Essays Tagged: "Anatomy"

Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN Book analysis

e to life. He attended the University of Ingolstadt, and it was here that he became fascinated with anatomy and life. He was very interested in natural philosophy and chemistry and tried to play God b ...

(8 pages) 191 0 3.8 May/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Through the Eyes Of Terror - A look behind the motivation of the Taliban and other Terrorists.

really answer that question is one who studies terrorism or is a terrorist himself.In the book The Anatomy of Terrorism, the author David Long reveals the point that one of the fundamental objectives ... rrorism: Modern Growth Industry and Mass Entertainment. New York: W.W.Norton, 1980.Long, David. The Anatomy of Terrorism. Toronto: Collier Macmillian Canada, 1990.Reich, William. Origins of Terrorism. ...

(6 pages) 148 0 4.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Leonardo Da Vinci - a man before his time......

trained to be a painter but his interests and achievements spread into a variety of fields such as anatomy, astronomy, botany, geology, geometry, and optics. Moreover, Da Vinci drew plans for over 10 ... r, scientist, philosopher, sculptor, and a genius. Furthermore, Da Vinci wrote textbook about human anatomy. Surprisingly, many of his notebooks survived and they are full of detail and correct drawin ...

(5 pages) 255 2 3.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Leonardo Da Vinci one of the greatest artists pertold in history. He created several tremendous and infamous art pieces including "The Mona Lisa." This was only one of his several extradinary works.

he studied sculpture and the mechanical arts. This was also when he first developed an interest in anatomy. In 1472 Leonardo was accepted into the painters' guild at Florence, where he remained for t ... his scientific work flourished. He continued his notebooks with observations and drawings of human anatomy, optics, mechanics, and botanical studies. He also did some sketches for a Medici residence ...

(3 pages) 148 0 3.3 Jan/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Renaissance Depictions of the Crucifixion.

the Renaissance, art was a branch of knowledge - a way to showcase God and his creations, science, anatomy, discoveries and to inspire people to take pleasure in the world around them. Christian art ...

(8 pages) 194 2 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

Habitat Selection of Terrestrial Isopods.

r logs, where they are able to consume detritus. Some interesting characteristics about the pillbug anatomy are seven pair of legs, two pairs of antennae, compound eyes and three main body parts which ... esis prepared in the humidity experiment was that if pillbugs contain gills structures within their anatomy, then a humidity habitat will be their main attraction. The second hypothesis concerning the ...

(4 pages) 56 0 3.5 Sep/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

"Night: A Herald of Things to Come" traces mentions of the motif of "night" throughout Shakespeare's Macbeth and comments on its significance within the play.

en by one of the greatest playwrights of all time, William Shakespeare, is a play that explores the anatomy of guilt and the events that cause it. When Macbeth and his wife conspire to commit a horrib ...

(5 pages) 20 0 4.5 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Night: A Herald of Things to Come.

en by one of the greatest playwrights of all time, William Shakespeare, is a play that explores the anatomy of guilt and the events that cause it. When Macbeth and his wife conspire to commit a horrib ...

(5 pages) 22 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A Little Bit About Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis By. Meagan Owen

Meagan OwenNovember 2002Anatomy & PhysiologyA Little Bit About Juvenile Rheumatoid ArthritisAs teenager myself, I feel t ...

(4 pages) 32 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Jean Michel Basquiat - a summery of his life

ing him to museums and theatres, and he learned to draw from the books she brought him, like Gray's Anatomy. For a brief time he attended school Puerto Rico, where he had a first attempt at life drawi ...

(3 pages) 50 0 4.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Prostate Cancer

ers three basic and essential categories of information on PC: 1) an introduction and review of PC, anatomy of the urethra, incidence of prostate cancer, and risk factors, 2) detection and treatment m ...

(19 pages) 193 0 4.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Man

w and depth unlike any other artist of his time. He also made remarkable discoveries in Science and anatomy, two subjects that had advanced very little during the Middle Ages. Evidence of Leonardo's i ... s that set him apart from others of his time. Humanism sparked a new interest in the human body and anatomy studies. Da Vinci was a pioneer in this field of study, and his interest delved way beyond t ...

(2 pages) 70 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

An Overview of Transsexuality

which one is assigned (boy or girl, woman or man)". Unlike sex, which refers specifically to one's anatomy, gender reflects attitudes, behaviors and characteristics that are associated with sex. A pe ...

(10 pages) 143 0 4.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Communication-Refraction in relation to the human eye

1. Describe the anatomy and function of the human eye.Conjunctiva- a delicate membrane that covers the surface of th ...

(2 pages) 26 0 3.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

SEx Education in Todays schools

hree schools teaches abstinence only sexual education. These students are taught, quite simply, the anatomy part of sexual education and that abstaining (or not having sex until marriage) is the only ... r doing so, pregnancy rate dropped by fifty percent (Bender).So which is better? I believe teaching anatomy is fine for elementary students, but middle school and high school students should be taught ...

(4 pages) 128 5 4.5 Oct/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Which Religion Did Most For Medicine in the Middle Ages- Christianity or Islam?

ed that they were right so they did not dispute their findings, i.e. the four humours, and ideas on anatomy, and this held them both back. Islam greatly respected the ancient writings. These books wer ... For religious reasons, dissection wasn't allowed in Islam, and this held them back on knowledge of anatomy. In Christianity, only one body a year was allowed for dissection in medical school.In both ...

(2 pages) 30 1 3.5 Oct/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Greek Sculpture and developments

74) From the first appearance of Greek sculpture a clear trend towards exploring and depicting the anatomy of the ideal human body can be observed. This depiction of the perfect human form appears to ... means exclusively dictated by religion and the orientation towards the depiction of the ideal human anatomy was free to emerge and grow.As defined earlier, in the 7th century, sculpture emerged as the ...

(7 pages) 113 1 5.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

The History of Body Piercing.

d do not realize this either. There are deep and ancient roots to many piercings. Most parts of the anatomy adorned now primarily for aesthetic purposes were originally pierced with great cultural and ...

(10 pages) 48 0 4.3 Nov/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Leonardo da Vinci (his life and artworks) part 2

Anatomy.Leonardo has become renowned as a dissecting artist, probing, as legend tells us, the forbid ... ng corpses in the face of what he himself acknowledged as the repellent aspects of under taking 'an anatomy'. Supposedly, this was an illicit and sacrilegious activity, which placed him outside the re ...

(7 pages) 43 1 4.3 Dec/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Aristotle.

figures that studied almost all of the subjects possible at the time. In science, Aristotle studied anatomy, astronomy, embryology, geography, geology, meteorology, physics,and zoology. In philosophy, ...

(4 pages) 79 0 5.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies