even than the middle of the hottest stars–to forge carbon and iron and the other elements without which we would be distressingly immaterial. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Melody is one of the most basic elements of music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z In March, Enrico Fermi demonstrated that neutrons were the most effective inducers of radioactivity in elements heavier than phosphorus. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Each hath his element; each is wary of brigandage; and a gulf roils between us all. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z This arrangement, however, is not perfect, for dry land emerges from the water, and on the land all four elements interact. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They were the perfect elements for causing a dire need for hydration. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He suggested that when elements were arranged by weight they appeared to repeat certain properties–in a sense to harmonize–at every eighth place along the scale. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Other planetary systems may have somewhat different amounts of our rare elements. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps, though time is short. As soon as Kronos regroups, he will attack again. Without the element of surprise on our side ...” I understood what he meant. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly the shape of the elements he has always avoided becomes more distinct, the key unknown factor clear. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Like all alphabetic writing systems, English uses many logograms, such as numerals, $, %, and + : that is, arbitrary signs, not made up of phonetic elements, representing whole words. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Of “truths” like geocentrism, the four elements of the material universe, or the body’s four “humors,” one classicist has asked Why prove them? Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Ortiz went to see the piece and was taken aback; it was, to his mind, clearly a fake, full of contradictory and slipshod elements. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “The government has control now. People are more aware, and they are rejecting these radical elements.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Every time we add one or more protons and enough neutrons to keep the nucleus together, we make a new chemical element. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z To the Negro who sees this element of the white man’s nature—and he sees it much more often than any other—the white man’s comments about the Negro’s alleged “immorality” ring maddeningly hollow. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the time of the alchemists, more and more elements have been discovered, the latest to be found tending to be the rarest. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But this technology was still not capable of “approaching, much less surpassing, the success of the radioactive elements, in providing us with high-speed electrons and high-speed atoms.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It's useful, therefore, to be familiar with the terms commonly used to describe each element. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z For the Rad Lab, the most familiar design elements were the magnets. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The only element of uniform that we had in common was the small, black skullcap which we, too, wore. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And the story of the HeLa cells, from what little I know of it now, has all those elements. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In Clementine Stark’s bedroom it had kicked off from a muddy bank, moving between two elements. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Within only a few hours of the big bang, the production of helium and other elements would have stopped. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But the universe, all of it, almost everywhere, is 99 percent hydrogen and helium,* the two simplest elements. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z However, in 1869, at the age of thirty-five, he began to toy with a way to arrange the elements. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z As Seaborg reported in his journal, it was the first time that plutonium—indeed, any synthetic element—had been seen by the naked eye. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Schoening and Beidleman, barely able to speak, told the Russian where to find the five clients who’d remained behind out in the elements and then collapsed in their respective tents, utterly spent. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “First off, don’t be concerned about destroying evidence. They would never have gotten fingerprints off the drill, not after that length of time and with it being exposed to the elements.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z John Gottman took a complex problem and reduced it to its simplest elements: even the most complicated of relationships and problems, he showed, have an identifiable underlying pattern. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z All the molecules that make up our cells—carbohydrates, proteins, and fats—contain the element carbon. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Like society kicked me out. They’re like, ‘Okay, the criminal element, we don’t want them in society, we’re going to put them in prisons.’ The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In the sublunary zone the four elements—earth, water, air and fire—which form the basis of all our daily experience of matter are to be found. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When we passed the food prep area, I saw Clarence holding it over the homemade element they simmered with, a hole in the dirt ground filled with heated rocks from the fire outside. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I listen as each tap adds another element, like a clap or snare. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, one element is African blacks, but the other consists of people instantly recognizable, from their appearance, as tropical Southeast Asians. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z An interactive or media element has been excluded from this version of the text. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I’m often asked what elements of the story are real. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Theresa and Helen and Ralph slipped from tongue to tongue like turtles taking to land, taking to sea; though one remained their more natural element, both had become essential. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, they have plenty of weapons, but we will have the element of surprise. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He had also been through two marriages at that point, one to a girl from Odessa, the other to a girl from Houston, and then an unexpected element entered his life: his son Don. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z To earn more points and add an element of suspense to your hunt, a seeker can declare a book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was maddening for a police officer, but he admitted that this element of checks and balances would have been useful in this case. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Alone in the country, he was out of his element. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Glenn Seaborg, the discoverer of element 94, was relaxing in his room at the Faculty Club, listening to a football game on the radio. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Each part of the house is treated as a separate pocket of space and as a design element that is integrated into the scene as a whole. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Here, in the small bleachers alongside the basketball court, under the glow of the gym lights, I was supposed to be in my element. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z This being the South, however, another element defined their world: race. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z One possible explanation for this may be that the Western branch of Christianity took certain elements of its note-family system from the Eastern Byzantine system of modes, called Oktoechos. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Where Aristotle had assumed that each element behaved differently, the new physics assumed that all heavy objects could be thought of as the same. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z That seemed to happen without warning now, like severing ties with Rishi had left her emotions raw and vulnerable to the elements. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Helps keep my hair in place and protects me from the elements. Two for the price of one!” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The sun was the blessing of the morning, the one celebrating element, an aesthete with no purpose except to shed radiance. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Every small effort at hygiene was magnified by hours of labor spent procuring the simplest elements: water, heat, anything that might pass for disinfectant. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z That there are elements she can find no reasonable explanations for. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z With the sea and woods at hand, they were in their element in a way they could never be in Manhattan for all its glitter and glamour. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I listened for these elements as Harry lost himself in the music. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The money was not altogether wasted—new chemical elements, such as phosphorus, antimony and mercury, were discovered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1966 the discoverers prepared to turn over to the Smithsonian Institution the cigar box in which they deposited their very first sample of the elusive element. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They reported that one of the men, in his death throes, had tom off most of his clothing before finally succumbing to the elements. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Good. Now look over here at the transitional elements.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z His table predicted, with pleasing accuracy, where new elements would slot in when they were found. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z This chapter will outline some of the characteristics and key elements of music and play, including a discussion of the innateness of musical creativity and suggestions for encouraging creativity. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The elements couldn’t be more simple, nor the stakes higher. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They may have switching elements analogous to our neurons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Two very important elements in our lives on earth are carbon and nitrogen, and we would also need them on Libra. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I needed to convey to the group a sense of my identity, while keeping a few of the basic elements of my character under wraps. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z It was creepy enough from the outside, the Spanish-style architecture crumbling from age, broken windows, a weathered stone cross at the top, all the classic dark-and-stormy-night elements. