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By looking at developmental theories and applying them to the childhoods of saints and sinners throughout history, we are able to contextualize the way they have turned out, and gain a better understanding of human development. By using these theories and looking at how they…

“They’re different inventors, but you can’t say one is greater, because American society needs some Edisons and it needs some Teslas” – W. Bernard Carlson “Tesla: inventor of the Electrical Age”. Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison were both brilliant Inventors, but lead drastically different lives….

You sit down. The chair squeaks a little bit when you reach down to grab your laptop from your bag. You place it on the table, open it up, and turn it on. A black screen with an image of an empty battery flashes. You…

I think that this quote means no matter how much smarter you think you are then someone they might still know something that you don’t. I think this relates to my thesis because we both of us think you can learn something from anyone. Galileo…

Alan Turing was neither a chemist nor a biologist and still he published the paper in year 1952 “The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis” which was based on the unconstrained formation of structures or patterns in systems undergoing reaction and diffusion of their substance leading to…

Sometimes, we wonder, “What causes movement?” or “How do things move?” All this is explained in “Sir Isaac Newton’s Laws Of Motion”. In this essay, I will be talking about and explaining these laws and how they are more relatable to our lives that we…

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), a British scientist, invented the most important field of mathematics, Calculus. But there is a controversy about it. Some people believe that Gottfried Leibniz invented Calculus. However, Both Newton and Leibniz started to work on calculus around the same period. A…

The invention of the radio was a longer process than anyone thought it would be. There were predictions about it and there were thoughts, but nobody ever made the final invention. The way people define the radio is by the “transmission of signals” by waves…

Mass media is an influential role in democratic societies. Media is a tool to express public opinion, respond to public worries and communicate important events and viewpoints. The central basis of democracy relies upon the impression of a fairly cognizant electorate. Noam Chomsky, a well-known…

Noam Chomsky who is a noted linguist has contributed immensely to the field of linguistics, cognitive science, philosophy, history and social criticism. He postulated the transformational generative grammar for which he obtained his PhD. His book titled, Syntactic Structures that was published in 1957 brought…

Noam Chomsky is an erudite scholar who has rendered enormous support in the field of linguistics, philosophy, history, and cognitive science with his groundbreaking innovations which include the theory of transformational generative grammar. Besides his contributions in academia, he is also a prominent author and…

We can see that Darwinism was used significantly to encourage human competition to oppose intervention in the natural human order and was the idea that humans compete for the struggle of existence Charles Darwin came up with the theory of natural selection called survival of…

‘A Brief History of Time’ is Stephen Hawking’s way of explaining the most complex concept and ideas of physics such as space, time, black holes, planets, stars and gravity so that we can understand how planet was created, where it came from and where its…

In 1963, Stephen Hawking is a normal physics PhD student at Cambridge, who enjoys parties, rowing, and hanging out with his friend Bryan. Stephen meets languages student Jane at a party. The two are attracted to each other and they attend a May Ball. Stephen…

As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, my high school years were full of denouncing and correcting facts about the church from my peers. As a student interested about the natural world through the fascinating scope of biology, I have…

Half a century ago, Alan Turing disappeared. A true war hero and mathematical genius, Alan Turing is also considered by many today to be the godfather of computer science and one of the precursors of artificial intelligence as a field of study. He radically, and…

Everytime when I am on the subway train, it is hard to see people who are not using smartphone. The world without smartphone is not imaginable anymore. There is a history for world to be shaped in this way, which is not that long but…

I chose Alan Turing after watching the 2014 film The Imitation Game, discovering the significant impact he had on World War II and his relatively unknown contributions. His work as a Computer Scientist, Engineer, Mathematician, and Philosopher lead to the foundation of many current technologies…

Marie Curie “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” This famous quote was said by the Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research…

Marie Curie, although born into a humble background in Poland as the youngest of five children in a low-income family, went on to revolutionize scientific research and discoveries through her work as a pioneer in the field of radioactivity and the treatment of cancer, thus…

Science and technology have been around since the beginning of time. Since the 17th century science has been playing a significant role in changing people’s perspective of viewing the world. Amongst various scientists, Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin were two of the most influential…

