Science And Technology Development Essays and Term Papers

Computer Viruses

In 1949 the Hungarian-American mathematician John von Neumann, at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey suggested that it was theoretically possible for a computer program to replicate. This theory was later tested in the 1950s at Bell Laboratories when a game called Core Wars ...

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Facing Reality

Are we all aware of the uses of technologies we are helping to create? "If there is war we shall all die"(Weizenbuaum 716). These are pretty strong words that he suggests. Weizenbaum wants us all to consider if our daily work contributes to the "insanity of further armament"(716) or to the ...

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Fordism And Scientific Managem

FORDISM, SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT AND THE LESSONS FOR CONTEMPORARY ORGANISATIONS ent are terms used to describe management that had application to practical situations with extremely dramatic effects. Fordism takes its name from the mass production units of Henry Ford, and is identified by an ...

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Virtualism In Architecture

This subject was suggested as a possible topic from the course outline. As it is an area of much interest and controversy was chosen as the direction of study for the paper. Previous research into Virtual Reality (VR), coupled with a particular interest in its architectural application also ...

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Fordism And Scientific Managem

FORDISM, SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT AND THE LESSONS FOR CONTEMPORARY ORGANISATIONS ent are terms used to describe management that had application to practical situations with extremely dramatic effects. Fordism takes its name from the mass production units of Henry Ford, and is identified by an ...

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Genomics

The Impact of on the World’s Economy , the science of manipulating, building, studying, and designing molecules, is going to change the face of the world’s economy as we know it. Companies are rushing to adapt to the rapidly changing economic environment as new discoveries are being made in this ...

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Frankenstein

The term Gothic conjures up images of frightened women, graveyards, and haunted castles in the mist, popular settings for horror films. But is this what Gothic means? The Oxford Companion to English Literature defines Gothic as, “Tales of the macabre, fantastic, and supernatural, usually ...

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Possibility Of Terraforming One Of Earth's Neighboring Planets

The focus of this research is to assign a Kuhnian perspective to the possibility of terraforming one of Earth's neighboring, terrestrial planets. I decided to utilize "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" by Thomas Kuhn, as a primary source because Kuhn offers a precise evaluation of ...

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Hiroshima And Nagasaki Bombing

Fifty four years ago, the detonation of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima (and later on Nagasaki) ushered to the Nuclear Age. It was a moment full of horror, in which the eyes of the whole world were opened to the unimaginable possibility of nuclear holocaust. The ...

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Computer and Internet

The Computer and Internet, while being useful, can never replace the classroom and the teacher.’ Discuss. Yes, I would agree with that view. While the computer and Internet provide a wealth of information and a source of entertainment, it is not the ideal environment for teaching and learning. ...

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Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the research, design, development, construction, testing, science and technology of aircraft and spacecraft. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. The ...

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Maths In School

Maths in Schools In this assignment I will show an understanding of how maths has developed in education and particular schools, and the history of schools as it has changed through different ages and its historical development of teaching in schools. I will also look at the different aspects ...

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The Internet

is a worldwide connection of thousands of computer networks. All of them speak the same language, TCP/IP, the standard protocol. allows people with access to these networks to share information and knowledge. Resources available on are chat groups, e-mail, newsgroups, file transfers, and the ...

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China's Economy Evolution

Reform-dubbed China's "Second Revolution" was one of the most common terms in China's political vocabulary in the 1980's. Reform of the Chinese Communist Party and its political activities, reform of government organization, reform of the economy, military reforms, cultural and artistic reforms, ...

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Peter The Great 2

Towards the end of the seventeenth century Russia differed very little from what it had been at the end of the fifteenth. During the reign of Peter the Great Russia's desire for change and a quest for progress was reaching levels comparable to those of Europe. Peter the Great is associated with ...

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The Y2K Problem

Introduction The year 2000 problem could have been completely prevented had some early people envisioned the degree to which the microprocessor would change our lives. Surely, no one would have thought that in the early days of ENIAC that everything from your alarm clock to your car would be ...

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Peter The Great

Towards the end of the seventeenth century Russia differed very little from what it had been at the end of the fifteenth. During the reign of Russia's desire for change and a quest for progress was reaching levels comparable to those of Europe. is associated with the movement of Russia from ...

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The Study of Psychology

The study of psychology in a philosophical context dates back to the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, China, India, and Persia. Historians point to the writings of ancient Greek philosophers, such as Thales, Plato, and Aristotle (especially in his De Anima treatise),[11] as the first ...

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The Invisible Man

Introduction In England a physics researcher fascinated with light and optical density will discover how to make objects and he invisible. Although this seems a great feat, selfishness will lead him to conceal his amazing discovery from the world and only to use his new found advantage on ...

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Technologies in Law Enforcement

Abstract Over the last decade, computer technology has been successfully used to capture and process fingerprint data. Successful implementation of fingerprint identification systems includes the Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), which operates in the FBI at Clarksburg, WV. ...

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