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Scientists Are Portrayed Super Intelligent Scientist
387 words
In Dorothy Nelkins article The Mystique of Science
in the Press she only touches the image of
scientists in the newspaper. Nelson explains that
scientists are described as a combination of
wonder-worker and nerd. Today scientists are
portrayed through newspapers, movies, television,
and books. They are stereotyped by having glasses,
being nerdy, geeky, boring, disconnected from
life, and super intelligent. Some people might say
scientists are wacko. This just means they are
very into their work,...
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Theory Of Evolution Karl Marx
2,560 words
Introduction: Why the Theory of Evolution? Some of
the people who have heard of "the theory of
evolution" or "Darwinism", may think that these
concepts only concern the field of biology and
that they have no significance in their everyday
lives. This is a big misconception because far
more than a biological concept, the theory of
evolution constitutes the underpinnings of a
dishonest philosophy that has held sway over a
great number of people. That philosophy is
"materialism", which holds a numb...
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Readers Digest W O
2,577 words
... iru's that killed tens of thousands of seals
in the north sea in the late 1980 's, and later
caused the deaths of hundreds of stripped dolphins
in the Mediterranean. They did not find any. Nor
was there any suggestion that the dolphins had
suffered from a parasitic disease or pollution.
(Bonner 6) This is how they came to the conclusion
it had to be nets because the dolphins didnt die
from any disease, but had marks on them. The
scientists then put two and two together and they
figured out i...
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Oppenheimer And The Atomic Bomb
1,958 words
... y concerned about wining to prove to himself
and the world he was a great scientist. In 1963
Lyndon B. Johnson reinstated him and his
reputation in the United States. He immediately
received the Enrico Fermi Award of the Atomic
Energy Commission. He retired at Princeton in 1966
and died of cancer later that year. So in the end
of his life Oppenheimer lectured to the world on
science and education until his death. He gave the
most attention to the issue of the nuclear arms
race and tried to p...
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The Ozone A Hole In Theory
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... Watson, head of the ozone trends panel a
supporter of the CFC banning: "Probably more
people would die from food as a consequence of
inadequate refrigeration than would die from
depleting ozone. " An environmental scientist
knowingly sending 20 - 40 million people to their
deaths yearly! Banning CFCs would not only kill 20
- 40 million a year it will also lower the health
of the remaining living people, by causing
world-wide hunger, and food-borne diseases
(Howard)! These are the type of peo...
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Occupational Outlook Handbook Computer Science
1,672 words
Computer Science Computer Science is an exciting
field which requires dedication and hard work. A
Computer Scientist sits at a desk all day and
writes programs, technical writes, and various
other tasks. At first a Computer Scientist starts
under an executive, but in a few short years they
are executives themselves. If a person wants to
enter the field of Computer Science one must meet
the requirements, takes advantages of
opportunities available, and face the demands of
the job. A Computer Scie...
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Dna Fingerprinting Nucleic Acids
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Before the dawn of the 20 th century, the central
role played by one complicated molecule in the
shape of all living things was one of natures
best-kept secrets. (The History 100) DNA
(Deoxyribonucleic Acid), is the nucleic acid found
in the nuclei of all cells. It is considered as a
gene. (Websters Dictionary 257) Before the year of
1953, no one knew that DNA was going to be the
great architect of life (The Histroy 100). It was
two intelligent men that discovered natures
secret, James Watson an...
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Ozone Layer Ice Caps
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Article Current Science CURRENT SCIENCE Article 1
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Largest meat-eating dinosaur discovered Who:
Philip Currie is a scientist, shown in picture, is
responsible for the discovery of this new dinosaur
with the help of a team of paleontologists What:
Bones have been discovered witch could belong to
the largest meat eating dinosaur ever to walk the
earth. This dinosaur is said to be bigger and more
terrifying than the Tyrannosaurus Rex. It is
estimated that ...
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Max Weber Political Writings
4,099 words
Max Weber and Social Science Max Weber thought
that statements of fact are one thing, statements
of value another, and any confusing of the two is
impermissible, Ralf Dahrendorf writes in his essay
Max Weber and Modern Social Science as he
acknowledges that Weber clarified the difference
between pronouncements of fact and of value. 1
Although Dahrendorf goes on to note the
ambiguities in Webers writings between factual
analysis and value-influenced pronouncements, he
stops short of offering an e...
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Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels
1,003 words
Global Warming is something that has been going on
now for a long time. Over the years scientist have
been telling people, that all the pollutants that
we put in the air was doing damage to the earth
and the ozone. Some scientist disagreed with that
statement and because of that there was nothing
done in the past, but now scientist and people
alike know what is happening to the ozone and are
making a fight to try and get the government to do
something about it. Through out this research
paper I ...
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Gulliver Travels Jonathan Swift
3,070 words
The tale of Gulliver? s Travels can be described
as a written criticism of the society in which
Swift lived. In each of the worlds Gulliver
encountered the problems he saw with the
civilizations were actually the political and
social aspects Jonathan Swift disliked about his
own world. He also accomplishes this by giving the
inhabitants of these worlds superior traits and
attitudes in order to compare them to and belittle
the culture that surrounded Swift. An example of
this could be the intelle...
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Reading This Book Rest Of His Life
3,454 words
Santiago Ramon y Cajal Santiago Ramon y Cajal
(1852 - 1934) was one of the greatest Spanish
scientists of the 19 th and early 20 th centuries.
His study of the brain and nerve cells laid the
groundwork for neuroscience. He was not a man who
kept his studies to one specific field, but rather
made lasting important contributions to several
fields. He was not a man who went unnoticed, but
he was highly regarded not only for his laboratory
work, but also for his scientific writings and
illustrations...
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Scientists Are Portrayed Super Intelligent Scientist
391 words
In Dorothy Nelkin? s article? The Mystique of
Science in the Press? she only touches the image
of scientist? s in the newspaper. Nelkin explains
that scientists are described as a combination of
wonder-worker and nerd. Today scientists are
portrayed through newspapers, movies, television,
and books. They are stereotyped by having glasses,
being nerdy, geeky, boring, disconnected from
life, and super intelligent. Some people might say
scientists are wacko. This just means they are
very into their...
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