Alan Weisman attempts to answer the question of what would happen to Earth if humans were to completely disappear. To answer this question, he has created an image of what the world was like without human dominance and what has happened since human evolution and spread, and now what would happen to earth without us because of our impact on it. He interviews a lot of people with different profession. The book is also broken down into four parts, discussing what would happen to what man has…
For decades even hundreds years since human society and different ideologies have been formed, there are two invisible walls separating people from each other, one in philosophy between materialism and mentalism, who have differences in substance of matter and consciousness; the other one between natural science and religion, who disagree with each other on the genesis of the world; the latter is more serious and obvious to be discussed among the history. In the centuries of despotism by…
SPECIATION AND ADAPTATION Speciation is the evolution of biological species this is according to the Sage’s English dictionary and thesaurus. It is the continuous change in the genes of an existing specie until a formation of the new specie arise altogether. It is a result of two specie groups ceasing to share allele such that the genetic differences grow to the point of speciation. Many scientists have come up with different theories in an attempt to define and explain speciation, though…
Niels Henrick David Bohr was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on 1885. In 1911 he received his Ph.D. from Copenhagen University. Later on he moved to England to study under J.J. Thomson in Cambridge and under Ernest Rutherford in Manchester. In 1913 he published his model of the atom, which was based on Rutherford’s planetary model. After his publication of his model he received worldwide fame. Unfortunately, Bohr’s model worked only for hydrogen atoms. Which made the final atomic model yet to be…
The nature vs nurture debate is one of the oldest arguments in the history of psychology. It is the study of what particular aspects of human behavior are influenced from external factors from exposure and experience (McLeod, 2015). Nature is often defined as being shaped by genetics and biology, while nurture is described as the environmental influences. For the purpose of this paper, the topic of eating disorder will be specifically examined to see whether particular aspects of behavior are…
Arthur C. Clarke couldn’t have chosen a better title for this brilliant science fiction short story. I’m a sucker for a story with a good title. “The Nine Billion Names of God" revolves around Tibetan Buddhist monks who plan to put together a list that consists of all the names of God. The story opens with Dr. Wagner-- he is asked to work on an automatic sequence computer (Mark V.) that can carry out letters by the lama. They need a computer with letters, so they can write the names of God.…
Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451: A Comparasion What is a utopia? What is a dystopia? The definition for each word has been changing throughout history. People of different times determined their own definitions of what is good or bad. When Thomas Mooe published Utopia in 1516, he unconsciously started a new style of approach to life. After More, many people tried to figure out what would happen if they were living in a society very different their own. Utopias and dystopias are endpoints in…
B) Compare & contrast: Plant & Animal cells. Although plant and animal cells contain numerous similarities, they also feature prevalent significant differences. Animal and plant cells not only have functional differences but also have structural differences. Plant and animal cells both have a nucleus which is the control centre of the cell, it controls how the cell develops and how it reproduces. DNA is the genetic makeup of a cell, organ and body systems, the DNA in a cell is held and…
Throughout Jean-Jacque Rousseau’s Emile, Rousseau explains in detail, his version of an ideal education. Rousseau’s educational methods of urging children to independently think through examples such as religion and science would be highly beneficial but his practice of withholding children from society would deem the child a stranger in modern society. In this paper, I will provide a brief overview of Rousseau’s methods above advocating children to think for themselves through science and…
Fate: Discussing the Extent and Purpose of Free Will in Oedipus One of the most multisided philosophical debates can be sparked simply by asking "Are we free?" It's a question that we've been grappling for thousands of years. Sophocles uses Oedipus to ask questions about fate, free will, and how they can possibly exist together. In ancient Greek, the word for fate was Moira, defined by Homer as an impersonal power and sometimes makes its functions interchangeable with those of the Olympian gods.…