“Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought” (Brainy Quotes). These are the words once spoken by Albert Szent- Gyorgi, the 1937 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine for discovering vitamin C. With interests in biology, a large sum of my time is spent in the lab or on a computer doing research. However research doesn’t have to apply only to biology of other physical sciences. Research can apply to most aspects and studies in life. Although when initially peering into humanities one may not notice the depths of research that has been done, and is capable of being done on the entities given. Biology and humanities have underlying connections that by investigating deeper into the matter, the
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Knowledge of the culture, of the traditions, what was deemed as valuable, and how the people lived. Although this story is one of epic nature, the supernatural features still provide insight into the life of those who formulated the story. When looking past the words of Gilgamesh, one can see the people that the story represents and the values they possessed. The character of Gilgamesh embodies the people who created him, and his actions and nature illustrates how they wished to be seen. Gilgamesh is said to be part god, yet remain mortal. He is a hero of legendary status, and has close to superhuman powers. Also, the way the story is told can also denote the culture. For example, the use of repetition represents the oral tradition of storytelling. Furthermore, the catalogue of items, such as weapons, warriors, and ships, depict how impossible travels would be for a normal human being; enforcing the idea that the character was god-like. Moreover, the story contains encyclopedic knowledge of the culture …show more content…
Art, literature, and music are all obvious to today’s world, yet there is much to be unearthed when diving deeper into each. This unearthing is what helps create the bonding between humanities and biology. Biology requires research to get a better understanding of the world around us. However, humanities could easily replace biology in the previous sentence and still maintain the same significance. By looking into each of the areas of humanities, it become obvious that humanities is not as different from biology or any science as thought before. Therefore, look at the obvious and seek to discover the
Knowledge of the culture, of the traditions, what was deemed as valuable, and how the people lived. Although this story is one of epic nature, the supernatural features still provide insight into the life of those who formulated the story. When looking past the words of Gilgamesh, one can see the people that the story represents and the values they possessed. The character of Gilgamesh embodies the people who created him, and his actions and nature illustrates how they wished to be seen. Gilgamesh is said to be part god, yet remain mortal. He is a hero of legendary status, and has close to superhuman powers. Also, the way the story is told can also denote the culture. For example, the use of repetition represents the oral tradition of storytelling. Furthermore, the catalogue of items, such as weapons, warriors, and ships, depict how impossible travels would be for a normal human being; enforcing the idea that the character was god-like. Moreover, the story contains encyclopedic knowledge of the culture …show more content…
Art, literature, and music are all obvious to today’s world, yet there is much to be unearthed when diving deeper into each. This unearthing is what helps create the bonding between humanities and biology. Biology requires research to get a better understanding of the world around us. However, humanities could easily replace biology in the previous sentence and still maintain the same significance. By looking into each of the areas of humanities, it become obvious that humanities is not as different from biology or any science as thought before. Therefore, look at the obvious and seek to discover the