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Quantum mechanics therefore introduces an unavoidable element of unpredictability or randomness into science. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Physical conditioning is a crucial component of mountaineering, but there are many other equally important elements, none of which can be practiced in a gym. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Cotton was a key element in regional trade. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This is due to the fact that their core identities, particularly Orff and Dalcroze, contain elements of drama, movement, sound, and music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “The element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future,” Einstein had written. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z These could already read, write, and sew; and to them I taught the elements of grammar, geography, history, and the finer kinds of needlework. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He’d written all the facts and numbers in the center of the board, but he’d also painted a border of smiling eggs to add an “artistic design element.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But there were elements of the Tychonic model that broke new ground, and it deserves more credit than it is usually given. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z As it is, the basic elements of mathematical culture are in many cases not being communicated to our students. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to explain, but she insisted that the living element would make sculpture history. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They had the element of surprise on their side, because people only defended themselves from a right-handed attack. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The fourth element, the vote, the right of the governed to govern themselves, has long been a cherished goal of all thinking men of Atlanta. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The element of surprise had been lost—now he must try another ploy, the show of force. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They are often called the basic elements of music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z If you cut an atom, you transmute the elements. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If that neutron decayed into a proton, then the 2.3-day activity must be element 93, which had never been seen. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z What could be simpler, once the social element was removed? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She thought, too, of the clear purity of the small singer’s voice, and how the two children must have been the only elements of joy here. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was in his element here, among the Gypsies. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Then a deep voice boomed from outside the inn, over the howl of the elements. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z They are called the chemical elements and until recently constituted everything on our planet, although they are mainly found combined into molecules. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You the guy who found that heating element?” he asked. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been twenty months since he and Joe Kennedy had identified element 94’s alpha signature in their microscopic sample. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Although unshielded from the elements, all the woodwork appeared to be in flawless condition: no peeling paint, no cracks, no splinters. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z For me, there was no real element of surprise in this ruthless truth, and so it didn’t waylay me. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “You know, 1 should have let Sheriff Dean arrest both of you for tampering with a medicinal product and endangering the public health. My elixirs are carefully synthesized compounds of potentially dangerous elements.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The last time I’d been there was on my journey with the ill-fated heating element. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But once Isobel pointed out specific elements, she could see the complicated emotion, the impending revelation. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Texture is one of the basic elements of music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But just spending time with Thomas online and knowing that he believed in me truly made me feel like the strongest, luckiest element in the world. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He knew, for instance, that hydrogen was the lightest element, so he gave it an atomic weight of one. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She came directly to us, in our sandy backyard, defying tides and the elements. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But I can’t win a fight against Thomas and all these guards without the element of surprise. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Only a few years hence, MIT president Karl Compton, himself a physicist with a cyclotron at his command, would issue his lament about the introduction of “an abnormal competitive element” into academic science. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There was an element of awe or appreciation in his face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Children are introduced to key musical elements such as meter, dynamics, rhythms, tempo, duration, melody, form, phrase, and pitch. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z So they use parameter to mean a boundary, a characteristic, a component, an element, a feature, an ingredient, a part, a perimeter, a quality, or a requirement. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “When oxygen combines with an element over an extended period of time, the result is slow oxidation, rust being a good example of it,” he said confidently. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Naturally, those pictorial signs consisted mainly of numerals plus nouns for visible objects; the resulting texts were merely accounting reports in a telegraphic shorthand devoid of grammatical elements. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It would also be the first element heavier than uranium ever found—the first transuranic. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I did feel an element of shame in being a victim, and heard myself pointing out to everyone that this was the first time it had happened to me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We ran tests to determine whether the soil had enough nutrients and didn’t contain any toxic elements like lead or mercury. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z These elements naturally arrange themselves in concentric circles around a common centre: earth surrounded by water, water surrounded by air, and air surrounded by fire. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For a while, we discussed elements of the case. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There were certain events in Odessa that had become time- honored traditions, essential elements in the biological clock of the town. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And the basic elements of this equipment are in the Gospels. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That said, even though no formal proposal for a gradual emancipation program came before the Congress in 1790, all the elements for such a program were present in the debates. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It must accurately describe a large class of observations on the basis of a model that contains only a few arbitrary elements, and it must make definite predictions about the results of future observations. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Onward then. Music and magic. Triumph and folly.Think now. What does our story need? What vital element is it lacking?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “The primary fact now is that the element of gamble in the overall picture no longer exists,” he wrote. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z For music that has been combining elements of both for long enough to have developed its own traditions, listen to any jazz, blues, gospel, Latin dance, or reggae. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z In some outlying areas, elements of the package arrived at different times: for instance, sheep preceded cereals in southwestern Europe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In turn that posed the possibility that it would decay rapidly into the next element up the line, element 94, which was likely to be especially vulnerable to fission. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They went about their business as if the elements did not exist. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The Americans recognized the ANC as an indispensable element of any solution in South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And as the far off hand of Quinn tightened its pressure in easy stages, the laughter grew forced, an element of hollow uncertainty entered, and people broke off to wonder. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The antibiotic cream slathered on her feet comes with a nice pain-numbing element, and so the scorching fire of the day before is just a burning hum. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z What’s needed is a system of physical elements capable of many different combinations, and a source of energy through the system. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But in writing, use eager unless there is actually an element of anxiety involved. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after taking up his position, Davy began to bang out new elements one after another–potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, and aluminum or aluminium, depending on which branch of English you favor.* A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Vespucci’s claim required a major reconsideration of the supposed relationship between the elements of water and earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Harper Avenue was in its element on Halloween. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Some areas looked like they’d been excavated, but most of the city just seemed abandoned, as if it had been left to the elements for the last two thousand years. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Other elements are less familiar—hafnium, erbium, dyprosium and praseodymium, say, which we do not much bump into in everyday life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Olakunde no longer bailed, for fear of the element roiling all around him; he gripped the gunwales and sat inclined as if the dinghy barreled down a slope. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Mendeleyev used a slightly different approach, placing his elements into groups of seven, but employed fundamentally the same principle. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z This one or that had too much of one element, not enough of another. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Glocer is a pioneer in the outsourcing of elements of the news supply chain. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The important element is that all of the parts or “voices” are equal, and there isn’t a single dominant melodic line. