Occupational science

Human Experimentation – Position Paper II. Background (paragraph form) Human experimentation is anything done to an individual to learn how it will affect the subject. Its main objective is the acquisition of new scientific knowledge. The poor, prisoners, mentally ill, and soldiers are some of the most common people to be experimented on throughout history. One of the most horrific examples of human experimentation are Unit 731, where the Japanese Army amputated and dissected parts of the body…

Knighted Newton The chapter titled, Knighted Newton, is about famous mathematician and physicist, Sir Isaac Newton. Newton’s name is recognized by almost everyone today due to his math and scientific studies. In the world of mathematics he is known for creating the calculus. However, there are a few people who would disagree with that. Some people would argue that, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is the man who created calculus and because of that there was a dispute that happened between the two…

Robotics is one of the most popular fields of science. In the last century there have been many advances in the field of robotics that is been able to improve humans’ everyday lives. As the field advances the physical features of robots have started resembling humans, and robots have the capability to perform simple human activities. The programming behind many robots also resembles the working of the human brain. With robots becoming more like humans and performing like humans the fear and the…

The Scientific Revolution The Scientific Revolution refers to historical change in thought and belief, to change in social and formal organization. This revolution began in Europe roughly between 1500-1700. It started with Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) who stated a heliocentric cosmos, and ended with Isaac Newton (1642-1727) who proposed universal law and a Mechanical Universe. But, some historians have cut this back, claiming that it properly extends only to the publication of Newton's…

It Is Nothing but Science Fiction The Guardian published an article titled “$ 100m to find alien life? That’s a start – but not nearly enough” by Rebecca Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer is a writer for the Guardian, and chair of the American Museum of Natural History’s department of astrophysics. In the beginning of the article, the author asked a scientific question and wondered if we are alone in universe. Furthermore, she emphasized that there is alien life out of our solar system. However, the…

The fight to discover the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid continues in James Watson’s The Double Helix. Linus Pauling thought he had discovered the structure of the acid, but in fact he had come with an incorrect structure that did not represent an acid at all. The basis of Pauling’s model consisted of a three-chain helix in which the sugar-phosphate backbone resided in the center of the molecule. The phosphate groups in this theoretical structure were not ionized. Instead, each phosphate…

Charles Briggs was an open minded Christian that looked at both science and religion and started to put both together and the outcome was that Briggs realized that some things in the Bible seemed off especially the timeline and use of words that did not exist at the time. Briggs open-mindedness resulted with him being…

It is no secret that Americans lag behind other countries in math and science achievement. While various forms of referendum have been proposed to address the insatiable ranking, valid progress is yet to be achieved. In 2009, President Obama set a goal for Americans: advance to the top of achievement rankings in science and math. Additionally, in order to further ignite participation, the Administration allocated “$4.35 billion Race to the Top 2009 competition focused not only on encouraging…

Experiments are by definition in the glossary, “a deliberate manipulation of a variable to see if corresponding changes in behavior result, allowing the determination of cause and effect relationships”. To put this term in simple terms, we use experiments to purposely make changes in a study to get accurate results. In the hypothesis talking on a cell phone impairs driving skill it is highly important to follow the crucial protocol to make an efficient experiment. In an experiment there are two…

Graphology is the study of the brains expression through an individuals handwriting. It is often referred to as a pseudoscience as it does not have the distingushible aspects of a legitimate science such as using observation and experimentation to try and prove it wrong also to ensure that the researchers do not only try and find evidence to prove it. Meanwhile, Pseudoscience’s tend to ignore conflicting evidence. The scientific paper titled “ Does Graphology Predict Personality and…