Refraction

an otherwise unappealing topic. SImilarly, when I learn something new and interesting, I am still often compelled to share that revelation with others. While working as an art teacher, I would often share small factoids with my students about the refraction of light at surface boundaries or the chemical compositions of pigments. In study groups and lab courses, I often become the go-to person for questions my peers are too shy to ask the instructor, and I enjoy this role. Explaining problems or…

My whole life I have wanted to do something that reflects my love and compassion for others. Many people go through college not knowing exactly what career best suits them. A career should not be chosen by your parents or based on the annual salary; it should be pursued out of our own desire and passion. I believe that a calling, as opposed to a profession, starts early in life. It is a voice, the ghost of a thought, which starts in the back of your mind. It tells you that this, and nothing…

Biology is the study of living or deceased organisms (Biology Department, 2015). There are two overarching classes to these organisms: prokaryotes and eukaryotes (Reece et al., 2014). Prokaryotes (meaning before nucleus) are put in two domains: Bacteria and Archea (Biology Department, 2015). Eukaryotes on the other hand, (which have nuclei), are in the Eukarya domain and encompass all other organisms such as plants, animals, fungi and protists (Biology Department, 2015). The most effective way…

An example of this is ionospheric reflection and refraction: a fraction of any message sent from Earth to space can reflect back to Earth on the surface of the ionosphere, and then a small fraction of this signal can be reflected back to space on the planet’s surface, and so on. When receiver circuits read…

Frankenstein is arguably one of the most well-known horror stories known in contemporary society. Since its publication in 1818, various film and literary adaptations have been due to its popularity and critique of human morality in the face of technological innovation. Although promoted as one of the first science fiction novels, Frankenstein contained more elements of horror stemming from its gothic elements and romantic thought aside from its components of science fiction. By examining the…

Being a relatively new element when compared to many other known elements, Germanium has only been documented element since 1886. It has little to offer in the way of health benefits, but it still remains a useful element. Chemical Properties Germanium is the thirty-second element in the periodic table represented with the symbol Ge. It is located in the fourth period under group fourteen. Along with other elements like Silicon and Arsenic, Germanium is a metalloid. As a metalloid, Germanium…

Mind Games What separates human beings from most of the living world is the ability to be free thinking individuals, to which one can communicate and connect their thoughts to the everyday world. Even though humans may take this gift for granted, it is only when the ability begins to diminish that one seems to understand how crucial it is really is to everyday life. Although, even while losing this gift, the individual may not even know it, for the reality one creates is only visible to that…

A. WAVES Normally when energy is transferred from one place to another a disturbance is involved. Waves can travel through air, water, and solid materials. Mechanical and electromagnetic waves are the two types of waves. Medium is the material in which a wave travels. Mechanical Waves When a source of energy causes a medium to vibrate, a mechanical wave is formed. Mechanical waves require a medium to travel. There are two different types of mechanical waves: longitudinal and transverse waves.…

Adaptation in film industry has not received much attention in the past. Rarely has the issue of adaptation been covered in such a way. Andrew’s attempt to approach this complex issue is simply to show adamant scholars that it is possible to adapt literary works. Looking at the article’s title, one would never assume its overall aim. It was first published in 1984 in Concepts in Film Theory. From the very outset, Dudley Andrew probes the mysteries surrounding the loose use of the term…

A person born on January 4, 1643, in hamlet of Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, was named Isaac Newton. Now, Isaac Newton was an established physicist and mathematician, and has been given the credit as one of the great minds of the 17th century Scientific Revolution. He is also well known due to his law of gravitation. The way that Sir Isaac Newton developed the principles of modern physics was by discoveries in optics, motion, and mathematics. In the early life of Sir Isaac, he was the only…