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “The element of surprise has worked in my favor all night,” he said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Looks like it. Actually, if you change one element, it becomes a pretty powerful explosive. Just needs some sort of charge.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z However, there was an element of autonomy in the younger girl’s unhappiness. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “I didn’t want to set down too close and ruin the element of surprise.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “There was a certain carnal element to the proceedings but the phenomenon was basically spiritual in nature.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Line may be regarded as the most basic visual element. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z "He's in his element. We'll have to truss him up and carry him back to the city like a captured deer." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z As he removed and cleaned and checked the gear, he took the wetter things topside to dry in the sun, which was now beating down on the still boat like a broiler element. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead credit went to Joseph Priestley, who discovered the same element independently, but latterly, in the summer of 1774. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She was tired of struggling against the elements with nothing to break the monotony but watching Blanca grow. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There are, of course, exceptions to this rule, such as gold or uranium, elements prized because of arbitrary economic conventions or aesthetic judgments, or because they have remarkable practical applications. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Some elements are similar to those in the Valley of Mexico. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The unpredictable, random element comes in only when we try to interpret the wave in terms of the positions and velocities of particles. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Aristotle believed that all the matter in the universe was made_up of four basic elements—earth, air, fire, and water. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The radioactive element used in the core was solinium 2, which had a half-life of fourteen seconds. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Each person is made of five elements, she told me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The actual number is slightly contentious because the heavy, synthesized elements exist for only millionths of seconds and chemists sometimes argue over whether they have really been detected or not. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Yet it was plainly in its element and it was I who was the odd one out. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Our world has a remarkable cohesion—a set of elements that make up everything in it. Everything in it. Leaf and beetle, tongue and teeth, iron and water, honey and gold. Azoth is...” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But too soon their element of surprise faded. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Truth, i think that is the last basic element. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Hear this!” he helplessly exclaimed to the elements. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z With husband and children now far away, her living space shrunk from a spacious house to a single room, her suitcase now her closet, Dorothy’s daily existence was reduced to its simplest elements. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The industrial food chain breaks all food down into a few simple elements. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z When the uranium atoms in the bomb split, some would break down into other radioactive elements—atoms that would continue shooting out particles. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The only element that correlates the room with the picture on the tag is the ceiling. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The element of luck in Tyson’s analysis lies in the fact that the specimen he examined was a young chimp, and human beings resemble infant chimpanzees even more than they do adult chimpanzees. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He told Bobby that the film had the potential to become a masterpiece: “This will be a postmodernist documentary with feature elements.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A computer memory is basically a device containing elements that can exist in either of two states. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if I were suddenly back in my element, searching for the right words, hearing the music of language once again. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He cared only for the material side of things: the nature of elements, the essence and mutability of matter. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z What are some of the lyrics in the song that tell you about different cultural elements in India? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z For light elements like lithium and beryllium, the high yield was not particularly surprising, but the same thing happened with heavier atoms like gold and platinum. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Maybe in addition to carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, it also had a little bit of miranium, the strongest element in the universe, because nothing ever knocked it down. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z There is a miserable shortness to our supplies of that indispensable element. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Only a shell remained, one side open to the elements and filling up with snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Every stylistic element of oratory serves a purpose. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Think of the elements joined by either and or as the two sides of a coin. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The second method is a hybrid known as rote-note, where the song is taught mostly by ear, but also involves the addition of some type of visual element, such as showing some notation. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z When looking at any works of art, the viewer should consider elements like these, which artists use to create their intended effects. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z They had no trouble finding Lawrence’s 18-centimeter protons, but only in the lighter elements lithium and beryllium. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Madagascar’s people prove to be a mixture of two elements. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For example, Aristotle believed Empedocles’s theory that everything was made out of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The elements were from my mother’s own version of organic chemistry. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z So perhaps the other three elements can be considered the most basic components of music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He knew that when taking a portrait shot, the face, especially the eyes and mouth, were the key elements. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Whereas color is an adjunct element to graphics and sometimes sculpture, it is indispensable to virtually all forms of painting. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually the dance elements of the Chaconne were abandoned altogether and the chord sequence alone remained in music of all styles and rhythms. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “We didn’t know how much we could repeat elements,” Lesser says. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A reporter asked Major McClaughry whether the fair really would attract the criminal element. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Up to this point in musical history - the first few years of the twentieth century - ethnic folk elements had been co-opted into classical music as subsidiary exotic flavouring. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In Nahuad rhetoric, things were frequently represented by the unusual device of naming two of their elements—a kind of doubled Homeric epithet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Indeed, virtually every element of society was complicit in the murderous system. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But to fit these elements on to this wall he had to do sketches, draw converging lines, work out scales and foreshortening. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Some of the elements of this environment created hazards to which life had to adjust or perish. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Beyond uranium there are other elements that do not naturally occur on Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Aristotle, the sublunary elements were naturally at rest, while the supralunary spheres rotated in endless circles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z To deny the individual agency of those caught up in the system—their capacity to overcome seemingly impossible odds—would be to deny an essential element of their humanity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Even elements, Rutherford had proved, were not particularly elemental. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Second, the two elements being compared should be grammatically and semantically parallel, a requirement that’s easy to flub when the first is complex. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It is about allowing the elements of the speech, and the ideas behind it, to inhabit your mind so that what’s being delivered arises freshly and naturally from your thoughts. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The design is so perfect that we cannot move a single element without upsetting the delicate balance. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z These are among the most ear-catching elements, along with rhythm and melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Geochemists say that certain elements on Earth’s surface cannot have come from the upper mantle, but must have come from deeper within the Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The dish was glued to a piece of cardboard, labeled “Sample A,” and left alone to decay into element 94. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Although of course there was a third element as well, and that was geology. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The charter would be presented at the 'Congress of the People and each of its elements submitted to the delegates for approval. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z By and large, the more familiar an element is, the more abundant it is. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They had bombarded dozens of elements with deuterons and assiduously tracked emissions of alpha particles during the bombardments; but the continued emission of electrons or positrons after the bombardments ended had escaped their notice. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Seeing him made questions and worries evaporate, and I remained transfixed, caught and caressed by the essential elements of sky and earth and water. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She said that artists are a bad element, a profligate bunch who shoot heroin. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “She was quite fond of fire. Water was always my element. Before.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But though financing is the key, other elements are no less important. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We know that to generate our magnetic field somewhere in the interior there must be a concentrated belt of metallic elements in a liquid state. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He began to teach Conibear elements of the stroke that he had learned from Thames watermen in his boyhood and taught to the boys at Eton. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The vast cyclic movements of chemical elements such as carbon and nitrogen through soil and air and living tissue could not proceed without these microplants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He was in his native element and as happy as a lark. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The rules of physics dictated that an element with a half-life of 2.3 days had to be highly unstable. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I had neither element in my personality, so I hefted the burden of pregnancy at sixteen onto my own shoulders where it belonged. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z One element of the growth is the rise of for-profit prisons. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Members of the Youth Corps were involved, however, in C.P.’s most blatant act of violence, a brutal and stupid affair that was given an undeserved element of romance with the label “the shoot-out.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The theater classes are the foundation of Truman Drama, an essential element of its success. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He even said hello to her now and again as one element in his pretense. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A small country, forced to live by its wits, its foreign policy contained a strong pacifist element. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z According to conventional nuclear physics, this was extraordinary, even bizarre: nuclei of different weights would be expected to emit disintegration products of widely variable energies, with the heavy elements producing the more energetic recoils. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Tripping and lifting out Olakunde and the sack of muskets, we floundered through the water to the grass, captives again of the grosser elements. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Seaborg’s next step was to test the new element’s fission cross section— in other words, to determine whether it could sustain a chain reaction and make a bomb. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Conversing not with the person next to you, but with all of the elements. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z In Mendeleyev’s day just sixty-three elements were known, but part of his cleverness was to realize that the elements as then known didn’t make a complete picture, that many pieces were missing. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He just put himself out there, his heart exposed directly to the elements, and wow, I respected him for it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But the eastern perceptions of the rivalry often took on an element of snobbery, and this rankled western athletes and fans. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They were like those he was accustomed to in the menagerie, but with something added, an element he couldn’t identify. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Now the humor was removed, and an element of self-pity had crept in. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Several elements of his story foretold the future. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Like hydrogen and oxygen, carbon is an element, one of the basic building blocks of matter. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z As well as the other elements of their improved circumstances, of course. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Aristotle held that the universe is constructed out of five elements. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I grabbed it, flung it around my shoulders, and made for the elements, where my father would be waiting for what I hoped would be an illegally fast drive to the Baker Sporting Emporium. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z As originally taped, Jones took long pauses between letters, because the idea was to insert other elements between the letters. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The clock appears to be in perfect working order and has obviously been well taken care of, despite being left out in the elements. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Each time you add a proton you get a new element. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Good soldier, I thought, taking advantage of the element of surprise. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In the process of their work, the Curies also found two new elements–polonium, which they named after her native country, and radium. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Her cheekbones were still high and strong, but the skin was parched and ruddy from all those winters and summers exposed to the elements. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Coming into the assembly, where all the people had gathered together, he began first to appease the troublesome and turbulent element among them with obsequious and flattering words. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “He said that he wasn’t surprised, and when I asked him why, he said, ‘Well, now, you know molybdenum is a chemical element. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This is perfect for implementing one of the essential elements of West African dance and music, where people take turns “showing their stuff” in a playfully confrontational way. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It would mean making some quite fundamental changes in our attitudes toward each other, if we were really to think of ourselves as indispensable elements of nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When listening to music, sound vibrations enter the auditory cortex and are instantaneously broken down into elements of pitch, timbre, spatial relations, and tone duration. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z This was toeing the line of confrontation land, and I was completely out of my element. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z All these elements come into play in people’s separate decisions about how to obtain their food. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I thought I’d show you some elements of texture since you’re already getting into it. Let’s take a look at what you did with the feathers first.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe, and yet no one would guess as much for another thirty years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, then, preventing arbitrary searches and seizures by the police was deemed by the Founding Fathers an essential element of the U.S. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He then carefully extracted the chemical elements that made the powders sweet. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z But for so dangerous and mysterious a planet as Mars, there was also at least an element of luck. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In your boredom there are elements of terror: you break down into tears; you are filled with dread; you scream; you deliberately hurt yourself. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “He is one of the best explorers, one of the most nervy men in all dangers, whether they come from the elements, from wild beasts or from wilder men,” Roosevelt said. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Chemically distinct from uranium and therefore theoretically separable by chemical means, element 94 appeared to be about five times more fissionable than uranium. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The most speculative option involved element 94, that purportedly hyperfissionable substance discovered in Lawrence’s laboratory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Their plot, escape, and arrival were the elements of an elaborate living play. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The Ring also called for the invention of subsequently dubbed 'Wagner tubas, a hybrid that combined elements of the French horn, trombone and euphonium. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Off to the west there was thunder, soft little moaning sounds, and the monsoons seemed to be a lasting element of the war. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon other pictures came into being, each picture element radioed individually back to Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Figure 1.70: Syncopation is one of the most important elements in ragtime music, as illustrated in this example from Scott Joplin's Peacherine Rag. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z If you look closely at epidemic ideas or messages, as often as not the elements that make them sticky turn out to be as small and as seemingly trivial as Wunderman s gold box. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Every element bombarded with deutons yielded copious alpha particles, signifying their disintegration. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They would then contract slightly, and as they heated up further, would start to convert helium into heavier elements like carbon or oxygen. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z One day in A-block, I found my first example: an electric heating element, maybe eight inches wide, such as you’d find on the surface of a kitchen range. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After taking the ferry across the river to reach the park, Bobby was soon in his element: swimming, and lounging in the hot tubs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My mother made rhymes to help me remember the more nonsensical elements of etiquette. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z To grab the answer, and grab it first, is for them a more powerful drive than feeding or breeding or protecting themselves against the elements. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As so often happens in desperately poor places, the worst elements came to the fore. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your mama is always okay, Moss. She’s in her natural element in there.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There were some elements of the old speech in it, and much that was as new as that morning. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z For decades, his father had felt that in order to make it in America it was necessary to conceal an essential element of his identity from his friends, his neighbors, and even his own children. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Therefore, his worth is not defined by a single element, but by the overall success of the production. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z That afternoon Bull returned home early, too excited about the game with Peninsula to concentrate on the niggling administrative details that caused him more annoyance than any other element in his role as squadron commander. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a third element to his new science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The element of surprise was on his side. