Sheldon Cooper

It rarely happens but when it does, it just becomes more than a coincidence. Mayim Bialik, you know her as Amy Farrah Fowler but in real life, she has a Ph.D. in neuroscience. Before she joined the cast of The Big Bang Theory, she thought the show was a game show. She plays as a neurobiologist on the sitcom but her Ph.D. from UCLA is legit. According to Brit, this secretly smart actress took a degree in neuroscience and Hebrew and Jewish studies from UCLA in 2000. In 2007, she was able to…

All of them live the geek and introvert lifestyle until Penny – a young, attractive waitress and aspiring actress moves into the apartment opposite of Sheldon and Leonard. Even though Penny is a drop-off college student, she makes a great friend and alters the boring tone of these bookworms’ lives. While the four geeks rejoice in their small science community, unintentionally, Penny hints that there is…

The fact that Raj’s character in comparison to the others is differentiated so heavily by his nationality indicates how the show’s conception of “fitting in” is heavily raced. Sheldon, Howard, and Leonard, find their differences from the mainstream in their interests, jobs, and styles of socializing. They also have notable differences from one another, showing the number of different ways that white men can be excluded from popular…

A redox reaction occurs wherein two or more chemical compounds undergo oxidation and reduction half-reactions, forming new chemical substances. Life can be compared to a redox reaction in that people form different bonds with one another, separating and forming new connections throughout their lives. However, in Redox Reactions there is a substance known as a spectator ion. It does not bond with any other substance nor does it take part in the reaction. This is similar to life in that some…

dates back to the early 1900s (Cooper & Ward 2012:242). Gangs are not exclusive to one religion, population group or even gender. They are made up of individuals who are looking for acceptance, status (in the poorer societies), or a family structure that is lacking outside of the gang.…

Shakespearean Character Comedy Think of one character in a movie, but not just any character. Think of a character that is hilarious, such as Homer Simpson, or Sheldon Cooper. These characters channel a comedic experience through their language and actions. Like these characters, Shakespeare connects Character comedy in A Midsummer Night's Dream by making one character more exaggerated to provide comedic relief. This adds comedy to Shakespearean writing. Character comedy is in A Midsummer…

Edmond Hamilton’s story “The Man Who Evolved” is an exploration of what might occur in the chain of human evolution in the distant future. Despite a lack of actual science, or even actual scientific possibilities to back up the experiment presented, the story is considered an example of Science Fiction. The reasoning for this classification is that the story explores more than just evolutional possibilities. Hamilton presents a look at the reactions of un-evolved humans to the newly evolved Dr.…

Media has been constantly changing since it was created. One might wonder why media changes and what causes media to change. Media is influenced by society and changes with society. Media receives ideas on what to portray based on the events going on in society. As society has grown in the acceptance of new ideas, media has portrayed the new ideas, thus showing society influences the media. The changing of the family unit is one way society has shown acceptance. Families in the 1950’s were…

The War between Science and Religion “Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the nonexistence of Zeus of Thor – but they have few followers now.” Sir Arthur C. Clarke In the beginning there was nothing: just darkness. Then out of nothing appeared everything. Then there were questions. Why are we? How are we? Why does the world and nature act as it does? What happens when we die? Religion answered these…

sci-fi and fantasy movies and TV shows like there's no tomorrow. But its all skin deep. We haven't gotten any real respect just faux respect. For that girl that recognizes The Flash's lightning bolt emblem only does so because its on the shirt Sheldon Cooper wears not because she's read comic books or…