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Scientific Essays and Term Papers
Medicine In AmericaJames Cassedy’s , A Short History takes a comprehensive look at medical progress in America from its colonial days to the present time. The book takes on five different themes in discussing medicine. First, it discusses the medical establishment, and how it develops over time. Second, it looks at ...
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AristotlePlato was a philosopher who had been a student of Socrates. He formed the first known “university” called the Academy. Plato’s most widely known work is The Republic and his most famous idea is the Theory of Forms1-3. Plato in his Theory of Forms believed that while one’s present life ...
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Article CritiqueAristotle’s scientific method of analyzing empirical data helped pave the way for later generations to understand the “whys” of our world in a much more precise way. The later philosophy of empiricism or “experience-sense data” made famous by John Locke and David Hume, is a better method of ...
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CryogenicsCryonics and its Scientific Validity
People have an unavoidable instinct to want to escape morality. C. Ben Mitchell writes, "the impulse for immortality is a deeply human impulse" (169). One way people avoid death is through the use of cryonics. Cryonics is referred to the ¡°practice of ...
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Leonardo as a ScientistLeonardo da Vinci was a genius who, driven by his almost haunting curiosity, set out on a mission of observing, analyzing the world. Although he is also a gifted artist, a ground breaking inventor, he should be most credited for his exceptional brilliance in science, which, in a way, might even be ...
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Legalizing Medical MarijuanaMarijuana, also known as cannabis, is the most commonly used illegal drug. It is considered a soft drug and consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant. The drug is either smoked or chewed for an euphoric effect. The first use of marijuana is recorded around 2500 B.C. in ancient Chinese ...
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Avery's Article on Global WarmingAs a reader the first thing I noticed about this piece is that it is an extract from The Guardian newspaper. This shows that this article is meant for intelligent and a more intellectual readership. Avery is trying to convince the reader that Global Warming is a good thing which we can benefit ...
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Solar SailsSailing Into the Final Frontier
Space, the final frontier, it has always been a goal to explore the universe and unlock its mysteries. Science had yet to create a method that allows man to travel fast enough or far enough to discover what lies beyond what we already know is there, until now. ...
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The Reproductive SystemWell honey when two people are really in love… boy oh boy, just one of the many possible phrases that parents use to explain the reproductive system in action. The reproductive system is such an amazing system because it gives in retrospect a woman the ability to give birth to a baby. Yes, of ...
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Adolf HitlerBorn in the Austrian town of Braunau on April 20, 1889, Adolf was the fourth child of Alois Schickelgruber and Klara Hitler. By 1900, young Adolf's talents as an artist surfaced. He did well enough in school to be eligible for either the university preparatory school or the technical/scientific ...
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Nikola TeslaNIKOLA TESLA
Nikola Tesla was born on July 9/10 (midnight), 1856 in Smiljam, Croatia, to a Serbian family. His father was an orthodox priest. His mother was unschooled but quite intelligent. Nikola was a dreamer who loved poetry. He was self-disciplined and compulsive. His principle ...
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Atomic BombThesis: The research for the first Atomic bomb was done in the United States, by a group of the best scientists; this research was given the name of “The Manhattan Project”.
On Monday July 16th, 1945, a countdown for the detonation of the first atomic bomb took place near Los Alamos, New ...
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The Female BrainHuman DNA is about 99 percent the same in women and men. Although the difference on a genetic scale is miniscule, it shows an infinite number of differences between the genders. The most significant difference is in the make-up of the smartest organ. The human brain is an immensely intricate ...
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The Knowledge BowlOnce upon a time, in a country called Poland, in a town called Krakow, there lived a young girl of about 27 years of age. Her name was Agnieszka (pronounced Ag•niesh•ka). Agnieszka had lived through probably the most sorrowful moments anyone could live through, and that was because she had been ...
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A Sociological View Point on Suicide....Sociology is defined as the scientific study of social structure and social interaction and of the factors making for change in social structure and social interaction.(2) Such studies help better understand why people act out the way they do. One result of change in social structure and social ...
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Genetic DeterminismWhat role do genes play in how organisms develop? To answer this question we must distinguish the genotype from the phenotype. Genetic determinism means that the genotype completely determines the phenotype, that is, the genes completely determine how an organism turns out. Basically genetic ...
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Media ViolenceMedia Violence
Andrew O’Hehir gives many examples to illustrate his viewpoint in “The Myth of Media Violence” such as how media violence is not a new demon, but something that has been around for as long as Western Civilization. He additionally provides several examples of violence not only in ...
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Spinoza and The Mind and BodyThere are many questions still rising about if the mind and body are two different substances or one whole substance. If you believe that the mind and body are separate, then you are a dualist. If the mind and body are one, then you are a monist. The distinction of mind and body is a problem ...
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Erasmus' Influence on More's Utopia. To be or not to be a humanist.More was born on February 7, 1478, in London, which, if not yet the chief city of the world, was at least one of the most important commercial centres of Europe, in which the tendencies of the new mode of production were sharply and clearly defined.
He came of an “honest but by no means eminent” ...
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Violent Video Games and Increased Aggression"Get over here!" The angered and scratchy voice bellows from deep within the strong, mean-spirited ninja. The ninja throws forth a blade that is fastened to the end of a long, black rope. The sharp point of the spear pierces the skin and takes root deep within the stomach of a screaming, young ...
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