History of science

Throughout the history, numerous scientist made scientist made notable contributions to scientific field which led to significant changes. Those who did amassed their fame and fortune through recognition of their findings while some were denied of their findings. Jocelyn Bell Burnell who then a 24 year old student made a significant impact on findings of pulsars and found the pulsars, a discovery that solved mystery of life and answered unclear questions of astronomy, did not receive the…

From his work in various fields such as astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy, Galileo Galilei is widely known as one of the key individuals of the Renaissance era’s Scientific Revolution, What many people do not know, however, is that Galileo was a victim of the Roman Inquisition. The documents of this trial, named “From the Later-Trial Documents (1632-33)”, were requested to be recorded by His Holiness Pope Urban VIII, and written mostly by the Holy Order. Galileo may have also written, or at…

Psychology of Faith . Psychology, the study of mind and behavior (Merrian-Webster, 2011). Faith is the innate drive to search for meaning, purpose and significance (Popcak, 2014). “Faith I is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11: 1, Kings James Version). Will the field of psychology, with its secular beginnings, incorporate into its echelon of studies such a virtuous and what some consider to be a spiritual ideology like faith? The opposite of bad is…

Research Archaeologists are issued many tasks. Typically a research archaeologist works on examining and and analyzing different historical finds, such as; bones, pottery, tombs, etc. An archaeologist is also required manage and protect archaeological sites and finds. Most archaeologists have a specific field of study, such as geographic study (e.g. focusing only on Brazilian extinct cultures), study of a particular time period (e.g. Byzantine era), or studying specific objects (e.g. remains of…

whatever methods he deems necessary. Furthermore, the evidence presented within the text perceives Aylmer for what he truly is: a human being seeking perfection. The scientific experiment he engages in does not push boundaries because, at that period in history, humans were experimenting…

The scientific community throughout history and the scientific revolution have been focused on the legitimacy of scientific claims, as new advancements constantly change the way the scientists observe and understand principles. That which may have been true in the past could change to a false concept. Rossi explains this through Thomas Edison and his development of the light bulb. “Until the nineteenth-century invention of the light bulb it was an accepted truth that illumination was produced by…

The Benefits and Environmental Impacts of Animal Testing In the scientific community, the impacts of using animals in research have been debated for hundreds of years. Those who have interests in the matter analyze the history behind it and statistics surrounding its current use to see whether animal testing should continue. One end of the debate, the use of both domesticated and wild animals in scientific experiments has been praised for its contributions to scientific and medical advancements…

The emergence of the Scientific Revolution in the mid 16th century featured a new emphasis on sense as early scientists began to qualify nature according to what they learned through experimentation and observation. Moreover, many have also correlated the rise of the scientific method with the growth of humanism and humanists’ emphasis on the individual and reason. However, as the Baconian method reduced the human to a series of basic and instinctual senses, the Scientific Revolution…

knowledge is knowledge that is personal to an individual it is knowledge that “I” know. History can only be counted as history because the knowledge of history is shared but if the individual’s knowledge didn’t make him/her act in a particular manner there would be no history to talk about. In the arts until an individual discovered a new technique it was not known or shared to the others on the planet. In natural science until someone had gotten hurt and bled…

A notable number of modern thinkers specifically reprimanded the "human-centric" perspective that people are extraordinary, moreover, made in the image of God. In the nineteenth and mid twentieth century the popular German Darwinist Ernst Haeckel, for instance, impacted Christianity by advancing an "anthropocentric" and dualistic perspective of humanity. Today the acclaimed bioethicist Peter Singer, alongside the agnostic Darwinian scientist Richard Dawkins, contend that, in view of the…