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- 821: Temagami
- ... especially knowing that they continue to be true today and will most likely continue to be true in the future. The Forests of Canada The forestry industry has always adopted a "cut and get out" philosophy, which has been accepted and most often encouraged by land-hungry industrialized populations who view trees as little more than an obstruction to growth. (ENCARTA) Such philosophies mean in simple terms clear-cutting large tracts ...
- 822: Animal Experimentation
- ... imposes an ethical obligation on scientists to minimize pain and distress in laboratory animals. Our society is influenced by two major strands of thought: the Judeo-Christian heritage and the humanistic tradition rooted in Greek philosophy. The dominance of humans is accepted in both traditions. The Judeo-Christian notion of dominance is reflected in the passage in the Bible that states (Genesis 1:26): And God said, Let us make man ...
- 823: The Atom
- ... it is rigidly governed by mechanistic cause and effect. That was Haeckelism carried to a cold extreme. It stifled Neils Bohr as a biological Haeckelism and stifled Christian Bohr and as a similar authoritarianism in philosophy and in bourgeois Christianty had stifled Soren Kierkegaard. Bibliography Rodes, Richard. The Making of the Atomic Bomb. New York: Ssimon and Schuster, 1986. "Nuclear Wapon." The Enclopedia Britannica. Encylopedia Britannica In. Chicago V8; 1991, p ...
- 824: Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment
- ... experiment have yet to be disproven. The following paragraphs will explain the significance of the Gold Foil Experiment as well as how the experiment contradicted Thomson's atomis model. Rutherford began his experiment with the philosophy of trying "any dam fool experiment" on the chance it might work.1 With this in mind he set out to disprove the current atomic model. In 1909 he and his partner, Geiger, decided Ernest ...
- 825: The Search for Black Holes: Both As A Concept And An Understanding
- ... astronomical and physical communities. Before an understanding of how it is formed can take place, a bit of an introduction to stars is necessary. This will shed light (no pun intended) on the black hole philosophy. A star is an enormous fire ball, fueled by a nuclear reaction at its core which produces massive amounts of heat and pressure. It is formed when two or more enormous gaseous clouds come together ...
- 826: The Application of Fractal Geometry to Ecology
- ... R.H. 1994. Application of multifractals to the analysis of vegetation pattern. Journal of Vegetation Science. 5: 489-496. Shenker, O.R. 1994. Fractal Geometry is not the geometry of nature. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. 25:6:967-981. Shibusawa, S. 1994. Modeling the branching growth fractal pattern of the maize root system. Plant and Soil. 165: 339-347. Simberloff, D., P. Betthet, V. Boy, S. H. Cousins ...
- 827: Christian Love And Community
- ... legitimate claims to available resources. What would a community based on this kind of love do with those who committed brutal acts of terror, violence, and murder? Put negatively, it would not live by the philosophy of "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and a life for a life." It would act to safeguard the members of the community from further destruction. Those who had shown no ...
- 828: Religions' Views on Life After Death
- ... morality, and poverty; holding a job that does not injure others; striving to free one's mind of evil; controlling one's feelings and thoughts; and practicing proper forms of concentration (Ellwood 126). The Buddhists philosophy is based on the Four Noble Truths. The first truth is the knowledge of suffering. The second concerns the origin of suffering. The third deals with the destruction of suffering. The fourth truth indicates the ...
- 829: Violence In Religions Such As Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism
- ... of violence, and one notices when looking at world religion on a whole, one finds that Islam was no more violent than any other religion. In fact, not only is Islam not a fundamentally violent philosophy, but we can also see that many other religions normally considered non-violent, such as Christianity or Hinduism, have been spread through bloody conquest. Due to many incidents and conflicts of territorial ambitions, along with ...
- 830: How Other Religions view Jesus
- ... Muslims and Buddhism, I understand where they get their beliefs. Religion I feel is based on ones own belief. If someone feels that something is the truth, they should be allowed to follow that philosophy. My personal view of Jesus is being a Christian and Roman Catholic that He was put on earth to help direct us. I feel Jesus will come again to us when Heaven comes, but I ...
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