Sir Isaac Newton, who is known by many people as the inventor of calculus, was an English physicist and mathematician “born on January 4, 1643, in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England”. Although many people may only know Sir Isaac Newton because of his laws of gravity and…

It’s a big-big shoe to fill! If there was a song with that exact line as a title, that would be Robert Hawking’s mantra. If you’re still wondering why, then it’s high time you looked up, Stephen Hawking’s profile ASAP. Robert Hawking is a British…

Have you ever wondered why Thomas Edison is called “one of the greatest inventors that ever lived”? Thomas Edison invented many useful things that changed the world. His creations of the phonograph, incandescent light bulb and the motion picture camera helped the world be more…

Thomas Edison is born in Milan, Ohio, in the winter of 1847. He is the youngest of seven Children. His parent are, Samuel and Nancy. At age 12, he starts working as a new butch on the Grand Trunk Railway where he sold newspapers, magazines,…

If a person works in the agricultural field they are most likely going to know who Temple Grandin is, she is revered as a visionary by many. Temple not only has first-hand experience of working with animals but she also has a Ph.D. and teaches…

Her new born baby was here, ready for the new life. Excited for upcoming accomplishments. Now here to overcome obstacles. Isaac will benefit everyone today. ChildhoodIsaac Newton was born on Jan 4th, 1643. He was very weak when he was born. He was born too…

I have been raised as a faithful Christian and I was open to radical ideas and thoughts, for my family had heavily participated in the Enlightenment; Erasmus Darwin, my grandfather, had published a book which put out a radical concept – that one species could…

In 1859, Charles Darwin had published On the Origins of Species, which talked about the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. Thinkers at the time had applied Darwin’s discoveries to human society; one of them…

Introduction “I never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.” – Galileo Galilei. I think that this quote means no matter how much smarter you think you are then someone they might still know something that you don’t. I think…

Introduction The topic that I have chosen to write this paper on is- Galileo and the Scientific Revolution. The scientific revolution refers to a period of historical changes that took place in Europe marking the emergence of modern science. It was facilitated by developments in…

Becoming a Scientist Galileo Galilei, conceived in February 1564, was to become the most powerful individual in the logical upset. Everyone knows that Galileo Galilei innovated the first telescope, but no one knows the paths and challenges he had to overcome. Vincenzo Galilei, Galileo’s father,…

My Life I am Galileo Galilei, and I am an Italian. I am born in the year 1564, 15th of February in Pisa, Duchy of Florence, Italy. My mother is Giulia and my father is Vincenzo Galilei who he is a famous lutenist, composer and…

Introduction We are constantly surrounded by math and science. We use it without even knowing their true beauty. They impact our lives so much we take them for granted. But this hasn’t always been the case, it had to start somewhere. Over time science has…

Thomas Alva Edison once said, “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” He is famous for inventing the light bulb and phonograph, although he invented many more things. 2,332, to be…

Many know Thomas Edison for inventing the electric light bulb, one of the most important inventions ever to be built by man. Thomas Edison wanted to expand the way entertainment reached people especially the middle class. By doing so, he had his own plan. The…

Introduction Sir Isaac Newton is one of the most famous scientists in history. He is mainly famous for all his scientific and mathematical discoveries. Some of Sir Isaac Newton’s most important discoveries are: the reflecting telescope, the three laws of motion, and the theory of…

Stephen William Hawking is an English theoretical physicist whose theory of exploding black holes drew upon both relative theory and quantum mechanisms became quite famous . He studied physics at University College, Oxford and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He primarily worked in the field of general…

Born on January the 8th of the year 1942, he was one of the Britain’s greatest scientist (theoretical physicist). He grew up in oxford and he had been born into a highly intelligent/educated family. Both his parents had studied at Oxford University (they wanted Stephen…

Corporate strategy is the way a business strives to create value, develop a unique selling advantage, and capture maximum market share. Space Exploration Technologies Corp doing business as Space X, boldly went where no aerospace startup has gone before, posting 18 successful launches—twice as many…

Founder of SpaceX The company SpaceX was founded by Elon Reeve Musk in 2002. He was born on June 28, 1971, in a South African family. In his childhood only, he started dreaming of inventions and developed an interest in computers. At the age of…

