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Reasons or Causes and Individual Actions

In fourteen pages the causality of people's actions and whether or not they are rooted in reasons are examined through social scie...

Fiskadoro by Denis Johnson

In five pages this science fiction text and its moral social implications are analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

Different Views on Chaos Theory

7 pages and 7 sources. This paper provides an overview of the basic elements of chaos theory and relates them to views of their a...

A Review of The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan

The writer reviews The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan, in which the scientists challenges many current theories. The writer arg...

The SPSS Database and Empirical Political Analysis

This paper examines the use of Statistical Program for the Social Sciences (SPSS) database and how it can be use for political ana...

Social Issues in Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein

In five pages social issues as they are represented in this science fiction classic novel are examined in a discussion that also i...

Carol H. Weiss's Theoretical Contributions

as integral parts of the policy process (1977). By looking at policy and policy makers, Weiss blends the role of the social scient...

Sociological Perspective and Its Emergence

In three pages the emergence of sociology is examined within the context of its social science counterparts with historical sociol...

Political Science Perspectives

Perspectives on the assessment and classification of political science are discussed in a report consisting of five pages with the...

Political Writings of Jean Jacques Rousseau

In eight pages this paper examines the political writings of Jean Jacques Rousseau in a consideration of On the Social Contract, T...

Overview of Educational Research

in scientific research demonstrates the validity of the qualitative approach: Criterion Quantitative Research Qualitative Research...

Humanity and Science in The Two Cultures by C.P. Snow

was Frank Raymond Leavis, one of Snows contemporaries. Leavis viewed Snows suggestions as crassly materialistic. He suggested in...

Body Modification as a Way to Express Individuality

against parents or to be a part of a group. Some may just follow friends, but others get gang tattoos that acknowledge them as a p...

C. Wright Mills' Sociological Perspectives

In fourteen pages this paper examines The Sociological Imagination in an overview of the social science perspectives of C. Wright ...

Law and Economic Analysis

In five pages economic analysis along with bankruptcy will be assessed within the context of Charles Rowley's statement, 'The econ...

Researching and Writing the Case Study

that background on the particular business be taken prior to relaying the facts of the scenario on which the case is based. The ne...

The Origins and Relevance of Sociology

for two centuries. Sociology actually arose during the early part of the nineteenth century and is thought to be something respond...

Psychology and the Importance of Facts

always right is besides the point. If one is to define science or even social science in this case, would one see it as fallible? ...

The Island of Doctor Moreau and The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

and destiny (Aubrey). While Darwin pictures humanity as consistently evolving toward more intelligence and reason, Huxleys take on...

Sociology Rise and the Influence of Social Forces

as it contains class divisions and all of the things on which sociology tends to focus. It created the impetus for the creation of...

Practice of Psychology

behind human behavior and learned a great deal within the setting of the laboratory. Psychoanalysis began with Freud and gained de...

The Physical Realm According to Rene Descartes

examine carefully Descartes famous "cogito ergo sum" statement, which was the original Latin for "I think, therefore I exist" - or...

Birth Defects and Vitamin A Overuse

In five pages this paper discusses how birth defects including those involving the cranial neural crest and retinal issues can be ...

Building Blocks of Scientific Study

reality rather than the expectations of the experimenters (Wolf, 2002). The scientific method for determining the nature and cau...

Martin & Gould/Gender Stereotype & Reproduction

brain scarcely heavier than that of white women" (Gould 154). As this illustrates, Gould uses science history to show how deeply...

Forensic Science And Crime Scene Investigation: Importance Of Molecular Biology

and result. DNA testing within forensic science is one of the most important examples of how technology has enabled law enforceme...

Dalai Lama/The Universe in a Single Atom

spiritual enlightenment. The central message of Buddhism is that all creatures, one of great intelligence, and even those that w...

Teaching : Art Or Science

what this person means by control. Teachers are never going to have complete control over their classrooms. There are just too man...

Ethics

are a small minority (we hope). It is important for scientists to not get so intent on proving one thing or another that they vi...

Observations in History, Nationalism, and Military Strategy and Technology

measuring stick against which all the answers to all the questions could be compared to see if they measured up. Not only was sci...