Alchemy

Elizabeth becomes ill, and his mother passes away, Frankenstein becomes determined to find a way to bring the dead to life, and alter the cycles of life. He becomes intrigued and inspired by natural philosophy, especially the ideas of chemistry and alchemy through his studies at the University of Ingolstadt. Victor’s fascination in creating such an experiment sparked my interest after further reading about Frankenstein’s procedure for making his creature and what happens after it comes to life.…

Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist was born April 12 1903 in the Netherlands and passed June 9 1994. He has been remembered and recognized for his benefaction in developing econometrics. Tinbergen’s legacy of ethics began after he earned his doctoral degree in physics from Leiden University. There he studied his favorite subjects, mathematics and theoretical physics. Tinbergen was the eldest of five children; he would be the first in his family to accomplish the winning of a Nobel Prize, coming…

Ghashiram Kotwal and the Marathi Folk Form The use of folk forms for providing commentary on the current social and political situation has often been a popular device for playwrights. Vijay Tendulkar in his plays like “Ghashiram Kotwal”, “Silence! The Court is in Session” etc has used the “Tamasha” form to expose the social and political ills in the contemporary society (Sharma, p.14). By Developing the flexible as well as carefully crafted form, models of recitation and storytelling specific…

“‘Why should Caesar get to stomp around like a giant while the rest of us try not to get smushed under his big feet? What’s so great about Caesar? Hmm?’” (Mean Girls). This quote by Gretchen Weiners from the hit movie Mean Girls accurately sums up the plot to assassinate the dictator Julius Caesar. The assassination of Julius Caesar by Marcus Brutus, one of his closest friends and advisors, rocked the Roman world and set the stage for the development of the Roman Empire. In a similar manner,…

“We must have done with this idea of masterpieces reserved for a self-styled elite and not understood by the general public; the mind has no such restricted districts as those so often used for clandestine sexual encounters” (74). Artaud claims that the works of Sophocles and Shakespeare are no longer relevant to modern society – a society of mechanization and industrialization. “If the public does not frequent our literary masterpieces, it is because those masterpieces are literary, that is…

The importance of knowledge in the Islamic world was intrinsic to its culture. For, the Prophet Muhammad had repeatedly stressed on the importance of knowledge and learning: “Acquire knowledge, it enables its possessor to distinguish right from wrong; it lights the way to heaven. It is our friend in the desert, our company in solitude and companion when friendless. It guides us to happiness, it sustains us in misery, it is an ornament amongst friends and an armour against enemies.” Several…

The world’s most influential psychologist is without a doubt Sigmund Freud. While Freud’s original concepts are not in use today, Freud is the father of modern psychology. Nonetheless there is a psychologist greater than Freud. Carl Gustav Jung. The inspiration for the New Age and the Catholics, the introverts and extraverts, and the individual and the collective a like. Carl Jung’s theories encompassed the idea that the individual be compelled to become more self-actualized and more in touch…

I. Question How does the addition of sodium citrate and changing pH affect the ability of different foods to undergo spherification? II. Background Research Molecular gastronomists use special techniques, ingredients, and cooking principles to make certain chemical reactions occur. These reactions, produce new flavors and textures. One popular technique is cooking meat sous vid, a French word that means ?under vacuum?. Another technique is spherification (which the act of making liquid-filled…