Science Essays

In The Perils of Obedience, Stanley Milgram expresses his findings of an experiment he conducted trying to prove the lengths people will go to be obedient to authority. The first experiments included a group of undergraduates from Yale. The experiments involved three subjects: the experimenter, the “teacher” and the “learner”. The teacher would read off […]

For Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, our personality is rooted in the dynamics of our unconscious; all the ideas, thoughts, and feelings of which we are normally unaware. Freud identified sexual and aggressive instincts as the primary unconscious drives that determine human behavior. According to Freud, personality is made of three structures: the id, […]

The content of Lewis Thomas’ Ceti is a brief essay excerpted from The Lives of a Cell book. Written in 1975, this essay by Lewis discusses the use of radio astronomy for communicating with extraterrestrial beings in other galaxies and planets. Despite this, he also delves into the challenges associated with reaching out to intelligent […]

Stephen Risley is the brother of the main character and focus, Elaine Risley, in the novel Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood. Stephen is a prodigy as a child and becomes a top physicist later is life. Much of the science enters Cat’s Eye through Elaine’s brother and he has an impressionable impact on her growth […]

Advanced strategic thinking is crucial when applying chaos and complexity theories in strategy, as it requires a clear definition of the terms “strategy,” “chaos theory,” and “complexity theory.” According to Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., strategy is the process of determining an enterprise’s long-term goals and objectives, adopting courses of action, and allocating resources to achieve […]

The Universe Next Door: Ethics and Worldviews A worldview is the set of beliefs that is fundamentally grounded in each person’s heart whether they realize it or not, whether they hold true to it or not. Put simply, it is the basis on which a person lives his/her life. Therefore, ethics, the defining of right […]

How high is the water conductivity level of the water sources in Goa Gajah? I predict the level of electrical conductivity of the water sources in Goa Gajah will be between the range of a normal drinking water, which is 0. 0005 to 0. 005 s/m. This hypothesis is based on the fact that conductivity […]

Synergistic decision making, or SDM, is a model of decision making consisting of two aspects: problem solving and interpersonal relations. One of the basic aspects of SDM is that group members need to delay their decision making until all ideas have been evaluated. Group members should not try to debate the merits of an idea […]

  “As a world view, Darwinism cannot of course be refuted, since Faith is, always has been, and always will be, stronger than facts. “ – Francis P. Yockey Social Darwinism is a theory that competition among all individuals, groups, nations or ideas drives social evolution in human societies. The term draws upon Charles Darwin’s […]

A wireless LAN or WLAN is a wireless local area network, which is the linking of two or more computers or devices without using wires. WLAN uses spread-spectrum or OFDM modulation technology based on radio waves to enable communication between devices in a limited area, also known as the basic service set. This gives users […]

Edward de Bono thought to be one of the leading authority in the world in the field of creative thinking and direct teaching of thinking as a skill. A de Bonian thinker states, “There are highly intelligent people who are poor thinkers. Intelligent people may use their thinking to simply defend a point of view. […]

Introduction The White Heron is a spiritual story portraying great refinement and concerns with higher things in life. A 9 year old girl once isolated in the city found fulfillment in a farm surrounded by nature. Too those less unfortunate, money charm and other attractions can be intoxicated; Sylvia did not bite. She could have […]

Dr. Sayer was a very caring doctor who had started working with patients who have been comatose for several decades. He was a very determined human being and when he was told that there was no hope of any cure for his patients, he felt let down but that did not cause him to give […]

Etienne Pascal had only one son, Blaise Pascal, who was born on June 19, 1623 in Clermont, Auvergne, France. He was the third child overall. When Blaise was three, his mother passed away and his family moved to Paris. His father, Etienne, decided to homeschool him and forbid him from learning math until he turned […]

3 Major Theoretical Approaches to Sociology Functionalism (a. k. a. Structural Functionalism, Functional Analysis, Positivism): Until relatively modern times the prevalent sociological perspective was Functionalism, a paradigm which analyzes social structures (such as religion, schooling, or race relations) to deduce what social functions (such as marriage conventions, college attendance, or hiring practices) derive from them. […]

Abstract Differing from the dominant bipolar paradigm of analyzing national cultures, this paper champions a dialectical approach that sees each national culture as having a life of its own full of dynamics and paradoxes. The paper calls for shifting our mindset from the Cold War “onion” way of analyzing culture to a new “ocean” way […]

Assumptions Production Rate 1,000 dozen pies every 20 minutes Monthly Production – 60,000 dozen pies Yearly production – 720,000 dozen pies Thrift store demand – 240 dozens per month Thrift store storage max – 1000 dozen pies Rejected batches are first sold at the Thrift Store and excess donated to charity The threat of situation […]

1. Introduction This article highlights key issues / factors that motivated MrJohnston to start his business. These key issues will be analysed using the external and internal factors of entrepreneurship. The internal factors will include theories such as personality theories, behavioural theories and sociological and cognitive approaches studied by various individuals and groups. We will […]

A Reluctant Master Girish Karnad says that, though the English writers and the thought of writing in English influenced him, it was unknowingly that he became a playwright and started writing in Kannada. ‘Yakshagana’, the traditional folk theatre of Karnataka, influenced him. Karnad’s plays, Yayathi, Hayavadana, Tughlag, and Nagamandala certainly reveal this influence. Two Folktales […]

Hawthorne’s Inference of Love and Science In both “The Birthmark” and “Rappaccini’s Daughter” Nathaniel Hawthorne includes two main characters whose selfish attempts to perfect the ones they love end up proving the laws of nature are not to be tampered with. In “The Birthmark” Alymer is easily blinded by success and let’s his tendency to […]

Throughout history, numerous individuals have made significant efforts to document past events. They have employed various methods such as newspapers, diaries, journals, saved letters, family Bibles, and oral traditions. The Aborigines of Australia, for instance, managed to preserve their history for an astonishing 40,000 years through oral transmission. History serves as the account of humanity, […]

People of diverse ages, races, and genders choose cosmetic surgery for several reasons. The primary objective is to enhance their physical appearance and elevate self-confidence. A wide range of surgeries are offered such as breast augmentation, rhinoplasty, liposuction, Botox injection, and other implants that can transform any desired aspect. With aging comes increased anxiety over […]