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in mankinds history, the machine will far exceed that most refined and sophisticated of all machines: the human brain? The movie ...
possibilities that we have lying in store for us in the future as a diagnosis of the present. Bell concludes that:...
This 7 page paper gives an overview of the book The Time Maching by H.G. Wells. This paper includes explanations of how the book p...
movement, and the technical developments of the 1980s" (Neuromancer, William Gibson). The word "neuromancer" is a compound: "neuro...
on the nature of the fourth dimension, i.e., time, as well as the astronomical features and evolutionary development that he obser...
Yancey wrote: "Today, the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., opens its Marian Koshland Science Museum. The ...
This research paper pertains to the topic of genetic manipulation and how advancements in this field were predicted by science fic...
possible, but have not been invented yet. This will sound strange, because science itself is just getting started, but really, all...
machine, and cannot understand why his mother doesnt really seem to love him. Among the science fiction elements are the followi...
ordinary life, one can take the comments at face value, or use them as somewhat of a springboard for further thought or discussion...
in the form of mere "intelligence." Their bodies were physically dead, but they were supposedly alive in cyberspace. This brings u...
In five pages this paper discusses the science fiction text in terms of present and future technological and scientific parallels....
In nine pages this paper examines how technology can lead society into a dark dystopia in an analysis of William Gibson's Neuroman...
This essay pertains to the novel "Dawn" by Octavia Butler and the films "District 9" and "The Omega Man," and argues that each of ...
In 5 pages this paper analyzes the science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke by examining the science and religion connection of t...
is how science fiction portrays this futuristic idea. Indeed, the extent to which films and books have expounded upon the potenti...
instrumental in carrying out biometrics as they allow scientists to algorithmically search through massive databases of fingerprin...
America, and the finicky laws that change over time, it is hard to know fact from fiction. For example, was cocaine ever legal? Wa...
After the American Revolution, "state legislatures standardized common-law crimes such as murder, burglary, arson and rape by putt...
a very good living as a famous writer once he was able to leave behind this terrible episode in his life. Ma took his experiences...
Will people resort to genocide because of the population? Third-world countries commit acts of genocide now. In fact, genocide w...
In five pages this paper discusses how to assess the UK's economic performance during the ten year period between 2020 and 2030. ...
In eight pages this paper examines the literary departure of James Joyce in this 1916 example of modernist fiction....
sees the cultural upheavals which have befallen the mainland in its over forty years under socialism as a backdrop, not a major pl...
Herodotus (Vidal). Herodotus was an actual historical figure, known as both the "father of history" and the "father of lies." Here...
band" * "Crawling peg" * "Rates within crawling bands" * "Managed float with no pre-announced exchange rate path" * "Independently...
PBS, tells the story of this despicable episode in the history of American jurisprudence. The saga of the Massie Affair begins in ...
predicting mortality and morbidity. Authors provide a section to explain and explore the existence of natriuretic peptides. Anoth...
of secretarial work could be done-as could most lower echelon jobs-more quickly and efficiently and cheaply by machines" (Vonnegut...
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