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  • Science

    Science

    Softwood lumber dispute CBC News Online | August 23, 2006 SOFTWOOD LUMBER GLOSSARY Softwood lumber: Easy-to-saw wood such as pine and spruce used in building. Board foot: A unit of volume for wood equal to 144 cubic inches, or one square foot of one-inch-thick board. Countervailing duties: Applied on imports found to be unfairly subsidized. Dumping: Selling goods in another country at less than what they cost to produce. Stumpage: A fee charged by Canadian

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    Essay Length: 1,725 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 16, 2010 By: regina
  • Nature V. Science

    Nature V. Science

    There has been an ongoing debate amongst generations on the subject of Nature v. Science. A good amount of people either let their religion either guide their lives, or even control their lives. Generally religions have similar aspects which can help understand other religions. The information done on totemism is what they experimented with and hoped to apply to other religions. The conceptions and beliefs used to be thought as the essential elements of religion,

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    Essay Length: 292 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 23, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • What Is Science

    What Is Science

    The question of "what is science?" has become an increasingly controversial topic in the analysis of its history. Through the extensive history of science and the vast body of knowledge it has created, questions are raised as to what extent the term may be applied. Many argue that the term Science is used too loosely and that we need to draw distinctions and narrow the scope of the concept to more accurately depict history. Others

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    Essay Length: 266 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 24, 2010 By: Top
  • Discussion on Some Political Strategies Using Science/research to Promote Industrial Development and Economic Growth: on the Hervikutvalget, Nou Report 2000

    Discussion on Some Political Strategies Using Science/research to Promote Industrial Development and Economic Growth: on the Hervikutvalget, Nou Report 2000

    Discussion on Some Political Strategies Using Science/Research to Promote Industrial Development and Economic Growth: On the Hervikutvalget, NOU report 2000 1 Introduction/ Objectives of the Paper The objective of this paper is to discuss some political strategies used by the Norwegian government to promote industrial development and economic growth by using historical and current examples. Norway has itself set the goal of reaching the average OECD level of investment in research and development (R&D)

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    Essay Length: 1,225 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Max
  • The Future of Medical Science Is Now

    The Future of Medical Science Is Now

    The advances in modern medical science in the near future are dependent upon the advances of methods and procedures that by today’s standards are considered to be taboo and dangerous. These methods will not only revolutionize the field of medicine but they will be the forerunners to a whole knew way to treat people. For these advances to take place several key steps need to be taken both medically and politically. In this paper I

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    Essay Length: 736 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 29, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Moral Philosophy as Applied Science

    Moral Philosophy as Applied Science

    Ruse and Wilson in “Moral Philosophy as Applied Science” give the example of brother-sister incest avoidance as being an ethical code motivated by an epigenetic rule that confers an adaptive advantage on those who avoid intercourse with their siblings. In this discussion, Ruse and Wilson argue that moral laws disallowing incest are redundant relics of mankind’s evolutionary history that provide nothing to mankind but explanations of a hard-wired evolutionary trait (179). I reject this argument.

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    Essay Length: 1,900 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: May 5, 2010 By: Max
  • Business Science and 'islamic Loans and Mortgages'?

    Business Science and 'islamic Loans and Mortgages'?

    Business Science and 'Islamic Loans and mortgages'? Due to the fact that ‘Muslim mortgages' became interesting in recent time, two British banks (Lloyds TSB and HSBC) started to offer them in all of their branches this summer. Could they have used business science to come up with this product? At first the topic will be briefly explained and afterwards it will be put in context with Kuhn's idea of paradigms and incommensurability with a conclusion

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    Essay Length: 1,152 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 6, 2010 By: Peter
  • What Is Cognitive Science?

    What Is Cognitive Science?

