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- 7451: The Island Of Dr. Moreau
- ... of the evolutionary processes. This brings me to one of Wells most important ideas that he wanted to tell his readers. That was the idea of vivisection or cloning of humans and animals. In todays world we are trying to control evolution by furthering our studies into cloning. He was right about his expectations of future societies and his ideas about how scientific advancements would affect our world. It was different because when this book was published it got horrific reviews for being too outlandish with its views on society. I think that if the book was published today it would be raved ... every scientist wanted and that was success but he took it a little past what his culture viewed as normal. If Moreau had executed his experiments in the light of his peers in the science world he would have been persecuted. Wells tried to let this doctor run free with his experiments but found out that sometimes the furtherment of science will come back to haunt you. This book served ...
- 7452: Aristotle
- ... than empirical observation. Although Aristotle acknowledged the importance of "scientific" astronomy - the study of the positions, distances and motions of the stars - he nevertheless treated astronomy in the abstract, linking it to his overall philosophical world picture. As a result, the modern distinction between physics and metaphysics is not present in Aristotle, and in order to fully appreciate him we must try to abandon this pre-conception. Aristotle argued that the ... the celestial regions, but becomes adulterated in the area below the moon. (De Caelo, Book I, chapter 2) Aristotle's view of the universe was hierarchical, and he made a sharp distinction between the sublunar world of change, and the eternal and immutable heavens. Aristotle, like Eudoxus and Callippus before him, believed that each planet followed the path laid out by a certain number of spheres. Callippus had postulated 33 spheres ... It is generally held that Aristotle's addition of these counteracting spheres complicated rather than cleared up the problem of planetary motion. Aristotle's many-faceted theory of motion was a fundamental part of his world picture. The complexity of this theory is evidenced in the numerous interpretations offered by modern scholars. Here only the bare bones of it will be presented. According to Aristotle, there were three kinds of ...
- 7453: In Search Of Excellence
- ... them like adults. The excellent companies allowed for some chaos in return for quick action and regular experimentation. They simply persisted. Over-commitment on reliability by Caterpillar (forty-eight hour parts service anywhere in the world or Cat pays) or Maytag (ten years trouble-free operation) makes no sense. Who in his right mind would establish MBWA (management by walking around), as HP does? Those excellent companies would have a hard ... of policy manuals and replaced them with a one-page statement focusing on the "productive people". In these companies were eight traits the authors felt significantly contributed to their success. Kimsey Mann, CEO of the world's second largest apparel manufacturer, believes that every one of the eight is about people. Each one may seem trite, but the intensity of the implementation of these traits, especially when compared to their competitors ... like they were a nuisance. Other companies talk about it but these companies do it. IBM hasn't been a technology leader for decades. It's dominance was because of service. The head of IBM World-Trade said that IBM acted as though it was on the verge of losing every customer. A significant part of the excellent companies' mission statements spoke of service. They tended to be more driven ...
- 7454: Distinctly Canadian
- ... and Davis Strait, which separate it from Greenland; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by the United States; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean and Alaska. Canada is the world's second largest country, surpassed in size only by Russia. Canada has a total area of 9,970,610 sq. km (3,849,652 sq. mi), of which 755,180 sq. km (291,575 sq ... and fish. The name Canada is derived from an Iroquoian term meaning "village" or "community." In Canada we have many images, practices, and items that make us one of the best, younger countries in the world. In such a short time for a country to exist, we have many images that make us very culturally rich in everyway. Probably the most important images, practices, and items come for our friend, the ... the sport. Since then, lacrosse has, by reason of culture, tradition, and popularity, become the Canadian national game (Canadian Encyclopaedia, 1988). Then their is ice hockey, one of the most popular sports in whole wide world. Spectator may argue that beer is part of the game, but that is another essay topic. Hockey, game in which two opposing teams attempt to drive a puck through the goal of the opponent ...
- 7455: Andy Warhol
- ... movement, Andy Warhol brought forward society's obsession with mass culture and allowed it to become the subject of art itself. Using many techniques such as isolation, repetition and colour placement, Warhol brought to the world of art his views on materialism, politics, economics and the media. Andy was quick to warn his admirers and critics, do not look any deeper than the surface of my art and my life' (Bockris ... common images, celebrities and death, Warhol teaches us that surface images have a lot to say about pop culture. By exploring and learning more about the artist who opened so many doors in the art world, one can see why looking at the surface of his works often meant seeing and understanding so much more about the society in which we live. Warhol's Campbell's soup cans are arguably some ... deeper, hidden meaning beneath the surface. On the outside all we see are soup cans, 32 times and to most observers it seems meaningless. Warhol's main goal was to show us that in a world where everyone claims to be searching for universal truths and importance an ordinary object like a soup can, dictates so much about societies' beliefs, values and our views on art. Andy Warhol loved glamour ...
