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Scientist Essays and Term Papers
Creationism Vs. EvolutionIn my short life on this planet I have come to question things that many take upon blind faith. We all know that we must some day die; yet we continuously deny the forces at work inside ourselves, which want to search out the answers of what may or may not come after. It is far easier for ...
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Alchemy: The science by aid of which the chemical philosophers of
medieval times attempted to transmute the baser metals into gold or silver.
There is considerable divergence of opinion as to the etymology of the word,
but it would seem to be derived from the Arabic al=the, and kimya=chemistry,
which in ...
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Thomas Edison And His InventionsThomas Alva Edison is considered one of the greatest inventors in history. He was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847 and died in 1931. During his life he patented 1,093 inventions. Many of these inventions are in use today and changed the world forever. Some of his inventions include ...
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MicroburstsThe extent to which wind shear presents a hazard to aircraft has
been well documented in the last ten years. Since some wind shear can
occur in otherwise relatively good weather, the most hazardous kind, a
microburst, is associated with rain showers and thunderstorms even thought
the parent storm ...
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Frankensteinis a story by Mary Shelley. This story is about a scientist named Victor who had great hopes for his creature, but after he is done, he can't understand why it came out the way it did.
Before Victor started his project on creating the creature, he planned that this would be a great ...
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Atomic Bomb 3On August 2, 1939 Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This was right before the start of World War 2. In this letter Einstein and several other scientists told Roosevelt of the efforts Hitler was making to purify U-235 in which he hoped to make an atomic bomb. This is when ...
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Side Effects Of Carl Djerassi And Syntex's Oral ContraceptiveIn 1951 Carl Djerassi, with the Mexican pharmaceutical company Syntex, developed the first oral contraceptive by synthesizing and altering the natural hormone Progesterone into a superpotent, highly effective oral progestational hormone called "norethindrone".
Admittedly, the dynamics and ...
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Chance Or PlanningHSS 208-Dr. O'Hara
Intelligence and planning are necessary factors in scientific research, however
chance and luck are also important and somewhat necessary factors. The
Autobiography of Charles Darwin and the memoir, The Double Helix, written by
James Watson, prove this assertion. Charles ...
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DescartesRene was one of the most influential thinkers in the history of the philosophy. Born in 1596, he lived to become a great mathematician, scientist, and philosopher. In fact, he became one of the central intellectual figures of the sixteen hundreds. He is believed by some to be the father of ...
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Lack Of Knowledge Thesis Examination“Knowledge is power.” This is a famous phrase that has a lot of truth to it. What if the knowledge is incomplete? Is it still powerful or just a burden? Frankenstein and his creature are a prime example of the burden brought on one’s life through incomplete knowledge. Frankenstein has a great ...
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What Is TruthFour values above all are the key to ultimate happiness and contentment and are evident in the first paragraph of “The Sound of Laughter”. Here it reads:
“My memory when I’m gone will be colorful, rich, full of happiness and light.…they will see a bright smiling ...
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Coelacanthsare an ancient fish-like vertebrates that first appeared some 350 million years ago, about the time the first creatures emerged from sea to land. In terms of evolution, these ancient "fishes" are more closely related to land animals than to fish. Note the specimen's paired fins. They are ...
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Creative Story: Fast EddieWhere do I begin... to write down my misadventure. I would have never
picked up a pen and began had it not been for my host. He's the type of fellow
who tells you what to do and his partners (soldiers) make sure you did just as
your told. This hideout, this fortress has more weapons than I've ...
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Jurassic ParkFrom the story many questions arise about the condition of the future. With the introduction of biotechnology, what we all want to know is, will this technology be used for the good of mankind? Will it be used to create faster and easier methods of working? Will it be used to create ...
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Ozone DepletionIn this world of rapid change, it's extremely difficult for a company to
stay ahead of the game even using all the resources available to them. So, it's
difficult to imagine the problems they would run into when a group of
environmentalists decide to boycott a substance which is the foundation ...
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Charles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin was the fifth child of Robert Waring Darwin
and Susannah Wedgewood. He was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury,
England where his father practiced medicine. He attended Shrewsbury
Grammar School which was a well-kn own secondary school which concentrated
on teaching ...
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Personal Writing: If I Could Meet Three People, I Would Meet....The dead people might left something useful for you. People in the
history could keep us from doing something wrong that they had done. In
generations, people improved so much because of those individuals in the
past gave us experience, so, we don't go to the wrong directions again.
There are ...
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The Generation Gap In The Joy Luck Club"Hey, Ben, are you Japanese or Chinese?" I asked. His reply, as it seems to be for a lot of minority groups, was, "Neither, I'm Chinese-American." So, besides his American accent and a hyphenated ending on his answer to the SAT questionnaire about his ethnic background, what's the difference? In ...
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A Short History Of Anti-semitiThe Second World War has left an unmistakable impression on the whole of Europe that will never be forgotten. Whether visible to the naked eye, or hidden in the consciousness of its people, the war has scarred Europe indelibly. Historically, the foremost recognizable perpetration against ...
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Terrors Of The NightNightmares: .Sigmund Freud, who was a famous researcher of the theory of dreams, thought childhood punishments caused nightmares. Also, according to modern sleep laboratory's experiment rapid eye movement occurs during nightmare. Nightmares and night terrors have two major differences. Night ...
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