The SpaceX team has successfully launched and landed the Falcon Heavy rocket in the orbit of the earth. This is the largest rocket in operation and during the launch the atmosphere was electric. Falcon Heavy is the largest and most powerful rocket available capable of…

SpaceX is a company that focuses on rockets and space equipment. Their main goal is to launch humans into outer space and make other planets habitable for humans. The company was founded on May 6, 2002. The CEO is Elon Musk he created the company…

Commonly seen in online advertisements and owned by numerous YouTube influencers such as Casey Neistat, David Dobrik, Jake Paul, and many more, Tesla’s Model S and Model X have been seen to be driving by itself with little to no intervention by the user. This…

Between the representation of art and science with Picasso and Einstein, the discovery is made that both art and science are equally valuable, but beyond that, even within one another’s disciplines, both science and art are required to generate a nice balance and thusly increase…

In the book of Noam Chomsky, World Orders Old and New, he expounded on the global scene during the Cold War in 1945. The world entered a state of political tension between the superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, after being allies during…

Introduction The aim of this article is to summarize the research on two different entrepreneurs with brief biographies. Moreover, the leadership styles used by them in some difficult situation to get success will also be discussed. The two leaders are bill gates and Elon Musk….

According to a recent study, almost 75% of all startups fail overall and the largest contributing factor to their downfall is lack of capital and desperate market need. It is therefore hard to imagine that anyone today can become a successful entrepreneur given the small…

Evolution and Cambrian explosion Introduction After the publication of Darwin’s theory of evolution there were lots of debate on his theory versus theory of creationism. According to Darwin all species adapted according to environment needs and they still developing according to environment. There are lots…

When asked how World War 3 would look like, Albert Einstein remarked that if the war was ever fought, then people would fight with sticks and stones. The nuclear war would be so devastating that human civilization would be drawn back to the Stone Age,…

In the book “The Descent of Man” by Charles Darwin, Darwin discusses how humans evolved into the most dominant specie to ever exist. We have grown intellectually at an astonishing rate. We have used our curiosity and imagination in very unique ways to find and…

Like other genius leaders, Elon Musk is also a very strong-minded person, and Zip2 and X.com (later PayPal), which he created in his early days, can see some clues. Subsequently, Ashlee Vance also revealed in Musk’s biography that Tesla’s listing in 2010 was not the…

Introduction The invention of computers–based on the work of Alan Turing in the 1930s and John von Neumann in the 1950s–quickly gave rise to the notion of artificial intelligence, or AI, the claim that such nonhuman machines can exhibit intelligence because they mimic (or so…

The Turing Test was designed by a man named Alan Turing in 1950. It was initially called the “imitation game.” Originally, the test was designed to differentiate between males and females. It was played with three people—a man, a woman, and an interrogator. The interrogator…

The Imitation Game Biographical film has been around for many years and is one of man’s favourite genres portraying an exciting insight into a significant person capturing histories events. Most people like this genre as they get to see an exciting version of a story…

Wallace and Galilei; Heroes or Zeroes? In the play Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, the main character Galileo Galilei, is forced to recant and turn on his ideals for the sake of his life. The little monk warned Galileo before he divulged his findings, that they…

Bertolt Brecht in his historical fiction, Life of Galileo, focuses in on the life, struggles and convictions of the famous 17th century scientist, Galileo Galilei. Brecht specifically uses the persecution of Galileo by the Catholic Church and the imagined discussions between Galileo and Andrea Sarti…

Falcon 9 which is designed and manufactured by SpaceX is a family of two-stage-to-orbit medium lift launch vehicle. It is named for its use of nine first-stage engines. Variants include the retired Falcon 9 v1.0 and Falcon 9 v1.1, as well as the current Falcon…

Galileo was born in Pisa, Tuscany, on February 15, 1564. He is the oldest son. He and his family moved to Florence in the early 1570s. He attended a monastery school at Vallombrosa. In 1581 he enrolled in University of Pisa where he would study…

There goes a saying that: “Adversity causes some men to break while others to break record”(William Arthur Ward) Thomas Edison, being the youngest child of a family which have seven kids, was expelled from school and taught by his mother, sold candy in train carriages…

