Formal methods

Joseph Needham’s The Grand Titration: Science and Society in East and West seeks to answer the question of why modern science developed in the Western world and not in China. He answers this question by “titrating,” or essentially comparing, scientific and technological advancements between China and the West. To conduct his comparison, he investigates the relationship, in both civilizations, between science and a variety of topics. The topics that Needham covers include politics, economics,…

The Analysis of Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” In this analysis, there will be several aspects discussed. There are characterizations, feminism, plot, cultural analysis, and tone. First, the explanation will be about the characterizations. The mother can be categorized as dominant because she controls everything in the story. First thing to be analyzed is the style of the story itself. The mother takes almost 100% part of the story by telling her daughter so many things. She doesn’t even give the…

Title What do the words of the title suggest to you? What denotations are presented in the title? What connotations or associations do the words posses? Colossus refers to the Colossus of Rhodes, which is one of the seven wonders of the world. The Colossus of Rhodes was built to celebrate victory over the ruler of Cyprus in 305 BC. Denotations: The poem is about a new statue that resembles the Colossus in Ancient Greece. Connotations: Colossus of Rhodes was a statue in Greece that had…

For thousands of years, humans have wondered what controlled their lives and determined their future—was there a god that set out our paths before we were alive, or perhaps were we the only ones to explore the roads of life? Do we control how our existence plays out, or are we played by the hand of luck or a greater power from the start? Authors Malcolm Gladwell and William Ernest Henley toyed with their beliefs on this subject. Gladwell, writer of the short non-fiction titled Outliers: The…

In this essay, I will argue the main keys to the advantage of leading a just life, which better than unjust life. In The Republic by Plato, speaks through his teacher Socrates who sets out the basic laws for humans through the longest argument among group of friends in a meeting at Polemarchus house. Socrates presents a question, “What is Justice?” He continues to disprove any answer he was given. Therefore, he present no definition of his own. Later, Thrasymachus, present himself like a wild…

For thousands of years, humans have wondered what controlled their lives and determined their futures—was there a god that set out our paths before we were alive, or perhaps were we the only ones to explore the roads of life? Do we control how our existence is to be played out, or are we played by the hand of luck or a greater power from the start? Authors Malcolm Gladwell and William Ernest Henley toyed with their beliefs on this subject. Gladwell, writer of the short non-fiction titled…

These stories highlight some of the most important issues of the current era, both in different ways. In Eisenberg’s book The Carnivore Way, a more modern take on the current state of the ecological system. Eisenberg presents lots of logical facts and scientific statistics that are used to prove her point. In the other spectrum, Faulkner’s Big Woods collection tells a more narrative approach to telling the reader. He uses fictional characters to invoke emotions from the readers and insight his…

Reflection 1. Why do these errors occur? Basically, there are three main tenses which is Past, Present and Future time. These three main tenses do have their respective subcategories which are simple, progressive, prefect and prefect progressive. Mistakes relating to tense may be made for a number of reasons. Students are uncertain on how to form the present or past tense of certain verbs. These situation happened as accuracy is not their priority and grammar errors are always been taken for…

The modernist revolution that accompanied the transition of the 19th century to the 20th century coincided with an array of scientific, sociological, and ideological shifts. These deviations from the realist era of the prior century allowed for abstract and surreal literary works that challenged rationale to flourish, which in no small part influenced the shifting of societal norms. The works “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius” and “On Exactitude in Science” by Jorge Borges epitomize the modernist…

1. Introduction In the article Polysemy Advantage with Abstract But Not Concrete Words Jager and Cleland discuss that related senses cause a polysemy advantage on abstract words. According to this study, the role of ambiguous words seems more important as compared to unambiguous words. These ambiguous words role is taken as advantageous that is peculiarly termed as polysemy. This specific term caters many meanings and certain aspects of language in it. In Jager and Clelands’ paper, the research…