Isaac Bashevis Singer

If we look into the heroic theory of invention and scientific development, I can bore you with the details of where the theory comes from or who theorized it. But instead I want to take a new angle on my research paper. I want to shine a light on one scientist. One that has inspired me the most. Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale once said, “I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.” Florence Nightingale contributed a lot to science but most don’t recognize her…

From the biggest cities to the smallest of molecules, the earth and its dynamics have been widely studied over the span of human history. Bright individuals have made astounding discoveries that has allowed the human race to come closer to finding an answer explaining the forces at work around them. Starting from the early days of the Grecian empire with Aristotle and Plato to the challenging ideals of Newton and Copernicus, science has been completely redefined and continues to grow as a…

Sir Isaac Newton was born in Wools Thorpe, Lincolnshire, in 1642. Growing up, Newton faced many hardships with his mother abandoning him at a young age and his father passing away three months before he was born (Westfall 1993). Life finally became so overwhelming for Newton that he began acting out and even made threats of burning down his house. However, eventually Newton was able to find solace by indulging himself in books which then led to his developed interest for mechanics and technology…

Throughout all events in history and through all decades of art and literature, one thing has been made abundantly clear: Humans do not enjoy oppression. Humanity is consistent in its innate desire to fight any oppressive leader or social behavior that infringes on their rights as an individual. Whether it be through social and political movements or war, humankind has shown that what every individual wants - above all else - is freedom. They crave the freedom to live as they choose, protecting…

What is Science? How do we as humans define it? Is it by the methods people use in investigation? Or is it how we apply concepts? In Okasha’s Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction (1) it attempts to force the reader to look at our own views of how science is defined and if it a satisfactory definition in the realm of Philosophy. The chapter provides several examples on how people determine science: “It is the attempt to understand, explain, and predict the world we live in,” or their…

The 15th through the 18th centuries was a time for major changes in the way the people viewed the world. It was the beginning of a movement that would forever change the way of life. I am going to discuss the major intellectual developments of Europe in the 15th through the 18th centuries. I will talk about whom some of the great thinkers were and what their new ideas were. I will also analyze how these new ideas changed the way the European people viewed their world and themselves. Starting in…

Science has revolutionized our world with unimaginable advancements in technology. From the brilliant minds of William Whewell (who coined the English word “science”) to the modern day scientist like Stephen William Hawking (who contributed to the vast amount of today’s knowledge on cosmology and quantum gravity). Furthermore, science has become so advanced in this day-in-age that it has been split apart into different sections that each cover a broad range of technological information,…

Isaac Newton was a physicist, philosopher, mathematician, a scientist, and also an astronomer. He is one of the most famous scientist in history, he is most famous for his law of gravitation. Isaac was one of the scientist that played a huge role in the scientific revolution in the 17th century. Newton came up with many ideas such as the principles of modern physics, law of gravitation, calculus, and optic motions. Isaac 's childhood wasn’t all that great before he came up with all these ideas.…

Emily Shrem PHIL 2101 Professor Slack November 1st, 2017 Assignment Two: Descartes Rene Descartes was a mathematician, a physicist and most importantly, a philosopher. He was one of the first to spread modern philosophy and did so by using accepted scientific knowledge. He is famous for his proposition, “cogito ergo sum”, which in English translates to “I think therefore I am.” In Descartes’ Meditation on First Philosophy, he takes on a few tasks to come to his ultimate conclusion. He uses the…

Charles Dodgson was the real name of the author who wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and the sequel Through the Looking Glass. For his writing he went under the pen name Lewis Carroll. Along with writing he was also an English logician, mathematician, and photographer. He had a lot of siblings; 7 girls and 4 boys were born to his parents. He was the third child born and their oldest son. He also went through a lot of illnesses, one left him deaf in one ear. He had a stutter, but Carroll…