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Hurricanes of the North Atlantic Climate and Society by James B. Elsner and A. Birol Kara

fields, both authors are no doubt responsible for the consideration of the intended governmental and decision-making importance th...

Extra Sensory Perception and a Scientific Argument Against It

primary methods employed for studies concerning ESP has been the "forced-choice" procedure, in which participants were asked to g...

Different Approaches to Science

In four pages this paper examines scientific experimentation within the contexts of Richard Pirsig's research and the text Science...

Human Behavior and the Effects of the Full Moon

very ancient ancestors, experts theorize. Experts tracked the biorhythms of various individuals and found that the new moon and th...

Triton, Moon of Neptune

In five pages this paper considers scientific research on Triton, the moon of Neptune. Four sources are cited in the bibliography...

Exxon Strategic Analysis

In this report of nine pages Exxon Oil's engineering and research strategies are discussed and includes discussion of scientific t...

Falsification Theories of Karl Popper

In fifteen pages Karl Popper's 1934 The Logic of Scientific Theory is examined in terms of the proof and falsification theories de...

Elementary School Science Teaching

return to "routine and unfocused reading" (p. 10). This teachers style is contrasted with a second teacher who has her students ...

First American Woman in Space Astronaut Sally Ride

In five pages astronaut Sally Ride's life and achievements are considered in terms of field work, space missions, and contribution...

Relationship Between Self Improvement and Self Concept

In eight pages this paper assesses the importance of self concept in terms of failure or success with scientific research upon set...

Analysis of Enlightement's Role on the Definition of Modernity

In four pages this research paper examines how modernity was defined by the natural, social, and scientific developments of the En...

Scientific Research on Possible Martian Life

In seven pages this paper discusses scientific research on possible life on Mars with other planetary discoveries also noted. Fiv...

Scientific Overview of the Hawaiian Islands

In ten pages this research paper presents a scientific overview of the Hawaiian Islands that includes the topography of its coastl...

Religion and Science in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes and Paradise Lost by John Milton

In six pages this research paper examines the religious and scientific perspectives offered by John Milton's Paradise Lost and Tho...

Of Sound Mind and Body and Descartes

This research report examines rationalizations used by Descartes and his own belief system. Various issues are explored and scient...

Creationism is Not a Science

In eight pages this research paper argues that creationism does not successfully satisfy the scientific criteria based upon establ...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

This book review pertains to "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot and tells how HeLa cells, which have played ...

Cinematic Depiction of Microbiology, Contagion

This research paper cites reviews in order to report on the scientific accuracy of the film and the manner in which it depicts mic...

Aggression Against Other Children

The number of scientific research studies about bullying has grown dramatically since the 1970s, which suggests that bullying is a...

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...

Debates Concerning Embryonic Research

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

Connection Between Mood and Exercise

(2001). All would wear heart monitors and were instructed to maintain a target heart rate by pedaling at a particular speed (2001)...

Proof, Empirical Evidence, and Scientific Theory

a further truth, it is only common sense that the empirical evidence gathered up to that time is the evidence that is taken to be ...

The Central Elements of Chaos Theory

and then interpreted. When the different factors or inputs are altered, the height and distance the item travels will change but n...

Moral Analysis & Stance

through experiments with mice; they specifically worked to correct the gene that prevents the growth of tumors (Aldhous, 2006). Sc...

Implications of X26 Tasers in Excited Delirium Deaths

this case reveals how X26 Tasers are being implicated in deaths attributed to excited delirium. Is this implication justified? F...

Comparing Structuralism, Functionalism and Evolutionism

A 3 page research paper that briefly contrasts and compares these three early psychological theories, which were formulated soon ...

Kuhn's theory of the paradigm shift

which contradicts the paradigm, and which cannot be explained within the terms of the paradigm. This gives rise to further researc...

Do Management Theories Develop As Management Problems Arise?

were broken down into the smallest components which would acquire the issues give or training. John Childs describes this as the t...

Global Warming/Consensus in Newspaper Accounts

50 years" ("Global Warming"). In 2001, a similar UN report said that human activity had "likely played a role" in global warming...