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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 Controversy Over Sun Spots

In five pages this overview defines sun spots and then examines the scientific controversy they have generated along with future i...

Comparison of Scientific Revolution of 1500 and the Industrial Revolution of 1750

In five pages an English emphasis in a comparison of these two revolutions is featured. Five sources are cited in the bibliograph...

Russ Rymer and Scientific Tragedy of Genie

In five pages this paper discusses Genie, her treatment, the article by Russ Rymer and its impact upon the scientific establishmen...

Harman's Views on Scientific and Moral Reasoning

This paper examines the theories of Gilbert Harman pertinent to scientific and moral reasoning. The author addresses how morality...

Scientific Psychology and the Negative Consequences of Dualism of Mind and Body

In two pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes' theory on the dualism between the mind and body had negative consequences fo...

Nursing and Scientific Paradigms

In twelve pages this paper examines nursing in terms of various rationalistic and naturalistic paradigms. Seventeen sources are c...

European Scientific Revolution of the 16th and 17th Centuries

in the numbers of scientists and "practitioners" (cartographers), instrumentmakers, navigators, and so on), and the consequent cre...

Scientific Impressionism of George Seurat

In three pages this essay discusses the statement that 'the ultimate example of an artist as a scientist' within the context of Se...

Frederick Taylor, Walter A. Shewart, W. Edwards Deming, and the Scientific School of Management

In six pages this paper examines the contributions of these men in the development of the scientific management theoretical school...

Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Perspectives on Society and the World

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the global and societal perspectives of the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolu...

Scientific Skills and Their Proper Uses

In five pages this paper assesses the observation made by sociologist Dorothy Nelkin, ''Scientists should restrain their tendency ...

Scientific Knowledge and Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

In six pages this report analyzes Verne's text in terms of how scientific knowledge influences plot, character, and subplots. Fou...

Scientific Community and Fascism's Rise

In six pages this essay discusses fascism's rise and science's role. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Scientific Inquiry Logic

In twenty pages this paper discusses various scientific inquiries regarding logic in terms of theory, conditions, correlation, and...

THE REALITY OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING: A SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE REVIEW

A scientific literature review about climate change and global warming. There are 10 sources listed in the bibliography of this 8-...

Psychology as an Independent Scientific Discipline

there are numerous disadvantages inherent in restricting psychological investigations to the hard and fast rules of science. Psyc...

Discussion of the Scientific Method

sunny window and the other cup was placed outside that it received direct sunlight. In both cases, the plants grew straight up unt...

Forensic Science and the Scientific Method

nature of everything from human and animal biology to the farthest reaches of the cosmos. Because of this, what scientists "do" is...

The Myth of Scientific Progess

themselves, but rather because of sweeping conceptual changes across culture as a whole (Kuhn, 1996). For instance, the industrial...

Forensic Science and the Scientific Method

forensic methodologies such as phrenology. While there is some basic variation in regards to terminology and other superficial fac...

Methods for Proving Scientific Hypotheses

the product of common sense, not the result of complicated mathematical reasoning" (Watson and Stent 50). Watson and Crick work...

Evaluating Scientific Method and Sources for Research

of the research, but does not inherently define objectivity as a component of research. The peer-review process does ensure that...

Applying the Scientific Method: Science in Everyday Life

Observation of the light bulb might also support this hypothesis. In order to test the hypothesis, I would change the light bulb ...

Evolutionary and Creation Scientific Theories

were placed upon the earth. The Darwinian theory of natural selection states, in effect, that creatures adapt to their sur...

Enlightenment and Environmental Creation by the Scientific Revolution

and inextricably a branch of religion. Beginning with the radical Copernicus, who taught that the earth revolved around the sun, E...

Summary of a Scientific Study

from North and South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe, and asked them to determine the emotional intent of faces from their own a...

Scientific Issues Overview

In a paper of seven pages, the writer looks at scientific issues and the arguments surrounding them. Overpopulation, climate chang...

'No Miracles' Argument and Scientific Realism

not in the business of representing aspects of the world, there is no way to argue for a plurality of moral truths, simply from th...

Laudan, Boyd, and Putnam on Scientific Realism

In four pages scientific realism is examined in the concepts of Laudan, Putnam, and Boyd. Two sources are cited in the bibliograp...