History of science

Historical materialism is looking at history through the eyes of economics and production and looking at how these two things impacted individuals and shaped the events of history. Marx and Engels were the first people to propose this view of economic history and this understanding is still vital to how many historians interpret historical events. Production is the mechanism for change in…

It is used in developing new drugs and approving the safety of drugs. Hence, millions of unhealthy people have been helped indirectly by animal testing. However, animal testing is beneficial for human only and not for the animals used. Most of the animals which give great contribution to the health of world's dwellers are cruelly slaughtered during experiments and not well treated in drug-development laboratories. Animals, like human, also have rights to be freed from suffering and treated well.…

use of reason, science, and technology, promised emancipation from the perceived irrationality of ‘mystical’ or metaphysical understandings of the world. However, it was apparent that the Enlightenment did not entirely deliver on these promises. Rather than emancipating humans from domination by religion and mysticism, it produced new problems and forms of domination that merely appeared more ‘free’. Preeminent amongst…

creator left him to fend for himself. When the monster woke he felt “A strange multiplicity of sensations and it was, indeed, a long time before I learned to distinguish between the operations of my various senses” (90). He ended up learning violent history, which influenced him to react in violent ways. While the monster was trying to discover more about himself, he found his creators journals. These journals made him feel ashamed of himself and mad at Victor. Since the only way that he knew…

modern day. In Galileo’s time, Science was seen as blasphemy and a tool to undermine the construct of God. Moreover, it didn’t help matters that at the time, the Church was the governing body throughout Italy. This made it particularly difficult for scientific advancement, as any theory that suggested conflict with religious teaching…

"Intelligence is the ability to adapt change," Stephen Hawking once quoted. The man himself said that to explain that we need to get used to, or "adapt to" the new discoveries of the world. Stephen Hawking really revolutionized the world of science. He discovered black holes and ventured into the world of space and time theory. So, Hawking is a very important figure of the world when it comes to discoveries. Early Life Stephen Hawking was born into the world on January 8th of…

the dark ages (still utilized today in a few schools) was the framework utilized by the colleges which were made in the early medieval times. When it comes to education in the middle ages, you can’t help but mention the advances in mathematics and science. Thanks to the teachings of the Islamic people in the east, the world was enriched with its first book on algebra and thus mathematics was heightened .…

Europe. The majority of the European population remained unsure with how the world worked and relied on the church to teach science. Many intellectuals at the beginning of the Scientific Revolution did not practice science as we think of it today, but rather alchemy and other studies roughly tied to factual understandings of the world. Today we think of alchemy as science fiction, but during the early 18th century, Alchemy provided the most plausible understanding of the world outside of the…

Nicholas Copernicus The Scientific Revolution was a key part of our history. It was a time where new theories about the world were introduced, and where science was key. There were many scientists that developed these theories that we use today. One of these scientists was Nicholas Copernicus. Copernicus was a huge part of the Scientific Revolution because of his contributions to the revolution, how his findings impacted the world then, and how his findings impact the world now. First,…

the two political parties has stymied the country from reaching resolutions on abortion, or the right for women to choose. Wendell Berry argues against this strict fundamentalism in his essay, “God, Science, and Imagination”, where he discusses that reaching a balance between the two extremes of science and religion is important to eliminate the bigotry the world faces. Zadie…