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Essays 751 - 780

Studies in Humanities

itself would indicate that there can be no genuinely thorough comprehension of other areas of study unless the student has at leas...

Overview of the Romantic Age

In the various paintings, one can see an appreciation of nature figuring more prominently as well as a celebration of the emotiona...

Cloning of Human Beings Should Not Be Allowed for Religious, Scientific, and Moral Reasons

womb, is upon the world. These are issues of science fiction, but as time goes on they become science fact, a situation that has t...

1940s' Scientific and Technological Developments

The discovery in the 1940s that ticks are attracted to a cloth which had been impregnated with the scent of a dog (Miller, 1996), ...

Overview of OPC3

large role in the stabilization of collagen and elastin, which are two basic proteins in the connective tissues that surround most...

Organizations, Motivation, and Taylorism

et al, 1996). The next step from this sub-division of labour was scientific management, founded by Frederick Winslow Tayl...

Existence Issues Surrounding Frankenstein's Monster

the science of anatomy: but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human body" (Shel...

Progress of Fat and Genetic Predisposition to Obesity

health. There are morbidly obese people who appear to enjoy being the way they are and actively seek to maintain their stat...

Connection Between Mood and Exercise

(2001). All would wear heart monitors and were instructed to maintain a target heart rate by pedaling at a particular speed (2001)...

God's Existence Arguments

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

U.S. and Domestic Violence

only the persons, place, or things the violence is inflicted upon, but also victimizes the witnesses to such occurrences. With ...

Time and Philosophy

When he finally gets the ice cream, he is happy. So was this an example of the past, the present and the future? Not necessarily...

Philosophy Questions and Religion

for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...

Proof, Empirical Evidence, and Scientific Theory

a further truth, it is only common sense that the empirical evidence gathered up to that time is the evidence that is taken to be ...

Life History and Contributions of Paracelsus

which a metal has grown is such a concealment. Each one of the visible metals is a concealment of the other six metals" (The Coelu...

The Central Elements of Chaos Theory

and then interpreted. When the different factors or inputs are altered, the height and distance the item travels will change but n...

Political and Socioeconomic Conditions Necessary for a Scientific Revolution

for new ideas to flourish. The two aspects of developing civilisation - socio-historical change and the growth of scientific thoug...

Extra Sensory Perception and a Scientific Argument Against It

primary methods employed for studies concerning ESP has been the "forced-choice" procedure, in which participants were asked to g...

McDonald's and a Behavioral Theory Application

scientific management so that it can be applied to McDonalds. Scientific management is a form of organisational management that se...

Scientific Management Theories, Motivation, and Theories

scientifically managed (Accel, 2003). Taylor had particular objectives for scientific management which are still used today in man...

Literature Review, Scientific and Ethics Research

and Public Policy, 1995). These days, this still happens -- older scientists regularly mentor younger scientists and through that...

Erik Erikson's Contributions to Science

was born to Karla Abrahamsen in Frankfort Germany on June 15, 1902 (Wu, 2002). Eriksons Danish father had abandoned his pregnant ...

Scientific Management and Taylor's Theories

has impacted on mass production and the criticisms of it the starting point needs to be with the work of the founder; Frederick Ta...

Cibelli, Lanza, West, and Ezzell's Research on 'The First Human Cloned Embryo'

this article contend that they believe their achievements: "represent the dawn of a new age...

Critiquing Barnes' and Bloor's 'Strong Programme' of Scientific Sociological Knowledge

counter the views of those sociologists who believe that this is not the case, that pure knowledge stands independent from social ...

Patient Outcome and Defining the Contribution of Nursing

authors have explored the importance of the holistic approach in positively impacting patient outcome. As early as the 1970s rese...

Hurricanes of the North Atlantic Climate and Society by James B. Elsner and A. Birol Kara

fields, both authors are no doubt responsible for the consideration of the intended governmental and decision-making importance th...

Baroque Period Technology and Science

At the same time, there was a new found wealth to come through the newly erupting middle class ("The Baroque" 2003). It was a time...

Science and the Underdetermination of Theory by Evidence

underdetermination. The scientific process is characterized by two separate yet integrated approaches. These approaches are that...

Durkheim and Dawkins

and evolve (Durkheim, 1965). He argued that society had to be present within an individual, and that religion was a way of reinfor...