    What is cognitive science? A scientific explanation would be “the interdisciplinary study of mind and intelligence, embracing philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, linguistics, and anthropology.” (1) But what does that mean, cognitive science has been quitely growing since ancient Greece when philosphers debated and struggled to uderstand the questions what is the mind, and what is knowing. Philosepher are still debating that question even today, however in the mid 1950’s while the psychological world was

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    Essay Length: 427 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: Edward
  • The Qur’aan and Modern Sciences

    The Qur’aan and Modern Sciences

    INTRODUCTION E ver since the dawn of human life on this planet, Man has always sought to understand Nature, his own place in the scheme of Creation and the purpose of Life itself. In this quest for Truth, spanning many centuries and diverse civilizations, organized religion has shaped human life and determined to a large extent, the course of history. While some religions have been based on books, claimed by their adherents to be

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    Essay Length: 572 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: Mike
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

    Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

    Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Computer Engineering combines Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and deals with the design and application of computer systems. These computer systems can range from large super computers to tiny microprocessors that are embedded in all kinds of equipment, such as automobiles, appliances, cellular phones, medical devices, office equipment, etc. The goal of the Computer Engineering is to provide students with a practical, hands-on education that emphasizes applications. The Computer

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    Essay Length: 319 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: Mike
  • Science Experiment

    Science Experiment

    Experiment2: Preparation of Dibenzalacetone Aim: Using the cabon-cabon bond making ability in carbonyl chemistry, Dibenzalacetone is synthesized from 2 equivalent of benzaldehyde and 1 equivalent of acetone in a base catalyzed reaction. Physical Data1: *detailed risk and safety phrases are attached. substance Hazards, risks and safety practices MW (g/mol) Amt. Used Mol. mp (K) bp (K) density(g/cm^3) acetone R11, R36, R67, S9, S25, S26 58.08 0.24 g 0.004 178.2 329.4 0.79 benzaldehyde R22, S24

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    Essay Length: 356 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Gohan
  • The Equilibrium of Religion and Science

    The Equilibrium of Religion and Science

    The Equilibrium of Religion and Science True science discovers God waiting behind every door. ----Pope Pius XII In the common sense, science and religion are considered to be two things at odds, for they contradict each other. In the aspects of the exterior, it is true. Giordano Bruno was burnt alive by the Catholics for revealing scientific truth. Darwin’s theory of evolution is not taken into curriculum in half of the middle school in US

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    Essay Length: 980 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Main Article: History of Science

    Main Article: History of Science

    Main article: History of science Well into the eighteenth century, science and natural philosophy were not quite synonymous, but only became so later with the direct use of what would become known formally as the scientific method, which was earlier developed during the Middle Ages and early modern period in Europe and the Middle East (see History of scientific method). Prior to the 18th century, however, the preferred term for the study of nature was

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    Essay Length: 653 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 13, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Nastural Science

    Nastural Science

    1. Explain the Noel Hypothesis: (a) What sorts of things does it try to explain, (b) How does it explain them? (Text, lecture) A) The Noel hypothesis states: if two or more groups come together in a contact situation characterized by ethnocentrism, competition, and a differential in power, then some form of racial or ethnic stratification with result. The Noel hypothesis helps explain why colonists enslaved black Africans instead of white indentured servants of Native

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    Essay Length: 457 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 15, 2010 By: Jon
  • Movement Science

    Movement Science

    Are parents ready to red shirt there children? No, I’m not talking about sports but kindergarten. Many parents are facing the issue of whether or not their children are ready for the big step into the classroom. Before entering kindergarten children need to develop their perceptual skill (depth perception). As humans we need depth perception for detection, discrimination, and identification of objects. Depth perception is a difficult topic to access due to the fact that

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    Essay Length: 3,792 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: May 16, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Science of Sex

    Science of Sex

    You may have heard it all before: men are turned on visually and women are more interested in character. Perhaps this is the basis of attraction, but it's never that simple: both sexes want sex and love and often go to great lengths to get it. The primitive urge to have sex often gets more complicated as people wonder if casual sex is turning into a relationship, or whether they should break up with a

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    Essay Length: 1,147 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 16, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Frankenstein and the Science of Cloning

    Frankenstein and the Science of Cloning

    Frankenstein and the Science of Cloning Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” tells a story about a young man by the name of Victor Frankenstein and his pursuit to create life. Esther Schor describes Victor as “a man of science”(Schor 87). Victor Frankenstein attempts to travel beyond accepted human limits at the college of Ingolstadt, and access the secret of life, or as what he would call the elixir of life. Victor demonstrates this by creating a monster,

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    Essay Length: 1,161 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 16, 2010 By: Tommy
  • But Why Has History as Science Such a Big Importance?

