Mad scientist

Daniel Goleman once said, “Life without passion would be a dull wasteland of neutrality, cut off and isolated from the richness of life itself”. The story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the articles of “Dr. Daedalus” by Lauren Slater and “Replaceable You” by Geoff Brumfiel feature fervent passion for creation. The idea of creation is a common link between these works. Victor Frankenstein from Frankenstein,, Dr.Rosen from “Dr. Daedalus”, and Bertolt Meyer from “Replaceable You” all…

“American Romanticism was the first full-fledged literary movement that developed in the U.S. It was made up of a group of authors who wrote and published between the years 1820 and 1860, when the U.S. was still finding its feet as a new nation.” It’s understandable that when people hear the word romanticism, they think of love and romance. However, the word “romanticism” actually comes from a movement that changed the way in which various literary writers (and artists) expressed themselves,…

In 335 BC Aristotle suggested that the heart was in fact where mental information was processed. Eventually it came to be known that mental functions were actually processed in the brain and also people were beginning to discover that the brain can mess up. Mental illness was seen as a problem in society. As a problem that became more and more prevalent, people began to look for a solution. The only issue with looking for a solution was that no one had known where to look. The lack of medical…

This involved the work of two scientists, James Watson and Francis Crick. They used the x-ray data provided by Rosalind Franklin which helped them to make an accurate model of the DNA. The model presented the structure of DNA showing a double helix with little rungs connecting the two…

Humans are a fickle race. Each human wants to be unique, but not too unique. They want to fit in, but not blend into the crowd. They want to be treated kindly, but can be so cruel. Every single human being was created to be different and that is the one thing that makes us all the same. However, society has drawn a fine line between being “unique and different” and being a social pariah. The moment Frankenstein’s monster took his first breathe of air he was condemned. A man such as Victor…

turn for the worse. Huxley starts off Brave New World in a factory like setting where they produce offspring and condition them to do their jobs. This is the first example of how the totalitarian government controls its people through science. Scientists in the New World have developed the “Bokanovsky Process” (Huxley 6). The director describes it saying “One egg, one embryo, one adult-normality. But a bokanovskified egg will bud, will proliferate, will divide. From eight to ninety-six buds,…

to conceive Anna in the hope that she will be a matching donor for Kate. They actively use genetic technology to select the best embryo to match Kate 's needs. As Anna explains, "I was born for a very specific purpose. [...] I was born because a scientist managed to hook up my mother 's eggs and my father 's sperm to create a specific combination of precious genetic material". The first transplant, taken from Anna 's umbilical cord, puts Kate 's cancer into remission for five years, but on Kate…

“Terrorist attacks can shake the foundation of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve” (Bush). Before I was born the world faced one tragedy after another. These events not only effected the countries they happened in , but also many places all around the world. On September 11, 2001 a tragedy struck closer to home. This is a day that the world will never forget. Thousands of American…

There are many authors who used religion as a way to either escape from what was happening in the world, or used that faith as a guiding factor to be able to survive a time that they thought they were all doomed. Starting in the Victorian Period there were many changes happening; science was being more predominant and new discoveries were made that scared a lot of people. Everything was moving so quickly that many felt they couldn’t keep up, so they used their faith as something that was…

Scientists have linked the irrational biting behavior to help the virus spread (“Rabies Virus.” CDC (2011). In other words, the infected individual bites a new host which ensures the transmission of the virus. Much like in zombie horror films. This is how…