Three Branches of ScienceAndrew RamboMs. Gardener10th Grade BiologySeptember 11, 2000Science is such a wide area that it is divided into branches. Biology, chemistry and geology are three of these branches. Each branch of science are very different. They use many of the same techniques in the study...

During the presentation the speaker, Baruch Blumberg spoke on the aspects of Astrobiology. If one doesn't know who Blumberg is he is a scientist that research infectious diseases and came up with a treatment for the Hepatitis B virus. As he spoke on this subject he also talked about what h...

What was so enlightened about the enlightenment? Where is the evidence of how it enlightened anybody? The enlightenment was a period where previous notions of our world were disregarded and new views adopted in their place. Authority no longer came from divine scripture, ancient philosophers, or th...

According to Robert J. Samuelson, "Every environmental ill is depicted as an onrushing calamity that-if not stopped-will end life as we know it" (Samuelson 462). Pollution may or may not lead to the end of the world, but I find that highly unlikely. The problems with the environment hav...

Now Showing Matches 1 To 19 Field Guide to Geology A 6 page book report on "The Field Guide to Geology" by David Lambert. Lambert is known for his clear and unique style of cataloging information so that laymen can read...

"...why it is that we and the universe exists. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason- for then we would know the mind of God." (Hawking 185). The debate between whether or not we were created by some Supreme Being or life itself happened by cha...

Evolution, a process of change through time, is what links together the enormous diversity of the living world. A lot of evidence is present that indicates that the earth has had a very long history and that all living things arose in the course of that history from earlier, more simpler forms. In o...

Every year the Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory holds an open house in which scientists share their studies and really let the public see what and how they do what they do. Scientists at this research center are working together studying different fields of the Geologic sciences ranging from Ocea...

Oceanography as Viewed from SpaceIntroductionAt first thought, studying the oceans from space seems to be a bizarre idea. Space observation helps oceanographers do research with manned and unmanned space systems. The space systems can be satellites and/or space shuttles that observe various features...

Can the Earth be the only place in the Universe that harbors life? Most astronomers don't believe this is true. Certain statistics in the Universe provide evidence that living beings may be common place through out the universe, on planets of other stars besides the sun. In this paper I plan to dis...

NO EVIDENCE FOR NOAH'S WORLDWIDE FLOODEvolution or Special Creation? There are two major groups with ideas on the origin of Earth and life on it. Special Creationists are fundamental Christians who believe the Bible is the true and absolute word of God. Creationists believe that God created the enti...

The Origin of the Species?The origin of the human species is a topic of great controversy. One side is that of the Creationists. They explain that a higher power is responsible for the formation of our planet and the origin of life. Creationism is based upon the Bible. It explains that the world w...

Global Warming Human kind has entered a brand new relationship with the earth. The constant and increasing pressures we are exerting threaten our planets ability to sustain life itself. Change-in the way we think , and in the way we live-is needed n...

Global WarmingHuman kind has entered a brand new relationship with the earth. The constant and increasing pressures we are exerting threaten our planets ability to sustain life itself. Change-in the way we think , and in the way we live-is needed now.Global warming is the most urgent environmental ...