Botany

A lot of modern society reflects Aldous Huxley's vision of what the world would be like in his novel Brave New World. In the novel, Huxley predicts that in the new society people would rely on drugs for antidepressants, sex being more a means-to-an-end instead of a privilege, and the constant need and want for technology. Instead of understanding and heading the consequences of what Huxley is trying to get across in this novel, we as a society have ignored him and ended up in the same type of…

Renaissance artists, in contrary, thought otherwise. The introduction of new painting techniques and materials, such as perspective through usage of a vantage point by Piero della Francesca and Andrea Mantegna, incorporation of studies in anatomy and botany by Giotto, or oil-based paint, provided artists of the Renaissance the ability to evade themselves from the flat and stylized features of medieval art, and in replacement, realistically depicted their subject, albeit nature, animals, or human…

The book “Harvest for Hope”, written by Jane Goodall, outlines and inspires the audience to eat mindfully and healthily. The author explains how a great portion of our nutrient intake is unknowingly mixed with toxins, and made in miserable conditions. Dr. Goodall explains this successfully by analyzing the typical practices of industrial agriculture, which then leads her on to examine the repercussions of these techniques, pressing the point that we are fatally detached from nature and it’s…

The idea of a renaissance man was created during the renaissance humanism. This considered man the center of the universe. This led to many individuals testing their knowledge and wanting to embrace and learn more. This was known as the Renaissance Man, although many could fit the description, Leonardo da Vinci is the best known, although this was a concept many years ago it is still possible to be one today. During the renaissance time periods a person who had many talents and was well educated…

Emily Dickinson was born on December/10th/1830 in Amherst Massachusetts. Dickinson’s family originated from New England. Dickinson’s grandfather Samuel Dickinson, was widely known as the inventor of Amherst College. Dickinson’s father worked and served in Amherst as a state legislator. Dickinson has 2 siblings named William Austin, Lavinia Norcross. Dickinson was a great student at Amherst Academy for 7 years and then went to Mount Holyoke Female Seminary for 1 year. The real reason on why…

While reading the articles, “New ‘phantom’ dinoflagellate is the causative agent of major estuarine fish kills” published in Nature in 1992, and “Killer Algae” published in Discover in 1993, the reader is able to perceive similarities and differences between the two articles. Both articles are about a mysterious species of dinoflagellate that kill large quantities of fish. “New ‘phantom’...” and “Killer Algae” both explain why the species of dinoflagellate is considered a ‘phantom’. The…

shift in tone. Esther speaks about her experience in college with definite apathy. In order to transition from describing Esther’s experience in Botany to her experience in physics Plath uses the single sentence paragraph, “The day I went into physics class it was death.” A feeling of frustration and disappointment is central in both the explanation of the Botany and Physics classes, so here the single sentence paragraph is used merely to transition topics. This also works with several of the…

The Victorian Era (A discussion on critique of victorian schools) “We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity”(De Angelis). In the victorian era, there were many difficult times that had to be challenging to get through, that is just life, right? Life is not always about surviving, it is in fact about living. No matter what, there is always going to be hard times that we need to face. There is many differences in…

of the elements have their own specific anatomical number. In addition, the number can be used to present the connection between mathematics and nature. For example, according to the video The Great Math Mystery, Fibonacci sequences appear a lot in botany. Fibonacci number can be the number of flower petals or two sets of spirals while looking at a cone or a seed of tree.…

The Accomplishments of Jean Jacques Rousseau Jean Jacques Rousseau was one of the few people who could be considered as a jack of all trades. He was a philosopher, author, and composer, and he also dabbled in botany and mathematics. He produced many wonderful works in his lifetime and had made several important contributions to music, literature, and political philosophy. His professional success belied the difficult childhood that he had. His mother died a few days after he was born, and his…