Essays Tagged: "Scientist"

Galileo Galilei - founder of modern experimental science

lileo Galilei"founder of modern experimental science"Galileo Galilei was one of the most remarkable scientists ever. He discovered many new ideas and theories and introduced them to mankind. Galileo h ... ciety as an Italian astronomer and physicist, but how did he come to be such a great and well-known scientist? It took hard work and patience....Galileo was born during the renaissance in Pisa, Italy ...

(2 pages) 126 0 2.7 Feb/1994

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Mars

ce do not unambiguously demonstrate the existence of life on Mars.' ( Sagan and Shklovskii 273)Some scientist believe man should look up in the sky searching for new habitats for future generations, s ... f is sometimes too heavy even based on real evidence. The tough debate started on August 1996, when scientists from the NASA-SU team announced that a meteorite found on the Antartica contained evidenc ...

(3 pages) 144 0 4.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

Einstein

Of all the scientists to emerge from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries there is one whose name is known by ... Albert Einstein's General Theory of relativity,but few know about the intriguing life that led this scientist to discover what some have called, 'The greatestsingle achievement of human thought.'Einst ... earned that while physicists had generally agreed on major principals inthe past, there were modern scientists who were attempting to disprove outdated theories. Since most ofEinstein's teachers ignor ...

(6 pages) 51 0 4.7 Jan/1994

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Einstein

Of all the scientists to emerge from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries there is one whose name is known by ... lbert Einstein's General Theory of relativity, but few know about the intriguing life that led this scientist to discover what some have called, 'The greatest single achievement of human thought.' ... arned that while physicists had generally agreed on major principals in the past, there were modern scientists who were attempting to disprove outdated theories. Since most of Einstein's teachers igno ...

(7 pages) 58 0 4.7 Apr/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

A Short Biography of Benjamin Franklin

immensely. He was a noted politician as well as respected scholar. He was an important inventor and scientist. Particularly interesting is his impact on the scientific world.Benjamin Franklin was a mo ...

(7 pages) 239 2 4.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

Einstein

Of all the scientists to emerge from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries there is one whose name is known by ... lbert Einstein's General Theory of relativity, but few know about the intriguing life that led this scientist to discover what some have called, 'The greatest single achievement of human thought.'Eins ... arned that while physicists had generally agreed on major principals in the past, there were modern scientists who were attempting to disprove outdated theories. Since most of Einstein's teachers igno ...

(7 pages) 78 0 4.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Albert Einstein

Of all the scientists to emerge from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries there is one whosename is known by ... Albert Einstein's General Theory of relativity, but few know about theintriguing life that led this scientist to discover what some have called, 'The greatest singleachievement of human thought.'Einst ... earned that while physicists had generally agreed on majorprincipals in the past, there were modern scientists who were attempting to disproveoutdated theories. Since most of Einstein's teachers ignor ...

(6 pages) 165 0 4.3 Oct/1990

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Should Marijuana Be Legalized?

United States. This drug as you know is bad and causes severe side effects to your brain and body. Scientist have found that smoking marijuana can cause you to loose your memory. Marijuana has many p ...

(6 pages) 372 1 4.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Twister

After the tragedy, time is moved on to present day and into the field where Joe is with a group of scientist's called the Chaser's.Joe is presently married to a man called Bill. Bill is on the way to ...

(4 pages) 49 1 3.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Letter From Thoreau to Darwin

asimagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in commonhours. Although you weren't a prominent scientist, you tookon the challenge of learning from nature, that which whatothers have not. You did ... that which whatothers have not. You didn't go on a scientific expedition orlive like all the other scientists, instead you boarded theboat, H.M.S. Beagle, and brought with you only thenecessities. Yo ...

(2 pages) 44 0 4.2 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Aristotle

- -ARISTOTLE (384 -322 BC) Lu-1ARISTOTLE'S LIFEAristotle, Greek philosopher and scientist, is one of the most famous of ancient philosophers. He was born in Stagira, Greece to a ph ...

(1 pages) 170 1 4.4 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and scientist whodominated the mathematical community during and after his lifetime. Hisoutstanding work ... ph in 1833.Scarcely a branch of mathematics or mathematical physics wasuntouched by this remarkable scientist, and in whatever field helabored, he made unprecedented discoveries. On the basis of hisou ...

(3 pages) 73 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Aristotle vs. Copernicus

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist, who shared with Plato the distinction of being the most famous of ancient philosophers. A ...

(6 pages) 112 0 4.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

A biography on Albert Einstein

Of all the scientists to emerge from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries there is onewhose name is known by ... Albert Einstein's General Theory of relativity, but few know about theintriguing life that led this scientist to discover what some have called, 'The greatest singleachievement of human thought.'Einst ... earned that while physicists had generallyagreed on major principals in the past, there were modern scientists who were attempting todisprove outdated theories. Since most of Einstein's teachers ignor ...

(6 pages) 108 0 4.0 Feb/1994

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Equality, an essay about Technology

than one of my ideas to his fat hands. He was ruthless,unemotional, and conscienceless; the perfect scientist. He painstakingly climbed ontothe two foot platform in front of the podium, making a littl ... ed his throat. 'Ladies andGentlemen, I am here to inform you of a discovery that my team of genetic scientist andI have discovered.' The more he said the more I wanted to hear. I wanted to shout tomak ...

(4 pages) 72 0 3.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

"The Lost World" by Michael Crichton

The Lost World by Michael Crichton is a great science fiction novel about a group of scientists of different fields that go on an expedition to an island to bring back a rich and stubbo ... als at Costa Rica, but no one found out what they actually were or where they had come from. A rich scientist named Dr. Richard Levine performed research on some of these animals and found some clues ...

(3 pages) 53 0 3.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Fear of Science portrayed in Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", Well's "The Time Machine", and Shelley's "Frankenstein"

aid of the effect ofscience. This fear of science can be traced back to the nineteenth centurywhere scientist had to be secretative in experimenting with science.Although science did wonders in the ni ...

(6 pages) 121 0 4.1 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Illuminating the Path of Progress, Speaks of Thomas Alva Edison and his invention

d create millions of jobs. He became famous for his scientific inventions, even though he was not a scientist. His real talent was his ability to clearly judge a problem and be persistent in experimen ... he Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, invited him to become president of an advisory group of scientists. Edison's contribution came through his scientific work on torpedo detection methods and ...

(6 pages) 104 0 4.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

ESSAY QUESTION: In what ways does gender shape the nature of Universities in Australia. How does it shape your experience of university study? References included.

eople in society would generally imagine an academic as male, in the same way that a policeman or a scientist would be imagined as a man, because these have traditionally been male roles. It indicates ...

(5 pages) 51 0 3.0 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Nuclear Legacy

'There is 10 thousand tons of nuclear waste on Earth.' Many scientist are insearch for new and efficient ways to dispose of these lethal by-products which cande ... rowing rate of 'unwanted nuclear waste.' The issue now is,how do we dispose of these nuclear wastes?Scientist have thought of several methods to dispose the nuclear by-products.They tried to chemicall ...

(4 pages) 67 1 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Atmospheric Sciences