What is Demonstration: Definition and 123 Discussions
A demonstration is an action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause or people partaking in a protest against a cause of concern; it often consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, to hear speakers. It is different from mass meeting.
Actions such as blockades and sit-ins may also be referred to as demonstrations. Demonstrations can be nonviolent or violent (usually referred to by participants as "militant"), or can begin as nonviolent and turn violent depending on the circumstances. Sometimes riot police or other forms of law enforcement become involved. In some cases this may be in order to try to prevent the protest from taking place at all. In other cases, it may be to prevent clashes between rival groups, or to prevent a demonstration from spreading and turning into a riot.
The term has been in use since the mid-19th century, as was the term "monster meeting", which was coined initially with reference to the huge assemblies of protesters inspired by Daniel O'Connell (1775–1847) in Ireland. Demonstrations are a form of activism, usually taking the form of a public gathering of people in a rally or walking in a march. Thus, the opinion is demonstrated to be significant by gathering in a crowd associated with that opinion.
Demonstrations can promote a viewpoint (either positive or negative) regarding a public issue, especially relating to a perceived grievance or social injustice. A demonstration is usually considered more successful if more people participate. Research shows that anti-government demonstrations occur more frequently in affluent countries than in poor ones.
Historian Eric Hobsbawm wrote of demonstrations: Next to sex, the activity combining bodily experience and intense emotion to the highest degree is the participation in a mass demonstration at a time of great public exaltation. Unlike sex, which is essentially individual, it is by its nature collective… like sex it implies some physical action—marching, chanting slogans, singing—through which the merger of the individual in the mass, which is the essence of the collective experience, finds expression.
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I'm attempting to make a condensation cloud chamber to display alpha and beta particle tracks to a class of school kids as part of my placement.
I get how it all works but I'm having real trouble with two things...
1) Finding a source of high purity alcohol.
2) Getting hold of...
I'll preface this with the fact that I know nothing about math or physics, I'm not even sure this is a physics question. But I hope you all can help.
A little background
In 1966 Congress passed the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA). Today the AWA regulates the commercial production of...
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1. Homework Statement
given the integral
I_n(r,z)= \int_z^r \frac{T_n(\frac{p}{z})T_n(\frac{p}{r})}{p \sqrt{r^2-p^2} \sqrt{p^2-z^2}} dp
where T_n(x) is the chebyshev polynomial of the first kind:
T_n(x) = 2 x T_{n-1}(x) - T_{n-2}(x)
T_0(x)=1...
Here goes a theorem and its demonstration(attachment) .Sorry,I couldn't find it in english,so it's in portuguese).
We have that the intervals In=[An,Bn] which are closed and limited.
What I want to know is: what consideration(s) is/are NOT valid on the demonstration,when we consider an...
This link is to a truly amazing experiment involving sodium hexafluoride. I won't spoil it for you by explaining it, just click the link and see. It really made my day to see this.
http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/78239/Sulphur_Hexafluoride.html
PS, there will be some 15 second video...
Hi, I have been working on this for a little while and think I am approaching it incorrectly. If someone can help, I'd really appreciate it. This is for a basic introductory calculus based Physics class that I am in.
1. Mathematically demonstrate the following equation with no numerical...
I just got assigned a project on equilibrium. We have to demonstrate how factors can cause shifts in equilibrium. I got assigned common ion, so I have to show how the common ion effect can affect the equilibrium.
On Monday we can prepare the chemicals and practice doing the lab once before...
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Can someone help me to demonstrate the 2 followed relations.
The dispositif is an engine who spin around himself
ώ = 2.(pi)/T
ώ is the angular velocity
thx and sorry for my bad english
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I remember seeing a video demonstration a few years ago of this very strange type of GUI for that particular operating system. On the display monitor, there would be windows like usual, but the view could be rotated 360 degrees around to view other windows. If I remember...
I just saw the following game demonstration given by Will Wright, the creator of the Sims world.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8372603330420559198&q=spore
The game starts you off as a very simple organism in a pool of liquid with other organisms (controlled by another player). As...
Just reading a textbook and came across this interesting question:
"a daring lab instructor in a demonstration dips his wettened fingers into molten lead (327C) and withdraws them quickly without getting burned. How is this possible?"
I was thinking simply that the water on the fingers...
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Please can I have some help with this demonstration:
Let a#0 ( #= different)
Show that if a x b = a x c and a.b=a.c, then b=c ( Hint: Cross both sides of the first equation with a)
When I cross by a ( as the hint suggests) , I found 0=0 ??
thank you
I have to do a demonstration to show convection in class.
I was wondering what could be a simple experiment to set up in which I could show that convection exists. I've had a few ideas and am wondering if you could come up with any. :shy:
Thanks,
lcg
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Do you guys know of any demonstrations or examples I could do to explain Bohr's Model to my class? I have to give a presentation. Any ideas are appreciated.
Thanks :smile:
A stone hangs by a fine thread from the ceiling and a section of the same thread dangles from the bottom of the stone. If a person gives a sharp pull on the dangling thread, the bottom string will break, but if he slowly pulls the bottom string the top string will break.
After seeing this...
How do you prove this is a function?
g: P(A) > P(A)
g(X) = X^-1
X^-1 means inverse of X
anyway, does anyone know how to do a formal demonstration for this?
Explain why pressure increaseds beneath a vertical column of water and how to calculate water pressure ate the base of the column. Include the effect of varying heights and column diameters.
thanks
mike
For physics, I had to write a report and show a demonstration on the magnetic field of the Earth. I already turned in the report and I have an idea about showing the field. I was thinking of sticking a strong magnet inside a rubber globe of the Earth and then putting paperclips on different...
I'm a high school senior interested in completing a science project. I'm wondering what knowledge is necessary for me to understand the interaction between coherent light( like a laser) and a uniform electric field with the ultimate goal of constructing a model. The project will be a type of...
I am a high school student, but I need some college level help. Ok, here's my problem.
I plan on doing a an demonstration on theoretical physics. This is for a science fair. Now, I had an idea for about half a year, but it fell through. So my question is, is there an experiment (college...