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Engels' contribution to sociology

what were the contribution of Fredirich Engels to sociology field? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.59.13.192 (talk) 09:20, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Sounds like homework to me. Try here: Freidrich_Engels (I assume your spelling was a typo.) 196.214.78.114 (talk) 11:10, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

As was yours. It's Friedrich, people. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 19:52, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

It does sound a bit like homework, but to put you on track, the books that sociologists would most often cite would be The Condition of the Working Class in England and The Origins of the Family, Private Property and the State. The name is Friedrich Engels, sometimes anglicised as Frederick Engels. Itsmejudith (talk) 11:32, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Don't know anything about Engels' contributions to the description of industrial society, but in anthropological speculation he followed many of the ideas of Lewis H. Morgan and similar figures, including the idea of an inevitable linear progression from "primitive promiscuity" or hetairism to matriarchy to patriarchy, etc... AnonMoos (talk) 09:24, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Grenade-resistant

Is there grenade resistant suit available? --Yoglti (talk) 09:43, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

It depends on what kind of grenade you are talking about, and how close you are. Most grenade fatalities are believed to be caused by fragmentation, which may be stopped by standard modern body armor. However, the degree of body armor you would need to survive a fragmentation grenade would depend heavily on what type of grenade it is, and how far you are from the grenade when it goes off. Someguy1221 (talk) 10:17, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

To provide a reasonable protection against both offensive and defensive grenades, something like a bomb suit would be needed - preferable one that also has gloves and/or mittens. A less cumbersome option would be to induce someone else to fall on the grenade for you - with modern body armour such an act can be survivable. WegianWarrior (talk) 10:45, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

May I suggest the use of a Unmanned ground vehicle instead, or a tank if you must be present. Dmcq (talk) 11:42, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

... or you could invent one of these. Gandalf61 (talk) 13:15, 3 May 2013 (UTC)