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    Frankenstein has also inspired many movies. According to Bowles and Kaplan, “the same concerns of misguided science were a central theme of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, though readers tend to forget that the title of the book was the name of the scientist, not the monster” (Bowles and Kaplan, 2012, pg. 1). The story Frankenstein was written…

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    due to the single stranded ribonucleic acid contained in many viruses, however, the virus in I am Legend producing a massive deviation from the original virus is highly unlikely. In regards to whether such a scenario is possible, Lee stated that ‘Scientists don’t like to deal in absolutes, but in this case, I would say absolutely impossible’ (Lee qtd. In Dalhousie). Lee’s work exemplifies the arduous journey of perfecting an organism before the general public has access. Careful trial and error,…

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    informational texts have addressed the numerous influences of modern innovation. On a global scale technological advancements may be beneficial in the near future but, over time, they could also prove to be detrimental to society as a whole. In the fictional work “The Veldt,” a family has a house that does everything for them. The house ties their shoes, brushes their teeth, and even bathes them (Bradbury). The home is technologically advanced to save energy and ensure its owners have little to…

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    A Career In Forensics

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    Television has produced numerous shows that do not paint a clear or accurate picture of what a Forensic Scientist job entails. Criminal shows exaggerate the techniques and fail to note the importance of the abilities of Forensic Scientist and Crime Scene Investigators. A reported 100 million people watch criminal television shows weekly, who form a perception often skewed and fictional in regarding the real world of Forensics. Sorenson Forensics Executive Director Tim Kupferschmid…

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    detective use to carry out investigation to detect the criminal who commit the crime. The detective will take all the evidence they collected at the crime scene to forensic lab for proper examination including the dead body for autopsy. However, the fictional shows exposes idealistic competencies of forensic science. Furthermore, in the movie “Seven”, written by Andrew Kevin Walker, the movie is about the serial killer who is killing people in which each dead people reflect the seven deadly…

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    Victor Frankenstein a fictional mad scientist may have more in common with modern day scientists than most expect; both going against nature and our humanity to create life. Cloning an idea not so long ago seemed like it was purely science fiction, but now that it’s looking more and more like an actuality, we ask ourselves should we keep it that way. Cloning animals is not only unnatural but has uncertain outcomes with a high failure rate and a high probability of diseased clones to continue the…

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    The famous scientist Ernest Rutherford, better known as the father of nuclear physics, once said that it should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid. In the book “When the Scientist Presents”, Jean-luc Lebrun answers how to do that by taking us through the journey of Dr. Vladimir Toldoff, a fictional not so good presenter and in the process by providing valuable insights on how to make a memorable, analytical but engaging scientific presentation. The book focusses on the four…

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    In this summary response I will be talking about cloning in Brave New World and compare it too gene editing. In Brave New World the have a process called Bokanovsky’s Process which essentially is the fictional process for cloning humans. The human eggs in the story are put in to in vitro which means outside their normal biological habitat. In this world where the government controls everything it’s extremely important for them to control the number of humans. The process does not apply to the…

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    in the novel Dr. Potters Medicine Show. The significance of military medicine and alchemy in the novel will be examined, which strongly relates to the disciplines of medicine and science. Eric Fischl emphasizes the time period and cleverly uses fictional characters in the novel to give the reader an overall impression of science at the time. Elements of alchemy and war medicine are incorporated in Dr. Potter’s Medicine Show, which allows Fischl to portray the shift in scientific thought and…

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    producer of the article “Biology in Pop Culture”, has seen these ideas present in popular culture for decades. Screenwriters, such as Kurt Andersen are keen to two basic archetypes. These two basic archetypes Molinsky chose to discuss include the lone scientist, such as Dr. Frankenstein meets Dr. Moreau, who have been banished from the scientific community because of their ideas, which the scientific community deemed “too extreme”, as well as the second basic…

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