"Louie Kahn said," Even a brick wants to be something... a brick wants to be, something... it inspires. Even a common ordinary brick wants to be something more than it is... and that is what we must be ("Indecent Proposal")The Expand program discus's that mathematics, coordination, idea generation, ...

Pythagoras The Greek philosopher Pythagoras of Samos is responsible of great advances in the study of astronomy, mathematics and the theory of music. A tyrant ruled Samos at the time and Pythagoras fled to southern Italy at about 532 BC. In Croton, Pythagoras founded a religious school that also s...

The Power of Physical Findings Questions regarding the origin of mankind have riddled the minds of great thinkers for centuries. All of the authors of the selections we have read rely on different types of evidence to make their arguments about origins. Among these are scripture, observation, mat...

The article by Alan Lightman is about asking questions and finding answers rather than simply accepting was it already known as fact. The article by Lightman is about finally realizing that we have been accepting of many things without question. Lightman uses himself as an example, that due to ...

Section 1; Question #2: Part AA correspondence rule (c-rule) is when observational and theoretical terms are put together to form a specific definition. Science has evolved through this by positivists by combining theoretical and mathematical logic. The c-rule is the basis for all positivists. The b...

Center for Young Children Observation Report On February 23, 2005, I visited the Center for Young Children at the University of Maryland. During this visit, I gained vast amounts of knowledge about different aspects of a young child's classroom environment. During my visit to the Center for Y...

"Did life esist on mars?" "When will the moon be colonized?" these are just some of the questions that wander through my mind all day. fascinated by the secrets of the univese, i yearn to uncover mysteries. in order to blast open all the closed gates between knowledge and myself, i need the ...

CRITIQUE I don't know if it is fair for the researchers to judge their study based on this article when it does not give us every detail in the actual study. However, I will try to mention some points that I believe are important and...

Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist and astronomer, who made significant discoveries in astronomy, invented the telescope, one of the most substantial inventions in science and astronomy, and laid the foundation for modern physics. One of his greatest struggles was with the Roman Catholic Churc...

The scientific revolution dated back to the sixteenth century and went through the eighteenth century. The scientific revolution began with the study of astronomy and physics and ended after René Descartes's idea of deductive reasoning. Religious authorities rejected the Cop...

Thomas Harriot Thomas Harriot was born in 1560 in Oxford, England. Very little is known about his youth. We do know that he attended Oxford University in 1577. His father was a "commoner", but unlikely from the poorest class. Harriot graduated in 1580 as an undergraduate at Oxford fro...

A Troubled SystemStudents begin the study of algebra. The numbers of those who do not understand are gradually reduced. They struggle at first, and eventually most begin to understand. Or do they? Studies would suggest otherwise. A great amount of research has been done in the past decade in an a...

The question as to whether scientific theories can be shown to be true or false is a complex one. The answer depends on one's interpretation of the meaning of theory. To what does it refer? Is its role to reveal the nature of reality, or is it merely a human construct? In which case what do we mea...

Bernard is a main character who is not a scientist and has basically no scientific background. From the moment he is introduced, he is portrayed as eccentric and odd. Here Bernard is described for the first time: "Bernard, the visitor, wears a suit and tie. His tendency is to dress flamboyan...

Throughout the play Arcadia by Tom Stoppard there is a distinct difference between the characters who have a science background and those who do not. One of the recurring themes is that those characters and actions of those characters which are against science often lead to conflict and disaster...

The Bible Code The Bible Code is a report of the discovery concerning certain codes hidden in the Bible that are able to foresee events. The code was first broken by an Israeli mathematician, Dr. Eliyahu Rips, and has been confirmed by famous mathematicians around the world. The three-thou...

Egyptian Cosmogony and other weirdness: The embodiment of a complex society formed long before it's rightful time is that of the Egyptians. Their mastery of both social and scientific knowledge was without equal, even by Roman standards. From a purely technical standpoint the stone wor...

Throughout history numerous revolutions have occurred. All of these revolutions have impacted the lives of people and changed the course of human history. Whether it be introducing new mathematical ideas or failing to create the right government, everyone is affected by these revolutions in some w...

Fascination of Knowledge. What is fascination of knowledge? Well, according to dictionary.com, it can be defined as the "unseen, inexplicable influence" of knowledge on an individual. Personally, however, I would describe it as one of two things. Either a childish yearning, that appears in all ki...

The article containing the hypothesis used by the research study this paper will discuss is the Teachers' Gestures Facilitate Students' Learning: A Lesson in Symmetry, authored by Valenzeno, Alibali, and Klatzky. The research study, on the other hand, has a document title of Understanding Chan...

Science has always been seen as a quest for knowledge that quenches man's thirst for the ultimate truth. This is actually a statement that really can't just be stated but must be followed with a deep explanation as not everyone would agree with this saying. Even if the statement is ag...

There are many differences in methods used by science and religion. Which ones are more fundamental is not very clear. The basic method of religion is to explain the world by already existing beliefs. Those beliefs may be extended or redefined to revolutionize religion. Theology as a "method" of rel...

There are two main areas of which knowledge can be obtained; they are from a scientific and artistic point of view. It has been argued that the true form of knowledge is acquired from science, but artists also play an important role in understanding the world, which surrounds us. The scientific vi...

Not only is the argument over a deterministic universe widely debated but it is also one of the most challenging topics to completely prove one way or the other. To follow the pattern of the last few classes, I have slowly become fully chaos literate and I now believe that there is a completely reas...

Aristotle defines virtue as acquiring excellence through the fulfillment of a particular function. Stating that all people are born with the potential to be virtuous yet they must act accordingly through their function. Any function good and well must possess a telos or end objective which a soul ...