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- 611: Our Solar System at a Glance
- ... to be optical illusions -- led to the popular notion that intelligent beings had constructed a system of irrigation canals on the planet. In 1938, when Orson Welles broadcast a radio drama based on the science fiction classic War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, enough people believed in the tale of invading martians to cause a near panic. Another reason for scientists to expect life on Mars had to do ...
- 612: Is Science Necessary For Our Future?
- ... scientists tell us we can decide what our children will look like before they are even born. This science frightens many people because the possible misuse of this technology can lead to what many science fiction writers have suggested - a genetically mutated humanoid life form spawned in a test tube to fight wars for us. Science was never really necessary for our future; only we are necessary for our future. Frankenstein ...
- 613: Could Gambling Save Science: Encouraging an Honest Consensus
- ... money back. And, given that many other options markets exist, it is not clear that allowing science options would increase opportunities for compulsive risky investing. IS THERE ENOUGH INTEREST IN SCIENCE QUESTIONS? A recent science fiction [Bre] novel imagined wide-spread betting on science and technology questions, supplanting horse racing in popularity. And it is possible that having a direct, if small, influence and personal stake in science would heighten the ...
- 614: The Laser
- ... are used to price items. Lasers also are used to protect businesses by placing laser sensors in security systems. Military: Lasers play a very important role in the military. Unlike what is seen in science fiction movies where a laser gun could be used as a hand weapon, using today's technology lasers that powerful would have to be as big as the great pyramids in Egypt. Instead, we use them ...
- 615: Sharks
- ... 1" Any one whos seen the famous movie series "Jaws" may look at the Great White Shark in a similar manner. Perhaps its the way that Hollywood uses a mix of fact and fiction in the series. This may have frightened many people into hating the Great White for its ferocity. It might have also been the size of the shark in the movie thats kept thousands ...
- 616: The Holy Bible and Its History
- ... full meaning. Another book being claimed as a companion to the Bible is the "Book of Mormon". This book is not a Bible, and should be considered by the Christian as no more than a fiction novel. Sources Eerdmans' Handbook to the History of Christianity. The Complete Guide to Bible Versions. Many reports gathered from around the Internet. Personal research. The King James Bible (KJV) The New International Version (NIV) The ...
- 617: To Autumn by John Keats
- ... to the other side (line 20). In the last two lines, the audible, juicy noise of the sibilants is too strong not to be noticed. We fairly hear the last oozings being squeezed from the pulp (line23). The last stanza represents that Keats is celebrating the music of autumn in this last part of his poem. The life will renew itself once more in the spring, he has shown us continuing ...
- 618: Marking Time Versus Enduring in Gwendolyn Brook's "The Bean Eater's"
- ... beads and receipts and dolls and cloths, tobacco crumbs, vases and fringes" (11). What these people have is not much, but it is something. Works Cited Brooks, Gwendolyn. "The Bean Eaters," Literatur: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ed, X.J. Kennedy and Dana Goia. 6th ed. New york: harper, 1995, 655. Kent, George E. A Life of Gwendolyn Brooks. Lexington:UP of Kentucky, 1990. Melhem, D. H. Gwendolyn Brooks ...
- 619: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"
- ... Related Information Poe Perplex on the Black Cat Do Black Cats cause bad luck? Comment on Poe's "The Black Cat" "I am Safe" - David Grantz Works Cited Levine, Stuart and Susan, editors. The Short Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe: An Annotated Edition. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1990. Quinn, Arthur Hobson. Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1941. Silverman, Kenneth. Edgar A. Poe: Mournful ...
- 620: Nature Imagery in Adrienne Rich's "Twenty-One Love Poems"
- ... points out the marred and disturbing character of the human culture dominant in Manhattan. Her stroll in the metropolis with her lover compels her to take into account that "screens flicker / with pornography, with science-fiction vampires, / victimized hirelings bending to the lash." These fierce images foresee later remarks in the "Twenty-One Love Poems" on the violence intrinsic in a culture built by men, and including "pornography" and "vampires" on ...
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