    But Why Has History as Science Such a Big Importance?

    H I S T O R Y The word history is most commonly used to express a thing that has already happened. So one can say that the mankind LIVES the history. But the term history does not mean only this - it means much more: it can also mean a kind of science, that has a growing importance in the developed world. But why has history as science such a big importance? It's because

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    Essay Length: 1,241 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Computer Science Terms

    Computer Science Terms

    Computer Science Terms: Composite structure: the size of a typical software system implies that it must be broken down into manageable pieces of this Composition: the process of building a system using simpler parts or components Abstraction: the process of ignoring details irrelevant to the problem at hand and emphasizing essential ones. To abstract is to disregard certain differentiating details Data: the info the program deals with Functionality: what the program does with the data,

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    Essay Length: 490 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 19, 2010 By: Bred
  • Xenotransplantation - How Bad Science and Big Business Put the World at Risk from Viral Pandemics

    Xenotransplantation - How Bad Science and Big Business Put the World at Risk from Viral Pandemics

    ISIS Sustainable Science Audit #2 Xenotransplantation: How Bad Science and Big Business Put the World at Risk from Viral Pandemics by Mae-Wan Ho and Joe Cummins ________________________________________ Summary Xenotransplantation - the transplant of animal organs into human beings - is a multi-billion dollar business venture built on the anticipated sale of patented techniques and organs, as well as drugs to overcome organ-rejection (1). It has received strong criticism and opposition from scientists warning of

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    Essay Length: 288 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 24, 2010 By: July
  • Science of Sleep

    Science of Sleep

    Science of Sleep Starring: Geal Garcia Bernal and Charlotte Gainsbourg Written and Directed by Michel Gondry The creation of a dream is a combination of complex ingredients: First, some random thoughts, and then a little bit of reminiscences of the day, mixed with memories from the past, love, friendships, relationships, and all those "ships", together with songs heard during the day, things you saw and also personal thoughts. Dreams can be a very complex and

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    Essay Length: 793 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 27, 2010 By: July
  • Computer Science

    Computer Science

    Computer Engineering Introduction The explosive impact of computers and information technology on our everyday lives has generated a need to design and develop new computer software systems and to incorporate new technologies in a rapidly growing range of applications. The tasks performed by workers known as computer software engineers evolve quickly, reflecting new areas of specialization or changes in technology, as well as the preferences and practices of employers. Computer software engineers apply the principles

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    Essay Length: 2,299 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: May 28, 2010 By: Yan
  • Science Elasticity

    Science Elasticity

    TERM PAPER IN SCIENCE IV _Mr. Michael Edar_ _Reynaldo B. Castro Jr._ Teacher Student Fourth Year Section Seven Elasticity I. Modeling Elasticity a. Linear Elasticity b. Young’s Modulus of Elasticity c. Approximation d. Elasticity Tenser II. Transition to Inelasticity a. Stress-Strain Curves b. Non-Newtonian Fluids c. Viscoelastic Fluids d. Viscosity III. Fluids Physics a. Newtonian Fluid b. Velocity Gradient c. The Centinuum Hypothesis d. Molecules e. Statistical Mechanics f. Knudsen Number g. Mean Free

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    Essay Length: 1,233 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: June 1, 2010 By: Wendy
  • The Science of Biology

    The Science of Biology

    The Science Of Biology: · Biology is the study of life · Biology is formed by the concepts, principles and theories that allow people to understand the natural environment · There is an order in the natural world Biologists Study The Interactions Of Life: · Living things do not exist in isolation: they all contribute to the fragile balance of nature · Livings things depend on each other and nonliving things Biologists Study The Diversity

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    Essay Length: 903 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: June 2, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Roller Coasters: The Science Behind The Fun

    Roller Coasters: The Science Behind The Fun

    When you are riding a roller coaster, have you ever wondered what keeps you in your seat when you go through a loop, corkscrew or helix? Or are you too excited to even notice? There are literally only two types of roller coasters. One type is a steel roller coaster. Another type is a wooden roller coaster. Even though they are made of different materials their needs to operate are the same. Every roller coaster

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    Essay Length: 693 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: June 3, 2010 By: Max

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