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Scientific and Authoritarian Knowing

In five pages this report considers scientific and authoritarian knowledge in terms of their similarities and differences. Eight ...

Is There Room for both Crocodiles and People?

Back from being listed as endangered species, crocodiles have made a remarkable comeback. This paper examines the problems created...

'Real Science and Social Scientific Research

In ten pages this report defines real science and whether or not social scientific research successfully qualifies. Five sources ...

Devastation Associated with 'The Great Dying'

such mortality, postulating that death - in all its ominous forms - is truly nothing to ones existence but a component of rebirth....

'The Birth Mark' and 'Rappaccini's Daughter' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In 6 pages the theme of scientific experimentation as it is represented in both of these short stories are analyzed. There are 6 ...

Analyzing the Theories Contained in Charles Darwin's 'Origin of the Species'

This is an essay consisting of 5 pages that discusses natural selection and how Darwin's theories have contermporary scientific ev...

Convention Challenges of Charles Darwin

In five pages the conventions Charles Darwin challenged with his theories of social Darwinism, national selection, and evolution a...

19th Century and Science's Triumph

probably the concept most applicable here. This concept is essentially the philosophy of history according to Marx. Historical mat...

Managerial Responsibilities and Types of Thought

various forms of thought being discussed herein, it does illustrate that there is a very urgent need for open-mindedness in terms ...

Endangered Species Northern Swift Fox

grasses and berries (The Swift Fox). Early spring marks the breeding season, at which point the female will give birth to between...

Albert Einstein's Creative Genius

In seven pages this paper examines Albert Einstein's life and the impact of his creativity and scientific genius. Six sources are...

Life and Theories of Sir Isaac Newton

Newtons discoveries interrelated, in fact, with many others of this time period. The first radical departure of science from the ...

Overview of Leukemia

children (Steen and Mirro 14). This suggests different causes of adult and childhood cancer, something that could in fact be a s...

Comparison of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, and 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton

God had created an idyllic paradise for man, and it was only when a winged Satan invaded the peaceful calm and inflicted his exist...

Scientific Revolution and How It Evolved

place (Meeks PG). With the advent of the Copernican theory that the sun, not the Earth, was the center of the universe people wer...

Artist, Scientist, and Engineer Leonardo da Vinci

better than his master and having seen that Verrocchio swore never to pick up a paint brush again (Hellmich, 1997). In 1481, Leon...

Portrayals of Good Science Gone Bad in Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, H.G. Wells, and Mary Shelley

jump into a review of these novels it is necessary to first examine the predominant state of mind of Victorian Europe. During the...

Culture and Science Conflict

formed a Native American Heritage Commission to attempt to police the digs (Sacred Burial Grounds: The Controversy Continues, 1992...

Theology in an Exploration of Space and Time

Moltmann's ideas are used to incite discussion on time and space issues in this paper of fourteen pages with time defined and the ...

Albert Einstein's Theories of Relativity and Their Legacy

one topic. The topic we have chosen involves overviews of Einsteins relativity theories - of which he had a few. But before actual...

Comparison of Gould and Bacon

Many contend that while God is all good, man has free will and brings the suffering on himself. At the same time, animals cannot r...

1970s Technological, Scientific, and Cultural Events

opponents" (Anonymous Watergate and Nixons resignation 20f2b85ea95). Many high ranking officials were involved and all of the info...

Debates Concerning Embryonic Research

developed fetuses, but are only the stem cells that differentiate into the various structures that eventually do become organized ...

Science, Insanity, and The Island of Dr. Moreau, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Frankenstein

it. If it was possible to create a human being, why not? he never stopped to think about what the consequences were and whether he...

Overview of the Romantic Age

In the various paintings, one can see an appreciation of nature figuring more prominently as well as a celebration of the emotiona...

Cloning of Human Beings Should Not Be Allowed for Religious, Scientific, and Moral Reasons

womb, is upon the world. These are issues of science fiction, but as time goes on they become science fact, a situation that has t...

1940s' Scientific and Technological Developments

The discovery in the 1940s that ticks are attracted to a cloth which had been impregnated with the scent of a dog (Miller, 1996), ...

Overview of OPC3

large role in the stabilization of collagen and elastin, which are two basic proteins in the connective tissues that surround most...

Discoveries Resulting From Fruit Fly Research

it has the ability to reproduce quickly, has a short life span, and has a limited amount of chromosomes. Part of the reason people...

Cosmos Origins, Religion, and Science

period of time? The purpose of this paper is to use various sources written about the topic in order to attempt to answer this all...