The Big Store

George Lemaitre was a Belgian cosmologist and a Catholic priest that was born in the 1800's he studied both science and theology then ended up becoming the "Father Of The Big Bang." By writing a paper in 1931 he came up with the theory to the Big Bang that eventually expanded out to further research. (Soter and Tyson, 2000) Lemaitre served as an artillery officer in his younger ages during World War I which put a halt onto his studies but soon picked back up on after the war. He chose learn…

Even when given proof of things that could be real, she dismisses them without a glance. She is stubbern and not easily persuaded, but loveable and kind so therefor, she is my second faveorite character in Distant Waves, Jane taking first plave. Emma/Amalie- These are the quirky twins who posess the “gift”- - that means that they are mediums and could see into the spirit world. Amalie has the gift more, and never speaks unless through Emma, which is why they are tetnically two people in…

As humanity progresses, it is inevitable that more and more knowledge comes to be accumulated. These knowledge get classified under different umbrella terms according to the elements of our world that they primarily deal with. Depending on which element of Academia they belong to, they naturally involve different manners of approach, understanding and outcomes. It is therefore inadvertent that different areas of knowledge (AOKs) will come to face distinctions between them so as to provide…

Scientific cosmology has in turn influenced theology. Many arguments related to science and religion have relatively the same premises, such as the Big Bang Theory and the creation story. These two stories sound quite similar. In the creation story God created the universe in one swift “let there be light” and according to the big bang it is said there was a burst of light coming from dark matter and everything appeared as it is. This is just one example of the many similarities between…

Once upon a time not so long ago in Granada hills lived a young man with a heart of gold. It was his first day of middle school and he saw all his old friends and made some new friends. Just like all of us he was nervous to start a new chapter of his life. The first couple of weeks were really fun and mellow. He would bring allot of snacks and money to school, and he would share with everyone. If anyone in his class ever needed anything he would be there to help them. That was…

Deceit in Trump’s and Big Brother’s Rule New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik effectively connects Donald Trump’s deceitful tendencies to the misleading tendencies of the totalitarian regime in George Orwell’s “1984”. Consequently, the motives of a government’s machinations can potentially become controversial. Gopnik suggests the intentions of Trump and Big Brother are both motivated to advance their own power by twisting reality to what they believe would benefit themselves. In 1984, “The party…

Anthem and the Concept of Free Will Anthem by Ayn Rand’s “hymn to man’s ego,” The story is about a man’s rebellion in regards to an authoritarian, communist society. A young man by the name Equality 7-2521 craves to comprehend “the Science of Things.’’ The problem is that he exists in a desolate, dystopian future in which sovereign thought is an offense and whereby science and technology have reverted to primeval levels. All terminologies of individualism have been stifled in the world of…

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer is the story of a nameless communist spy who is disturbed by his own political beliefs. He is a half French and half Vietnamese communist agent, who is conflicted about his own views on events. In the beginning of the novel, the narrator explains that he is being held as a prisoner and is being forced to write a letter of confession for the edict. A clash of thoughts, a sequence of dualities. Born and raised in Vietnam, he is a Vietnamese spy in South Vietnam…

Was the earth made thousands of years ago or millions of years ago? The earth is something that humans have theorized about for many years, but we don’t know which ones are right or wrong. One of the most controversial ideas that humans have is how old the earth is. People have come up with two options, the first is the New Earth idea which believes that the earth was made thousands of years ago, the other idea is the Old Earth perspective where people believe the earth was made millions of…

Geography Question 1: The big bounce theory. The big bounce theory is a theory that scientists have created that shows that the universe was formed The big bounce theory is a scientific theory about the origins of the universe. Scientists say that our universe is the result of the previous universes collapse. The big bounce theory states that the universe expands and contracts. The universe expanded so greatly that it exploded and created the universe we’re living in today, The Milky Way.…