Monster Essays: Search results for 'history'

Members

Member's Area

Subjects
  American History
  Arts and Television
  Biographies
  Book Reports
  Creative Writing
  Economics
  Education
  English Papers
  Geography
  Health and Medicine
  Legal Issues
  Miscellaneous
  Music and Musicians
  Poetry and Poets
  Politics
  Religion
  Science and Environment
  Social Issues
  Technology
  World History

Enter your query below to search our database containing over 45,000+ essays and term papers

Search results 2721 - 2730 of 7307 matching essays

2721: Quantum Theory?: ... twenty-first century and the situation is oddly similar. Once again, physicists believe that the physical world has been explained, and that no further revolutions lie ahead. Because of prior history, they no longer share their view publicly, but they think it just the same. Some observers have even gone so far as to argue that science as a discipline has finished its work and that there is nothing left to discover (Horgan 100). Is society ready to accept these new ideas? History has shown that the world has readily adapted to sudden changes in technology. But in this case the adaptation is much sharper. Society must be ready and willing to accept ...

2722: To What Extent Does Acid Precipitation Affect Annelids?: ... to the soil, which adds to it's enrichment. The first person to truly recognize the importance of earthworms was Gilbert White, when he wrote in his book, The Natural History of Selbourne (1788) that "soil was loosened, aerated, and made more fertile by earthworms." (Gilber White (1788) The Natural History of Selbourne) Earthworms are typically very sensitive to low pH levels. Therefore, it isn't surprising that "pH of soil is sometimes a factor that limits distribution, numbers, and species ...

2723: Black Smokers: ... organisms. Up until recently, smokers have only been observed by videotape and "deep-diving submersibles". Last summer a team from the University of Washington and the American Museum of Natural History accomplished the task of bringing four "black smokers" to the surface. The method that the team used for retrieval was quite interesting. The team followed a "loggers technique" for detaching ... about what lives on them and how they form. After the full examination is complete, two of the smokers will be put on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York as part of the "Hall of Planet Earth". Bibliography: 1.Popular Science; November 1998,Science and Technology

2724: Glass: ... types. It is also evident that to change a single component of glass can place it under a different category, implying different properties and different capabilties. References Education Department. Science, History: A Resource for Glass, Types of Glass.[Online] Available http://www.pennynet.org/glmuseum/Education/edtypgl.htm December 7, 1998. Education Department. Science, History: A Resource for Glass, Glass and the Space Orbiter. [Online] Available http://www.pennynet.org/glmusuem/Education/edspace.htm December 7,1998. Grolier Interactive Inc., The 1998 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia ...

2725: Wilderness Required: ... but rather for exploration, enjoyment, and a balance in life. A world of only concrete and glass would be cold and depressing. Without unexplored territory, cures would be lost and history would be vague due to limited exploration. An archaeologist cannot easily search for prehistoric artifacts in an industrialized city. A research scientist cannot discover a cure for the AIDS virus ... that what mattered in The Walk were the simple things - snow and vivid light and sharp-grained bobcat tracks.” Whether it be for the sake of discovering vital cures, rewriting history through new findings, or preserving what is left of the natural world, wilderness is essential to the earth’s future. Human’s cannot thrive in a world without nature; medicine ...

2726: Flooding: ... coastal stakeholders. After a welcome by George Whitman, Mayor of Toms River, Dover Township, John Bailey Lloyd, author of several books chronicling the past of Long Beach Island, recounted the history of the New Jersey shore back to colonial times, illustrated by a wealth of photos and maps. (The pictures on pages 1, 3, 4 and 5 are all from his book Eighteen Miles of History on Long Beach Island and are used with his kind permission.) He described the years from 1870 to 1920 as a time of “insouciance” when no storms struck, and pavilions ...

2727: Are UFOs Real?: ... From past generations of them to present ones today, they have filled our world with extravagant scientific discoveries. Form discovering electricity to cloning a human being scientist have definitely made history with their many discoveries. Americans have been to space numerous amounts of times and have had remarkable space technologies in past years. For some reason they still have yet to see a UFO. For the history part of UFO's they have supposedly been around since biblical times but no scientist or group of scientists has ever been able to prove that there actually are UFO ...

2728: Nuclear Strikes: ... control on the old Soviet stockpile and waste, terrorists are getting the plutonium and uranium needed to make nuclear weapons to kill masses of people. This is kind of the history of the nuclear & atomic bomb: (all from Williams) The first atomic bomb was thought up by Albert Einstein in the late 30's. In 1942 Enrico Fermi brought about first ... Education in world: 1983. McGirk, Tim. "Pakistan's Radioactive Bazaar" World Press Review July 1996: 35. Mollins, Carl. "Paying for the Bomb" Macleans August 7, 1995: 38. Talbot, Strobe. "The History of the Bomb" Time January 30, 1989: CD-ROM. Waller, Douglas. "Nuclear Ninjas" Time January 8, 1996: 38-40 Weiss, Ann E. The Nuclear Arms Race, Can we survive it ...

2729: The Physics Of Scuba Diving: Swimming with the Fish: ... of acquiring food, searching for treasure, carrying out military operations, performing scientific research and exploration, and enjoying the aquatic environment. Bachrach (1982) identified the following five principal periods in the history of diving which are currently in use. Free (or breath-hold) diving, bell diving, surface support or helmet (hard hat) diving, scuba diving, and, saturation diving or atmospheric diving (Ketels ... has become part of my lifestyle. I participate in and enjoy every opportunity to re-visit the underwater world that once scared me away. In this paper, I included some history of the evolution of the sport in order to point out that there is more to this particular sport than jumping into the water. Scuba is a complex sport and ...

2730: The Effects of UFO's on People: The Effects of UFO's on People Author: Steve Edwards Almost every civilization in history that has kept a written history has recorded the sightings of strange objects and lights in the skies. These objects have been described as glowing wheels, colored balls of light, and disk shaped objects. Today unexplained ...

Search results 2721 - 2730 of 7307 matching essays