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The Life and Times of Empedocles

This paper examines the life and teachings of ancient Greek philosopher, scientist, poet, and physician, Empedocies. This three p...

Scientific Quest and Realism

In five pages this paper discusses the quest for scientific knowledge that began during the 17th century and considers the develop...

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...

Triassic and Jurassic Changes in Climate and Geology

The disappearance of the dinosaur is an issue that divides both scientists and laypeople alike. This paper examines the part that ...

The Language of God by Francis Collins

idea of a scientist who believes in God is inconceivable. Science with its rigorous examination of cause and effect, its strict de...

Examining the Scientist-Practitioner Model of Psychological Training

models of training used in doctoral programs in professional psychology. However, the best-known of these models is the scientist-...

How Could Global Warming Affect Our Health?

no longer escape from our atmosphere as effectively as it once did. This couples with clear cutting that removes trees that actua...

Climate Change

and Vranes). This same organization reported that the ice on the Arctic Sea was the lowest ever in 2007 (Nodvin and Vranes). The d...

Forensic Chemistry & Trace Evidence

forensic scientists compare "body fluids and hair for typing factor" (Keenan). Forensic scientists also use chemistry to analyze "...

Albert Einstein: Life and Accomplishments

patent office located in Bern ("Albert Einstein"). It was during his employment here that Einstein began to write about theoretica...

HOMER HICKAM JR.: EXAMPLES OF LEADERSHIP

a national science fair (Homer Hickam Online, 2006). With help from a supportive teacher and inspired by rocket genius Werner von ...

Cinematic Explanation of Sciences' Gender Gap

crashes several hours flying time from a scientific research station in the Arctic. An Air Force crew is ordered to go and pick up...

Design, Empirical Research, and Scientific Method

technology (McPherson, 2001). As this suggests, there are other legitimate forms of scientific investigation besides the classical...

Reviews of Five Book Annotations

are numerous conditions and realities that Gardner (2000) examines and in one section, "The Forces that Will Remake Schools," he n...

Brain Development

to each other (BrainWonders, 2001). The connections are best described as electrical impulses that move down the nerve cell and th...

Do Cats Cause Schizophrenia - A Research Proposal

that pregnant women who are exposed to this infection in the early term "cause severe fetal CNS abnormalities" (Yolken and Torrey,...

Stem Cell Research: Societal Implications

in a laboratory situation (Licking, 1998; Brownlee and Schrof, 1998). Many of these cells, in fact, have the capability of develo...

British Scientist John Frederic Daniell's Life and Work

only due to contacts, but also dui to the reputation he had already been establishing for himself. Daniell had been conduc...

Roles of Tobacco Scientists

In his book, Question of Intent (which basically blows the lid sky-high off the shenanigans in the tobacco industry), author David...

GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS AND IMPACT ON SCIENTISTS

Discusses the impact of genetically modified foods and plants on the scientific community. There are 4 sources listed in the bibli...

Does Stress Cause Depression

This report investigated the question of how stress contributes to depression in some people and not in others? One of the results...

Pertussis Rises Again

By the 1970s, the country believed that scientists had finally controlled the spread of major diseases like whooping cough, also k...

Sir Isaac Newton, Biography

This essay present a biography of Sir Isaac Newton, renown 17th century mathematician and scientist. Three pages in length, two so...

Short Paper on Manfred Kochen and his Achievements

This 7 page paper gives an overview of the life and work of Manfred Kochen. This paper includes a short paper discussion of the ma...

Ideas For Teaching 0-6 Year-Olds

Theorists point out that even infants learn. In fact, infants learn math and science before they can talk. Young children are natu...

Science and Practice - Incompatible?

Science and practice of psychotherapy have been at odds for decades. Each has different goals: knowledge for its own sake or knowl...

A Review of Research Evaluating Green Tea Extract

A careful review of the experimental design and the potential motivations of the researchers is always wise. Otherwise the impact...

Cold Fusion, Stanley Pons, and Martin Fleischmann

happens, the muons take the place of the electrons and a fusion occurs. However, the process is not complete at this point. It is ...

Issues of Forensic Science in the United Kingom's Legal System

resulted in post-mortem examinations, and inquests were held in 25,800 cases." (Jones-Death Certificates). The Luce Report ...

Biography of Sir Christopher Wren

the inner circle, much like the royal physicians (Jardine, 2002). His sister married and her husband, Holder, became Christophers...