History of science

specific subsections. Not so with Guns, Germs, and Steel, a big history with one specific goal, to answer the question of why some societies dominated others in modern history. Wasting no time in stating his focus, Jared Diamond declares that “This book attempts to provide a short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years.”(Diamond, 9) Arguing against any lingering theories of racist genetic inequality, Diamond purposes that history played out along the course it did…

Throughout history, new ideas and inventions have been created from human intelligence effecting the way human life exist in today’s world. There have been different periods all around the world that have experienced some sort of lack development. Then there have been other times of great discovery and creation leaning towards something new and exciting. For a good amount of time, not too much development and creations were being brought forth upon. Part of the reason may be because of religion…

Introduction It was during his regular job as an American historian of science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that Thomas Kuhn realized that theories which were ones believed to be true, were actually not really true, since they were at some point replaced by others, which were also believed to be more true than the previous ones(Bertie.ccsu.edu., n.d.) For instance, the common belief that the earth is at the center of the universe was eventually replaced by Galileo Galilei’s…

Taylor Cockrell The Universe: its many theories Throughout history, knowledge and ideas have been passed on and tossed around about how we all came to inhabit this earth, this Universe. Many theories came from the Ancient Greeks, Romans and many different interpretations of the Christian Bible! In this essay I will talk about three main points throughout history that impacted how the universe can be interpreted, through theories. How the Ancient Greeks impacted thought and their ideas,…

Animal cloning is often a controversial topic; with its decade old history, successes with Dolly the sheep and advancements in science today. Unlike asexual species, cloning uses man-made tools and human engineering to replicate animals. As such, cloning has a long history of trial and error, often leading to tragic results and ensuing controversy. The advancements in science have escalated since the creation of Dolly, following Dolly’s cloning there are more methods that have been discovered,…

theories, philosophies, and inventions still have a lasting effect on our world today, making it clear that the scientific revolution was a monumentally important part of the world’s history. The scientists, philosophers, and astronomers of this time introduced a number of theories that made their mark on the minds of science for years to come. One hugely significant example of this is the theory that…

deeply into the history and concepts of some interesting elements. In chapter 15 called “An Element of Madness,” he goes into an explanation about selenium, manganese, palladium, barium, and unununium. Pathological science is considered madness because of how the theory or conception can not be really proven wrong, but at the same time it is delusional. The chapter is named the way it is because the elements that are discussed in chapter 15 have a history leading into pathological science. When…

Researchers and scientists use their sense perception in order to create their theory. Researchers use inductive reasoning to "make generalizations from specific observations." (Staff, Live Science. "Deductive Reasoning vs. Inductive Reasoning." LiveScience. TechMedia Network, 10 July 2012. Web. 4 Mar. 2015.). Inductive reasoning also allows for the researcher or scientists to create hypothesis or theories based on their senses (such as sight…

In Pursuit of the Unknown by Ian Stewart is about seventeen equations that have not only impacted mathematics and science but have also contributed to human advances to a great extent. According to Stewart, we generally disregard the historical link between mathematics and technological progress but this connection is integral to any complete understanding of human history. These equations are essentially based on the patterns we find in the world around us and using them one can make sense and…

Christina Sommers talks about how women are creating their ways to pull ahead in some companies but men are still doing the hard dangerous work. Likewise, in the second essay, Susan Jacoby discusses why girls more likely tend to dislike math and science although they make high grades on them. Both of these authors demonstrated that people are more concentrated on gender instead of the effort a hard worker puts into the work. In their essays, Sommers and Jacoby told about the existence…