Spiral Universe

In what probably started off as a simple conversation, the arbitration between religion and science eventually turned into arguably the most riveting debate of the Renaissance period. Galileo is the protagonist in a story that takes place in Europe during the seventeenth century. There was a constant confrontation for using the Holy Scripture to determine the aspects of the physical world that from Galileo’s point-of-view was contrary to the laws of science. The only way to discern who has the…

heliocentric model were more likely to invest in the geocentric model. Throughout history humans have believed themselves to be the highest and best species. During this time Greeks believed that the gods placed the humans on Earth in the center of the universe. Ptolemy, a later philosopher & astronomer, also did not believe the Earth was in motion. He concluded this because he stated that windstorms would constantly sweep across Earth’s surface it if it were moving (Irvine). Even when…

We are constructors of our own knowledge as well as knowing what we know and what we do not know about the universe. Knowledge can be viewed and defined in many depending on the person, culture, religion, and lifestyle. Whether people like Sagan or Hawking may dispute their point of views of the universe, they also pertain to have similarities about it as well. Our own beliefs of what knowledge represents to society as well as individually to us can often be subject to outside influence. The…

regarding humanity 's position in the universe, this new way of thinking, sophisticated those living in the 1500 to 1700 's. Throughout Europe many individuals began to take these theories as the solid truths, and analyzed their validity. The ideas and beliefs of the common philosopher and intellectual of this period, perhaps the most important was the notion of abandoning faith and finding it in the power of human reason. If humanity could unlock these laws of the universe, the laws that God…

Life, comprised of both matter and energy, is a precious gift given to all of us. To show appreciation for life, we should all take part in the gamut of celebrations that encompasses us during our time on earth. Every moment that we spend in happiness, sorrow, victory, or defeat, brings us closer to the end of this life. We, as humans, often do not take the time to realize the circle of life. We instead focus heavily on our next experience of pleasure and happiness, willing our lives to go on…

As time has progressed forward, the distinction between human senses and reality became clearer. John Donne’s Good Morrow, as well as Margaret Cavendish’s book, The Blazing World, both, discuss nature through battles between reality and the wild perceptions of humans. The Good Morrow demonstrates the human perception of the world through the imaginary telescope of love and sex. The Blazing World demonstrates the struggle to revolutionize scientific methods with particularly the invention of a…

Daniel Quinn tackles multiple issues with today’s society in his novel Ishmael. Through the viewpoint of a gorilla, Ishmael, who is someone that is not part of the modern human culture, Quinn attacks culture as the source of today’s problems, whether it is conflicting views on moral issues or the problem of global warming. Quinn grapples the issue of the creation myth, from which most problems plaguing Earth today stem and the concept of prophet, which promotes the same notions as the creation…

Although Scott Russell Sanders and Gene Logsdon were taught lessons about life by completely different beings, the two writers write with similar aspects. In the essay, “Buckeye”, Scott Russell Sanders uses his experiences and lessons that he learned to describe his opinion of nature. His purpose resides in his fathers’ memory and the importance of the natural world. As for Gene Logsdon and his essay, “Lessons The Crick Taught Me,” he uses the “crick” from his childhood to explain his love and…

Because God always existed in reality and understanding, created the universe and things in the universe, God is also the Intelligent Designer (will use Creator as a shorter term). If something exists, it has an intended purpose because it was created by God, who neither requires or needs a purpose to exist nor to have a purpose for things to exist. All things that exist or will exist in the universe were created by God for a puipose. Whether a specific or undefined purpose is irrelevant to…

“The Waters of Mars”. Time travel is destructive because when technology is relied on it can kill millions of people as shown in the stories, “The Last Question” and “Answer”. If they could not even reverse entropy or even comprehend the known universe, why would we choose to add yet another problem to this equation? Time travel is something that as mortal beings we should not even bother to understand. Not only does it surpass our intelligence level but it also seems rather foolish to go…