- 7456: Flowers For Algernon
- ... Charlie and Ms Kinnian, over the course of the radio play. To Charlie, Ms Kinnian is like a mentor. She supports and cares for Charlie throughout his development, and helps him realise things about the world and himself that he never knew before. Ms Kinnian cares deeply for Charlie, in this radio play, she believes Charlie is a " very fine person," but Charlie feels more than respect for Ms Kinnian. As ... of a conflict of interest. It is suggested in the radio play that Dr. Nemur's main reason for performing and publishing the results of the experiment, was to achieve fame and acclaim at the World Psychological Association'. Dr. Nemur often seems to refer to Charlie as an object, and experiment rather than a human. As Charlie says, " Nemur seems to think he hasn't so much helped me, as created ... tampering with nature and the consequences involved. Not everyone in society was meant to be smart, so why try to make everyone into geniuses. By tampering with nature we will change the whole way the world works. Obviously, if people were meant to have two hundred plus intelligence, they would be born that way. Many adverse consequences could arise such as complex weapons and computer programs being invented to destroy ...
- 7457: Andrew Jackson
- ... was the first president to be born in a log cabin. Second, Jackson was the first president to ride on a railroad train. Next, Jackson was the only president who served in both the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. Fourth, his nickname was Old Hickory, because he was ordered down to Texas with 2500 soldiers at his command, and they were called back when they got to Mississippi. They were stranded with ... led his troops back to Tennessee without a scratch. They called him old hickory because he was a tough as hickory wood. And lastly, Jackson was the only president to have been a prisoner of war. He was thirteen when he joined the South Carolina militia to fight in the Revolutionary War. After his capture, he was ordered to clean the boots of a British officer. Jackson refused, so the ...
- 7458: The Nazis and Their Rise to Power and Downfall
- ... out, Hitler joined Kaiser Wilhelmer's army as a Corporal. He was not a person of great importance. He was a creature of a Germany created by WWI, and his behavior was shaped by that war and its consequences. He had emerged from Austria with many prejudices, including a powerful prejudice against Jews. Again, he was a product of his times... for many Austrians and Germans were prejudiced against the Jews ... most of the evils heaped upon it. The fact is that Hitler's anti-Semitism was self-inflicted obstacle to his political success. The Jews, like other Germans, were shocked by the discovery that the war had not been fought to a standstill, as they were led to believe in November 1918, but that Germany had , in fact, been defeated and was to be treated as a vanquished country. Had Hitler ... naked and bewildered, were shoved into a line. Their guards ordered them forward, and flogged those who hung back. The doors to the gas chambers were locked behind them. It was all over quickly. The war came home to Germany. Scarcely had Hitler recovered from the shock of the July 20 bombing when he was faced with the loss of France and Belgium and of great conquests in the East. ...
- 7459: Bacons Rebellion
- ... rather easy to see how much power Berkeley and his cronies had in the colony however most of this power w3as dependent on one factor the Indians. So Berkeley would never want to go to war with these Indians for a plethora of reasons, how dangerous these Indians were, the amount of money he would lose to pay the expenses of war like weapons, food, etc., the lose of the beaver trade monopoly meaning the lose of his money and finally the danger of Indians invading and sabotaging the tidewater territory of Berkeleys elite friends. In order to prevent this from happening as a result of war, Berkeley create a policy of a peace treaty that gives the Indians their land inland and prevents frontiersmen from entering this land in this way their will be no dispute over land because the ...
- 7460: Jordan
- ... 1920, the League of Nations put Palestine under British rule. In 1921, Britain created a unit called Trans-Jordan, and in 1928 Amir Abdullah became ruler of the country . During 1948, the first Arab-Israeli war broke out. During the war 700,000 Palestinian refugees fled to the West Bank from Israel. We, the country of Jordan, offered these needy refugees immediate citizenship. After the word got out, thousands of Palestinian refugees entered Jordan. Thousand of ... to his ideas, assassinated Amir Abdullah. Our great Jordanian army took these activists from the country with force. They alienated King Hussein from his Arab neighbors for years . We got pulled in to the Gulf War. Also, we got trapped between Iraq and the other governments that were against Iraq occupation of Kuwait. We went with the UN embargo of Iraq that showed that we are not supporting the ideas ...
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