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Algebra and How It Has Evolved

One should bear in mind that they could solve, for example, quadratic equations, and find Pythagorean triples and Babylonian tripl...

Overview of the Science of Statistics

In five pages this paper examines the contemporary applications of statistics in terms of usage and study. Seven sources are ci...

Various Trends in Management

In eight pages this paper analyzes the contemporary and retail industry relevance of such current trends in management as models o...

Contemporary World and Taoism

in modern Chinese society; however, as the following discussion will illustrate, Taoist principles are also influencing Western cu...

A Review of Human Knowledge Classical And Contemporary Approaches

rA 5 page review of the book by Paul K Moser. Traditional philosophic constructs of knowledge is contrasted with contemporary con...

Nursing Theory of Imogene King Critiqued

time were better qualified to make such definitions. Baker had received her preliminary degree in nursing in 1945, a degree which...

Mass Media and Visual Communication

ethically questionable tactics to sell the companies products. While the Nike Corporation promotes an active image and lifestyl...

Postmodern Music

In five pages Farmclub and Napster are featured in a consideration of technology's impact upon contemporary music. Four sources a...

Past and Present Fairy Tales

human spiritual life and then comes back with a message." The usual heros adventure will start with someone "from whom something ...

Number e's History and Use

compound interest is as follows. Assuming that the principal is equal to E9 and the amortization period is d10, payments in a year...

Contemporary World, Heroes, Gods, and Joseph Campbell

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the myths of gods and heroes as contemporary instruments of change as described by Joseph Ca...

Business Strategy and the 'Peter Principle'

In seven pages this paper discusses the Peter Principle and how it can be applied to a contemporary business setting. Four source...

Historical Perspectives on the Right to Privacy Concept

This paper examines the 'right to privacy' concept from an historical perspective with contemporary techniques of surveillance and...

The World War II German Achievements of Admiral Karl Donitz

In six pages the German U-boat leader that eventually replaced Adolf Hitler as head of state is discussed not only in an historica...

Economic Contributions of Theorist David Ricardo

In six pages the contributions of theorist David Ricardo to economics and contemporary thought are examined. Ten sources are cite...

Murasaki Shikibu's Court Diary

In five pages this lady in waiting for the king of Japan from 1007 until 1010 is examined with the argument presented that contemp...

Precambrian Prioerd and the Ediacaran Biota

In ten pages an overview of the preCambrian era Ediacaran Biota is presented and whether or not they can be regarded as contempora...

Definition of Gay and Lesbian Culture

did the other, so we are caught between polarities. "I hope to be able to produce valid, reliable statistics about gay people an...

The Birds by Director Alfred Hitchcock

In a report consisting of six pages the notion of seemingly harmless creatures turning on innocent residents of a northern Califor...

Contemporary US and the Effects of the Civil War

thirty years prior to the outbreak of war, they were limited to a few heavily-populated urban areas. However, during the War, it ...

Ron Padgett's Contemporary American Poetry

In six pages this paper examines Ron Padgett's contemporary American poetry in an analysis that reveals it is much less simplistic...

The War Against Boys How Misguided Feminism is Harming Our Young Men by Christina Hoff Sommers

In five pages this report considers Sommers' 2000 text and the assertion that in contemporary America boys are having a more diffi...

Psychology and Shifting Paradigms

In five pages this paper discusses psychology in an overview of the contemporary paradigm shift in this field of science. Three s...

Contemporary Literature Essay Tutorial

In five pages this tutorial essay considers Virginia Woolf's use of stream of consciousness in Mrs. Dalloway, T.S. Eliot's free ve...

'Military Industrial Complex' Warning of Outgoing President Dwight Eisenhower

to physicians. Increasingly, "evidence-based guidelines are becoming codes of medical practice" (Healy, 2005; p. 54). Superficia...

Comparative Philosophical Analysis of Niccolo Machiavelli, Plato, and Aristotle

have been utilized in both historical and contemporary politics: (a) The use of diplomacy and the formation of coalitions; (b) Vio...

Pros and Cons of Educational Inclusion

special education on the basis of learning needs rather than categories of handicaps"(Wilcox, Wigle, 1997, pg 371). Children would...

Is Govermental Power Too Great or Insufficient?

entities take liberties and make rules that do not abide by the clear-cut convictions of a democratic system of administration. ...

A 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' Excerpt

remember the dream he had been having. It had been a good one" (Rowling 19). Contemporary Children First and foremost, we note...

Crime and its Causes

racial identities, cultural perceptions, religious ideals, moral codes, and more. Clearly then such diversity necessitates a dive...