Second law of thermodynamics

only have the results been contorted based on the time period, but the area of readings have not been consistent and therefore are invalid. Global temperatures are rising, but not enough to cause panic. This is simply an example of the second law of thermodynamics stating that over time, anything organized tends to become disorganized. Thorough investigations have proven that the Earth’s temperature has risen due to the cooling and heating of the Earth…

Most people who knew me growing up thought I would pursue something in the field of literature, or maybe law, which was understandable since I am an avid reader and capable public speaker and writer. Pursuing a scientific degree was even more unorthodox given that I placed into the second most remedial math class and had never actually had chemistry or biology class or lab before. But I would not be deterred. I knew what I wanted and I was going…

Charles Peirce’s “The Doctrine of Necessity Examined” ‘Against absolute chance is inconceivable’ is the third argument examined by Charles S. Peirce in “The Doctrine of Necessity Examined”. Necessitarianism or Determinism is a principle that refuses all simple possibility, and affirms that there is exactly a single way in which the world can be. Determinism refers to the philosophical theory which states that all man’s capability of conscious choice, decision, and intention is invariably…

instance when Galileo, Copernicus, and Kepler disagreed with the Catholic Church. The book described the differences between an agnostic and an atheist, as well as the viewpoints of each. Collins also talked about the significance of what the Moral Law signifies to us as humans. The beginning of the book describes what life would have been like millions of years ago. This is dictated from the viewpoint of a person who…

dried potatoes saved for the Thanksgiving meal to start the process. Before the production can begin however, he must create water. When his first attempt fails because he did not account for the exhalation of his oxygen into the calculations, the second try succeeds. On Sol 54, 36 days into his desolation, green leaves begin popping through the soil, while simultaneously on Earth, NASA holds a funeral for Mark Watney, contributing it to the legacy he…

the plant material in the mortar. The student must then grind the material until a watery paste has formed. Fill a microcentrifuge tube with the watery potato paste, place in a balanced microcentrifuge, and spin at approximately 10,000 RPM for 30 seconds. Remove the tube and make sure a pellet has formed at the bottom of the microcentrifuge tube. The student must then transfer the clean, separated, catalase-containing supernant (liquid) into a new microcentrifuge tube. To test the reactivity of…

premise is more widely disagreed upon, Craig uses both two philosophical and two scientific forms of arguments to defend premise two. Some well-detailed and documented evidence to support premise two include: the big bang theory and the second law of thermodynamics. Both of these theories have sufficient evidence to support the universe as having an absolute beginning. One argument especially noteworthy from Dr. Craig is the example of Hilbert’s Hotel to better describe “potential infinity”…

has a positive relationship with increasing entropy; as we move forward in time, the universe moves ever more quickly into turmoil (Durret 2). This natural law suggests that any attempt to create a Utopia will be futile, as it will eventually be consumed in chaos. In order to create a peaceful state, entropy would have to decrease, which the law does not allow for. Marina Abramovic exposed this with her Rhythm 0 production, in which she placed seventy-two objects on a table in front of her, and…

Despite key differences in their solutions, both Karl Popper and Paul Feyerabend noticed issues with the positivist system of scientific discoveries and attempted to develop new methods for understanding science. Popper developed new understandings surrounding the theory dependence of observation, and the flaws of induction. His system of falsificationism was a key factor in the development of sociology of science as a whole and of Feyerabend’s system of Epistemological anarchism. Feyerabend…

and reactions, and is a crucial technique to predict different reactions. Kinetics is a very broad topic, thus the experiment focused only on the derivation of empirical rate laws and their corresponding rate constants. The rate of a specific reaction can be expressed with an experimentally-determined, or empirical, rate law in the form of rate = k[A]x[B]y[C]z. The exponents x, y, and z depend on the term…