The founder of a highly innovative motor company is not only an extra-ordinary human being but also a very passionate entrepreneur who is concerned with making a world a better place. Elon is ingrained in the idea that human beings are as much creators as…

Tesla has come a long way from its days before Elon Musk. When Musk joined Tesla he not only became the CEO, he became the face and voice of the company. He has provided the vision and guidance for the company that has led to…

The reactions to the publication of The Origin of Species by means of Natural selection in 1859, was a defining moment in the history of science. Even more so the book had an effect on the general public the likes of which have never been…

Cars, planes, boats, trains, power plants, and even rockets will cease to run. The world as we know it can’t sustain itself like this, with the earth only containing a limited amount of fossil fuels. They won’t last us forever (Koppelaar, Rembrandt, and Middelkoop, 28)….

The Inner World of Marie Curie written by Barbara Goldsmith highlights the scientific, along with personal and societal, accomplishments of Marie Curie throughout her career in science. Goldsmith does a tremendous job of not only portraying Marie Curie as the patriotic and selfless genius that…

Marie Curie is one of the most important figures in science with her pioneering research on radioactivity: a technique for isolating radioactive isotopes. Her discovery of polonium and radium paved the way for many modern medical inventions and treatments that would not exist if not…

At first site, Stephen Hawking may not look as if he is capable of much. This is because his 57 year old body is strapped into a wheelchair and he speaks through a voice synthesized computer. In his case, appearance can be extremely misleading. By…

Stephen William Hawking Stephen Hawking is the most acclaimed theoretical physicist since Albert Einstein. He is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University in England. A position that was once held by Sir Isaac Newton. He has expanded our understanding of the beginnings of…

Francis Bacon was an English scholar, statesman, researcher, legal scholar, speaker, and creator. He served both as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. After his passing, his works stayed compelling in the improvement of the logical strategy amid the logical transformation. Bacon was…

The book Origin of Species (1859) by Charles Darwin illustrates the idea of Natural Selection. Evolution at the time was already an idea but nobody knew how it occured but Darwin changed everything by providing numerous evidence for Natural Selection. At the time, the book…

Darwin’s Origin of Species and its Influence on Literature The question of the origin of life, the human form and its characteristics is one that has been debated and pondered upon by thousands of philosophers for aeons. Creationism and Evolution are the most popular and…

In five hundred years, we may look back and say, “Elon Musk was the single most influential person of our entire century.” He has been able to do more in his 46 years than most of us could hope to do in ten lifetimes and…

To understand the true nature of reality things were looked closely and scientists were amazed. All of them made of structures of molecules made up of countless even smaller things called atoms. They were thought to be the finest layer of reality until they were…

Ecological restoration is process in which scientists are trying to introduce to initiate the recovery of a damaged ecosystem. Many environmental changes or human caused changes can damage a functional ecosystem such as hurricanes, floods, wildfires, global warming, pollution and deforestation. Restoration ecology is the…

On July 25 of 1920, Rosalind Franklin was brought into this world by her mother and father. She was born in London, England. She grew up in London with her mother, father, and her four siblings. Franklin was born second out of all five of…

Newton and Einstein have faked their madness in order to spy on Mobius, Who Is The Most Brilliant Physicist Alive. Newton and Einstein are secret agents that both come from different countries and organizations which have ordered them to bring back the secrets of physics…

Sir Isaac Newton once said, “We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” Aside from his countless contributions to the worlds of math and science, this may be his most important quote because it is what he based his life on—building bridges of knowledge….

Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643, in Woolsthorpe, England. He was a smart young man. He went to the University of Cambridge, Trinity College, and The King’s College. Isaac’s professions were as a Philosopher, Astronomer, Physicist, Scientist, and lastly a Mathematician. That’s a…

Sir Isaac Newton, a space expert, mathematician, and a scientist is depicted to be one of the best names in the history of human thought. Newton, born on December 25, 1642, in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, was interested in making mechanical toys as a young man….

Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan Ohio. Thomas Edison was one of most famous American inventor and businessman in nineteenth century. He invented many great and remarkable devices during that period. His most famous inventions such as the phonograph, the motion…