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z By such means was he able to arrive at the relative weights of the known elements. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He loved being back in his father’s element—with the fresh sea air in his lungs and the salty spray on his arms. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Yes, there will be a contest element, “but they have not said anything about prizes,” Mrs. Hameed says. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Aristotle thus does not think of the natural movement of the elements as movement through space; he sees it in teleological terms as the realization of potential. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There were powerful elements of scientific adventure and the zest for discovery of new lands, new plants and animals, new people; the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I fully realize the importance of basic human interest elements in a story such as this and would propose therefore that you drop down to see Dr. TeLinde and myself.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z And yet he knew he had a certain protection; he knew that a certain element of shame would keep Mrs. Dalton from asking him too much and letting him know that she was worried. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Might the other chemical elements have somehow evolved from hydrogen and helium? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are already countless elements in this circus that are collaborative,” she says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The standard inspections for trace elements of toxic substances came back negative, and the only fingerprints appear to be those of Branson. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z After that, the sentence was clear: “...is the most fundamental—and yet least understood—element of the known universe.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Those outfits are associated with an undesirable, often dangerous element of society. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z By then, Seaborg would observe, the existence of element 94 had been revealed to the world “in the most dramatic form possible”: with a detonation in the skies above Nagasaki, Japan. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z That’s why the nuclei of atoms are so compacted and dense and why elements with big, crowded nuclei tend to be so unstable: the strong force just can’t hold on to all the protons. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z All elements were there—simplicity, composition, and lighting. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Seaborg’s group started referring to element 94 as “copper.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A recent influx of Hungarian Jews into our neighborhood had swelled their ranks, and they formed a small but highly vocal element of the school’s student population. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And there was also an element of racism: the containment of blacks. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mutations in genes that specified the basic elements of the body plan were more difficult to identify, since the mutations sharply decreased the survival of organisms. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Every element of the circus blends together in a wonderful coalescence. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Over the years, some English teachers have enforced the notion that conjunctions like and and but should be used only to join elements within a sentence, not to join one sentence with another. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Far from glorifying peoples of western European origin, we shall see that most basic elements of their civilization were developed by other peoples living elsewhere and were then imported to western Europe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the terrain where two different ecosystems meet. In an ecotone, the landscape will contain elements of the two different ecosystems. It’s like a natural borderlands.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z A. To create her magnificent new book, Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Maria took elements from the studies she painted in Surinam and produced complex full-page designs in watercolors. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Rarely did a murder involve the mysterious elements of dime novels and mystery stories. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It differed from a bullfight in that there was no element of skill or pretense of two equally matched opponents. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Although known for more than 60 years, these were formerly dismissed as cellular elements of unknown and probably unimportant function. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When we finished rehearsal that night, I could almost imagine myself leaping out into the airy elements and dropping the insubstantial pageant of life behind me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z There is commonly an element of silence and solitude to peace, isn’t there? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There was an obsessional element to it that put me off. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Where do the naturally occurring elements come from? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Aboriginal Australians who never reached the stage of farming yams and seed plants nonetheless anticipated several elements of farming. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z At gatherings, droller members of the audience would sometimes ask him if he could get his elements to play them a little tune. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z This is the element that distinguishes applied science from basic. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The environment, rigorously shaping and directing the life it supported, contained elements that were hostile as well as supporting. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Part of him wanted to attack Phorcys now—at least that might give them the element of surprise—but they hadn’t found out any useful information yet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “There is a definite agitating element” in antipoverty agencies in Durham, Galifianakis insinuated, and asked the FBI’s assistance in uncovering the “troublemakers.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Good Boys is a serious drama, at times relentlessly so, but Bobby’s character is not without comic elements. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z A poor pharmacist with little in the way of advanced apparatus, he discovered eight elements–chlorine, fluorine, manganese, barium, molybdenum, tungsten, nitrogen, and oxygen–and got credit for none of them. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He discovered so many elements not so much because he was serially astute as because he developed an ingenious technique of applying electricity to a molten substance–electrolysis, as it is known. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Failing to detect the major element, the dead animal pelt. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I know all the elements needed to solve this. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Every element lived in harmonious relation with its neighbour, and all was kith and kin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Most people haven’t heard of them, but one old man tells me, “Sorry you came all this way. I’m afraid they been ate up by weather and the elements.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But there existed in the Western world an element that baffled and frightened the Communist party: the prevalence of self-achieved literacy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The subject boiled down to this: Could Seaborg devise a chemical process for separating element 94 from the stew of radioactive fission products in which it was mixed after the bombardment of uranium? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I’m in my element. The question is what are you doing here?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Out here, the elements killed more prisoners than our guards did. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z All the men had one or more elements of shared background. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It’s only the boys, and not all of them either, since most of the parents don’t approve of learning French or the foreign element in general. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Jumbled lines of the writhing bodies suggest a mood of turbulence, in keeping with Géricault’s theme of titanic struggle against the elements. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z There was frequently some element of truth in these essential lines of differentiation. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Try me. First nine elements of the periodic table. Go.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z White thought that he detected some element of remorse in him, as if he wanted to unburden himself, to protect his wife and children. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The most important new elements were Japan’s first metal tools, of iron, and its first undisputed full-scale agriculture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I like poker myself—of course, it’s rather a vulgar game, and no fun at all with two—but still, there’s a certain random element in it which appeals to me.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Holistic education first addresses the question of what it is that the child needs to learn, and places the arts and aesthetics as key elements in teaching the developing child. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Before long, however, the chair started to attract the attention of some of the very cutting-edge elements of the design community. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He also became known as the most assiduous and creative hunter of new elements in history, credited with the discovery or codiscovery of twelve transuranics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I don't have the courage to step outside of my own element. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Lydia was in her element, seldom happier than when playing dress-up with Dill, her own little fashion charity project. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It is a flowing waterfall of alchemical and astrological symbols, ancient marks for planets and elements all emblazoned in black ink upon her fair skin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “If language has any meaning,” Stanton wrote, “we have in these texts a plain declaration of the existence of the feminine element in the Godhead, equal in power and glory with the masculine.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z And my element, quite obviously, is being alone and invisible. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Apps really aren’t my thing, but neither is beating in people’s faces, so I’m already out of my element today. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I was to be a justifier, my task would be to deny the unpredictable human element of all Harlem so that they could ignore it when it in any way interfered with their plans. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z If she was my daughter, I would call her Soleil, Sun, Moon, or Star, after the elements. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I realize that we are, all of us, out of our element—even Jacqui. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “It is not good that outside elements, like al-Qaeda, are ruining Afghanistan.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Regardless of the type of encounter, the basic music elements play a significant role in how children respond to music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Using a broadly similar concept, he arranged the elements in horizontal rows called periods and vertical columns called groups. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Fire is not made of chemical elements at all. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But it had become the element he swam in. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z While he catalogued each element of the circus in shaky handwriting, he could not manage to record his encounter with the red-haired girl. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z These stars converted some of the original hydrogen and helium into elements like carbon and oxygen, out of which we are made. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There may have been elements of luck in the emergence of chloroplasts, but once these things were on the scene, the evolution of the sky became absolutely ordained. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Question. In sodium chloride, which element has the negative charge?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z This was becoming the new background of Finny’s life, this purely medical element from which bodily health was absent. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He advocated teaching poor as well as rich children, breaking down a subject to its elements, and a broad, liberal education along with teacher training. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Ice cream is the secret element we need for our festival recipe. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The result of their bombardments of boron and other light elements by alpha rays, moreover, had led them to propose that the proton was composed of a neutron and a positive electron, or positron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The discovery returned Lawrence to a round-the-clock schedule at the Rad Lab, supervising the bombardment of dozens of elements with his magic bullet. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z You will recall the cosmological conundrum with which we ended the first chapter–that the Big Bang created lots of light gases but no heavy elements. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z From the moment we hit Annapolis, Austin is in his element. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z White then enlisted a stocky, garrulous, and blond-haired former Texas Ranger who, according to a superior, was best suited for situations “where there is any element of danger.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Without a change of clothing, his garments quickly became dirty, ruining a key element of Booth’s trademark, winning style—his beautifully dressed, well-groomed appearance. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Geologists had proposed that the current shape of the earth—its rocks, chasms, and mountains—had been created by the transmutation of previous elements. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Lawrence’s brusque four-paragraph letter reported deuteron-induced radioactivity in fourteen light elements and speculated brashly that “in these nuclear reactions new radioactive isotopes of many of the elements might be formed.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Give up her evenings and weekends and friends—all the elements of her old world—and replace them with KIPP. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I feel this brief panic as I think, What would happen if one of those elements malfunctioned or just stopped working altogether? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z What I mean is, until then, it had been a pretty light-hearted matter, with a bit of a dare element to it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Even given the elements of exaggeration and myth-making in these accounts, it’s clear what a premium was placed on the training of the memory. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The one thing Lavoisier never did was discover an element. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z His knife was in his pocket, safe and dry inside its sheath, protected from the misery of the elements. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I recalled it was considered sport among some elements in Alabama to hunt “nigs” and I backed away. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This causes the uranium to change into an entirely new element, one that doesn’t occur in nature— scientists named it plutonium. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Subtle and vastly important chemical changes are constantly in progress, converting elements derived from air and water into forms suitable for use by plants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The field swarmed with charming frauds and con men, such as Cagliostro and the Count of Saint-Germain, who pretended not only to transmute the elements but also to hold the secret of immortality. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And William Hale, who campaigned for stamping out the criminal element from Osage County, promised his own reward to anyone who caught the killers, dead or alive. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z What kind of sorcerer could control elements and sound, then vanish into thin air? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Black, he said, was the color of carbon, the element that was present in all life. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But both Helm and Girard knew that one more element was needed if the hospital was to succeed: a full-time physician. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He picked his way with surprising care, surprising in anyone who before had used the ground mainly as a point of departure, as the given element in a suspended world of leaps in space. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t mix with the more bothersome element on the plantation, and she knew that he sometimes went off with Frances, one of the housemaids. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Aside from securing good locations, there was another element to my father’s success. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The sign must have protected them from sunlight and the elements. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I had been feeling rather out of my element until Ambrose let me know, in his own special way, that there wasn’t much difference between the University and the streets of Tarbean. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Not one of the four ancient Ionian and alchemical “elements” is in the modern sense an element at all: one is a molecule, two are mixtures of molecules, and the last is a plasma. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Today we have "120 or so" known elements–ninety-two naturally occurring ones plus a couple of dozen that have been created in labs. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The great and noble effort to master the elements in order to achieve purity, perfection, and divinity. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The environment contained these hostile elements even before there was life; yet life arose, and over the millions of years it came to exist in infinite numbers and endless variety. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A power plant based on element 94 would require perhaps a hundred pounds of the material, rather than the hundred tons thought to be necessary for uranium reactors. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “The factions were our predecessors’ attempt to incorporate a ‘nurture’ element to the experiment—they discovered that mere genetic correction was not enough to change the way people behaved. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Did we not talk about Mrs. Curie’s element? Mrs. Maxwell’s screech owl? Miss Anning’s pterodactyl? Her ichthyosaur?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z "No, it isn't. But since there's always an element of crime in freedom —" "I ain't committed no crime!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A few years later the Japanese company incorporated elements of Lawrence’s design into one of the most successful color TV technologies in history, a product it named Trinitron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The glacier’s continual and often violent state of flux added an element of uncertainty to every ladder crossing. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z They took those sticky elements and tried to make them even stickier. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The suit protected Holly from the worst of the elements, but she could still feel the chill sinking into her bones. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I wrapped my arms around her, sheltering the children from the elements. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z At the Rad Lab, every researcher claimed or was assigned an element from the periodic table as an experimental target, with the most senior staffers getting the most promising substances. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The basic element, carbon, is one whose atoms have an almost infinite capacity for uniting with each other in chains and rings and various other configurations, and for becoming linked with atoms of other substances. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The element earth is potentially at the centre of the universe, and as it falls towards that centre it realizes its potential. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Everything, it seems, has slowed to its constituent elements. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, he left clues that led directly to the discovery of the group of elements known as the noble gases, some of which are so elusive that the last of them wasn’t found until 1962. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z And though it was a welcome break from the monotony of lecture, this most recent activity had a sinister element too. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Art may be approached and appreciated for its purely visual elements: line, color, light, composition, form, and space. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Anything comprised of a combination of diverse or contradictory elements. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He pushed her down to the water, and once again he felt as if this inanimate thing was joyously coming alive as she met her own element. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z This list comprises the basic elements of music as we understand them in Western culture. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z During the following days I learned through discreet questioning that I had seemed a fantastic element to the black Communists. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z To earn more points and add an element of suspense to your hunt, a seeker can declare a book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z If element 94 was to be found, it could be found only through the intense and repeated bombardment of uranium—and the only machine capable of reaching the required energies was the sixty-inch cyclotron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Rather, what we know is encoded in cells called neurons— microscopic electrochemical switching elements, typically a few hundredths of a millimeter across. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The periodic table arranges elements according to their physical properties and to what else?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Now Tamika was a permanent element in my life and we were no longer brutal competitors. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z These elements she sewed into a colorful banner with sparkles to catch the sun. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It is suppressed and high-pitched and contains an element of disbelief. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Berg was “intrigued with the scientific and human interest elements in such a story,” he wrote, and he wanted to learn more about it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In 1957, working with others, Hoyle showed how the heavier elements were formed in supernova explosions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z A key element of the design had never been installed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The elements have not done the exposed structure any favors. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s clear that we’re out of our element, but no one’s making fun. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Wood, they claimed, was heavier than water, since the element out of which it was primarily made was earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I appreciate your having battled the elements to come here and tell us so.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Once you understand that context matters, however, that specific and relatively small elements in the environment can serve as Tipping Points, that defeatism is turned upside down. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And you’ll discover a new element there, which will be the toughest, strongest, most indestructible element ever—just like you! Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But they particularly loved the idea, as stoutly preached by Bratton and Giuliani, that choking off these small crimes was like choking off the criminal element’s oxygen supply. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The scene was novel, the spectators were an unusual element, but the dilemma was familiar enough: how to keep the peace and not humiliate her mother. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A building proclaims the architect’s concerns by the way in which it weaves these elements into a coherent program. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem was that when the show was originally conceived, the decision was made that all fantasy elements of the show be separated from the real elements. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The resulting lines permit us to tell that stars millions of light-years away contain the same chemical elements as our Sun and the nearby stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The old mansion still stands deep within this property, though most of the flimsier structures around it have been swallowed by time and the elements. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In order to provide the clearest, most complete idea of the scene, the Egyptian artist treated each element as an entity unto itself. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence did not spare his own staff: among the first scientists he summoned to MIT were Edwin McMillan, who was then deeply involved in the search for element 93, and Luis Alvarez. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And when the subject of the main clause is the dummy element it or there, the reader glides right over it, and it poses no danger of attracting a dangler. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Different molecules and chemical elements absorb different frequencies or colors of light, sometimes in the visible and sometimes elsewhere in the spectrum. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I design with a view to a passage of quietly composed, soft, subdued pensive character, shape the ground, screen out discordant elements and get suitable vegetation growing.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z All four elements had stable isotopes, however, which Urey was assiduously producing in his own lab for a wide range of studies. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They have arranged each element to appear effortless. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And when the elements had destroyed the blankets beyond repair, I used the shells to protect myself from the sun by propping them against each other and lying beneath them. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Besides, he already knew that motion study was his element, and he had discovered something that apparently had never attracted the attention of industry before. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It is this interaction of the elements which makes living creatures possible, and without it the universe would be sterile. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The elements allowed me to go on living. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Of all the visual elements, color is undoubtedly the most expressive—as well as the most intractable. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z These elements naturally arrange themselves in concentric spheres outwards from the centre of the universe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “To tie all the elements together,” Tara finishes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But secrecy was an essential element of military operations, and Ellsberg was not one to blow the whistle. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In fact, we can remove an infinite number of elements from the set of whole numbers—we can delete the odd numbers, for example—and the size of the set remains unchanged. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Lawrence camouflaged his frustration by ordering up a lab-wide effort to expand the Joliots’ findings beyond aluminum, magnesium, and boron to heavier elements. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It builds body proteins, including some essential elements of blood plasma concerned with blood-clotting. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I had watched them grow, had tried to protect them, sometimes in vain, but always unhesitatingly, from the harsh elements of black life—violence, hate, poverty, hunger, ignorance, suffering, death. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Their society showed how disparate elements — French, Islamic, and African — can mingle to create a unique and distinctive culture. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The perfect question. In the beginning, that’s where they come in. They supplied the ingredients that became us, the primordial elements. We are star stuff, yes?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “I’m not saying I know everything. But I have never heard of blood as an element in healing rituals.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Of all the elements that would distinguish the long and extraordinary movement known as Prohibition, there would be nothing more significant or more important than the role played by women. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The other good news is that it only takes a couple of minutes and a little thought to achieve this, and put some of the basic elements of music to work. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z If he could just get the element of surprise. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z All three of these elements also spread rapidly through central Europe in the centuries before 5000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s like chemistry, some elements are attracted to each other and it doesn’t matter that they can explode. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Ambiguity seems to be an essential, indispensable element for the transfer of information from one place to another by words, where matters of real importance are concerned. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The height of the thing was but one element of its magnificence, and not even the foremost. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At the ranch, coaches would help you break down each skill into its basic elements so you could improve every part of the routine. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z For instance, neither farming nor herding developed in prehistoric times in North America’s Arctic, while the sole element of food production to arise in Eurasia’s Arctic was reindeer herding. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Thus, the music and all of its elements that children are exposed to become as familiar as their native language. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Because many of Feldman’s customers are affiliated with national security, there may have been a patriotic element to this 9/11 Effect. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They also discovered that radioactive elements decayed into other elements–that one day you had an atom of uranium, say, and the next you had an atom of lead. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He keeps notebooks full of symbols and glyphs, working through his old notes and finding new elements to consider. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z You do not engage the attention of the reader unless your story has basic human interest elements. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It probably shows a perverse element of my personality that even though I was finally inside the Archives, surrounded by endless secrets, that I was drawn to the one locked door I had found. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Some of the rarer elements are generated in the supernova explosion itself. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If it was only one guy in there, the element of surprise might be enough to chase the burglar away. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Ebola seems to have developed the worst elements of all the above viruses. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally there were the revolted elements of his own character—his strange desire for purity and honour and spiritual excellence. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Quiescent as he now sat, there was something about his nostril, his mouth, his brow, which, to my perceptions, indicated elements within either restless, or hard, or eager. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Hoyle also realized that if stars imploded they would liberate huge amounts of heat–100 million degrees or more, enough to begin to generate the heavier elements in a process known as nucleosynthesis. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z If it attracts a somewhat criminal element, then I belong here, I guess. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The nickname “Miranium” fit because I was strong, not because I was made of the toughest, strongest, most indestructible element ever. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z In the darkness his fear made live in him an element which he reckoned with as “them.