Essay on Mysteries of Science and Technology

numerous areas “The Mayan ruins testify to a civilization which was more sophisticated than its contemporaries in the West. The Mayans are the 'Greeks of the New World, ' …They also reveal their advanced knowledge in mathematics, the biological sciences and astronomy and a complex theology.” ( ) also had great influence in the development of art, architecture, and a complex writing system. The Mayans may not have been the true innovators of all these, but they were known for fully developing…

All writers contribute to their chosen genres, either by adopting generic conventions or by exploring these conventions and adapting them to create new aspect of their genre, or even a new genre altogether. Mary Shelley and William Shakespeare exemplify these ideas of adoption and adaptation. Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein is a classically gothic novel, it incorporates the supernatural with the realistic to create a horrific plot with deep psychological characters who’s actions question…

spread throughout the entire world, causing the rise of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) pandemic. There are many different theories on the origins of the HIV infection that caused for the AIDs pandemic. With recent advancements in technology and the professionalism of the doctors in Kinshasa, researchers have been able to trace the genome of the HIV virus back to earlier than was believed. A scientific journalist, David Quammen…

probabilities" is a book written in 2005 by Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, an award-winning Canadian statistician and author. Jeffrey S. Rosenthal graduated from Woburn Collegiate Institute in 1984, received his B.Sc. in mathematics, physics and computer science in Toronto in 1988. He later received his PhD in mathematics in Harvard University in 1992. He performs music and improv. comedy as well as being an author and supervisor of student projects. "Struck by Lightning: the curious world of…

“I don’t care that they stole my idea, I care that they don’t have any of their own” (Tesla). Those words and many more were uttered from the great master mind that is Nikola Tesla. Born in 1856, the Serbian-American resident of the town of Smiljan, which is in present day Croatia, was set on track for greatness. His father, a humble priest, however, his mother had a crafty hand for household tools and mechanical appliances which may have played a great influence on Tesla’s future creative…

For hundreds of years people of all different cultures have attempted to decipher the various mysteries of the human body during pregnancy and birth. As a result, often old wives’ tales were shared during pregnancy and birth as a way of people attempting to share authority and wisdom with those less experienced. However, many of the wives’ tales surrounding pregnancy and birth originated many years ago to simply explain the unexplainable or occurrences that weren’t normal. In addition, besides…

centuries ago, this was the explanation of natural phenomenons. In The Odyssey, a king must travel across Europe in order to return to his kingdom and family. On Odysseus's trip, he faces many natural disasters that he blames on the gods. As our technology advances, it becomes clearer and clearer that the answer isn't the gods creating storms and shaking the Earth. All the natural phenomenons in The Odyssey have a scientific reason for occurring. As Odysseus works his way back home, he spends…

toy section. I 've always wondered why she would fear something so much. I have a much better understanding of why and how phobias develop. In researching this I learned that I love researching and learning about psychology. I enjoy debunking the mysteries of our minds. The final thing that lead me down this career path is my experience dreaming. I have always been fascinated by…

project for one of the B-movie studios” (TCM). Once the idea was pitched to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), they instantly realized the film’s potential went beyond the B-movie variety, “to everybody’s surprise, the studio decided to make this their first science fiction film and budgeted the film at $1 million, later expanding it to almost double that amount” (TCM). MGM smartly brought onboard talented screenwriter and novelist Cyril Hume to improve the original story. Block was a multitalented…

The recent approaches to the study of the intelligence has been separated into two types of approaches. There are the Sternberg's Approach and Gardner's Approach. Sternberg deemed intelligence as the purposive adaptation to,selection of, and shaping of real world environments relevant to one's life & abilities. However, from Gardner's point of view, the aspects of intelligence are varied.All of the intelligence are independent and function simultaneously. Gardner's research on intelligence is…