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And indeed, when Nailer finally ducked out of the elements to drink a hot cup of coffee, Dauntless's main radar showed the bloody blip of the fighting ship closing still. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Because this food chain has elements of both, I call it “industrial organic.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Because music must be heard over a period of time, rhythm is one of the most basic elements of music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He understood the challenge ahead, for he and his colleagues had yet to produce a speck of element 94 detectable even by microscope. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was as though the elements were conspiring to ruin their short week of freedom. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “It’s a platonic relationship,” Sasha said, “but with elements other people might consider romantic.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The fungus gives the plant simple elements and minerals it has taken from the soil. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z More intensive farming might produce the requisite surplus, but cannot be sustained; the plowed land, exposed to the elements, is destroyed in as little as a decade. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This, of course, excludes the trash element, which is the same everywhere and is no more evident among Negroes than whites. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The only voluptuous element in the large room was the champagne-colored velvet drapes tied back with white ribbons. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Paul Marshall, Bobby’s lawyer, addressed Bobby’s “dread”: “Bobby fears the unknown, whatever lies beyond his control. He tries to eliminate any element of chance from his life and his chess.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z These elements were acted on by two forces: gravity, the tendency for earth and water to sink, and levity, the tendency for air and fire to rise. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Though it was nowhere more than three feet high, the angle where it met another, lower wall still offered some shelter from the elements, and night was coming on fast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Although there were elements of tragedy and struggle in the Fifth Symphony, he had read, it was principally music of love and happiness. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It had all the elements—romance, sadness, an allusion to the war, and faithful love. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That Babylonian astronomy was not the only eastern influence on Anaximander is suggested by correspondences between his model and certain elements of native Persian religion, such as those preserved in Zoroastrianism. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z On this secure foundation he set out to build a new philosophy to replace that of Aristotle, and he began to publish elements of his new system in 1637. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z That was especially true of the Rad Lab’s work with heavier elements, which required bombardments at energies well beyond the relatively meager powers of the Cavendish’s Cockcroft-Walton apparatus. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Frith in his element, of course, directing Robert with a lift of his eyebrows, and myself rather hot and flustered with a monstrous silver tea-pot and kettle that I never knew how to manage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But we were boys who liked to think and talk about elements inside the literature he put in front of us—relationships, emotion, conflict, ideas. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The key to solving the actual genetic code was to map the elements of a sequence in an RNA chain to the sequence of a protein chain. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The revolutionary element he introduced into the sacred music he wrote at Notre-Dame was something he’d clearly learnt from the troubadours, who had in turn picked it up from Spain: rhythm. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z There was one last element to the process. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Early on, Ogden ruled that what he termed “the factor of safety” in both the tank’s construction and its inspection had been almost nonexistent and those elements had caused the disaster. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The machine of the world is thus the stable structure of our universe: the heavens, the earth and the four elements. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But it did not matter, for the raids now launched incessantly into our neighbourhood had an uncanny element of surprise. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But–and here’s the troubling point–to forge these heavy elements, you need the kind of heat and energy of a Big Bang. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He looked at the heating element, then at my paperwork. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Within Lydia’s taxonomy of crushes are innumerable subspecies, most of which contain no romantic element whatsoever. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She appears to be attempting not to smile as she looks over the gaming elements artfully arranged around them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Let us embrace that element of liberty as we forgive our enemies as we forgive ourselves. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Altogether he discovered a dozen elements, a fifth of the known total of his day. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I said, determined to see if he would not offer me the use of the dilapidated outhouse, which certainly no human could degrade any more than time and the elements had. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z At last, by Seaborg’s reckoning, they had one quarter of a millionth of a gram of element 94. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He wished the trainer good night, put down the telephone, and returned to his element. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z This process will generate the elements carbon and oxygen and provide additional energy for the Sun to continue shining for a limited time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This was useful to experimenters like Hahn, because they could use radioactive elements as tiny cannons. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a pretty, shaded portion of the city, though its prettiness was to Holmes merely an element to be entered into his calculations. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Unlike on my Pathfinder trip, I have to take vital life support elements out of the Hab if I'm going to do a real dry run. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Our Solar System is certainly a prerequisite for our existence, and one might extend this to the whole of our galaxy to allow for an earlier generation of stars that created the heavier elements. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He discovered the heating element was gone, mainly because I had taken it to see if my plans for an electrical-ignition system would work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was the one place he felt safe, or at least in his element. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z By tracing the element carbon as it goes from the atmosphere into plants, then into our food, and finally, into us. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z One day he told Seaborg triumphantly that he had found an alpha emitter and had already ruled out that it could be an isotope of element 91, 92, or 93. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I lean against the counter, smiling at Poe as he pulls a freshly baked pie out of the oven, totally in his element. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The simplest, hydrogen, is element 1; the most complex, uranium, is element 92. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The province of the Orange Free State has always had a magical effect on me, though some of the most racist elements of the white population call the Free State their home. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Patronus, he was sure, was Umbridge’s, and it glowed brightly because she was so happy here, in her element, upholding the twisted laws she had helped to write. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The transmutation of the elements was pursued in medieval laboratories in a quest called alchemy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “They seem, like salamanders, to consider fire as their element.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The men slept on the mud, with no protection against the elements, bugs, or each other. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And with so many people involved, it seems sensible to add an element of safety to the venue. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In countries with a very cold winter, two decidedly non-Christian elements tended to be intermingled, somewhat perplexingly, with the carol form. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z A few days ago, Mr. Washburn was issued revised orders to vacate the compound and have no further dealings with any dissident elements. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Scattered through this thin dusting are exotic elements not normally much found on Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I was dizzied and distracted by all the activity; they were completely in their element. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The basketball court is a strange patch of neutral ground, a meeting place for every element of a neighborhood’s cohort of young men. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z By January 20, 1942, Seaborg was confident enough to write McMillan with assurance that the bombardments had produced an unknown isotope of element 94. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z My heart, that amphibian, moving that moment between two elements: one, excitement; the other, fear. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z One of the most important elements for all humans is the timbre of a sound. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “There was no regret,” observed the Chicago Tribune, “rather a feeling of pleasure that the elements and not the wrecker should wipe out the spectacle of the Columbian season.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z At the board, playing a speed game, Bobby was truly in his element, like Michael Jordan soaring for the hoop. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Different elements turn to liquid at different temperatures. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a miserably wet, blustery day, with rain slanting down out of dark skies in torrents—no kind of day for standing out in the elements and watching a race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z My father and I had been excommunicated—not only from the Saunders family, apparently, but also from the anti-Zionist element of the Hasidic student body. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The contending elements—the fact of his death, his relevance to the case—confused Briony and she struggled with her memory. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z |
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