Essays on Encyclopedias

Etienne Malus was the one who discovered polarization back in 1808. The law that is credited to her, the Malus law states that when light passes through an ideal polarizer, the intensity of light will have a value of cos2 θ, theta being the angle of the light source (“Polarization”). In 1920s, Edwin Land is the inventor of the first polarizer (“Polarization”). He also founded the Polaroid company. This was made possible because of the Herapathite crystals, which are needle-like, aligned on a film producing a polarizer. The polarized light that is parallel to the crystals are absorbed, the ones ...

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In Steve Brody’s essay, “How I got smart,” the writer explains that he was initially uninterested in receiving a formal education, and this lack of interest was reflected in his grades at school. However, Brody decided to focus his attention on his academic work when he realized that it would impress the leading student in his class, whom he found to be attractive. Although the girl was impressed with the writer’s knowledge for a period of time, she still was not impressed with him to the point that she would become his love ...

Philosophy final

- What are Descartes’ arguments for Cartesian dualism? Do you find them persuasive? If you do not, do you endorse monism, or not? Explain your answer.

In the dualism, Descartes attempts to solve the problem of mind and body. Descartes contrast the mind and the body that the two exist separately. He believes that human beings have two properties, the physical and the mental properties (Stanford encyclopedias of philosophy, all). The physical properties are those that can be attributed to the physical sciences. For examples, size, height and weight, color, shape, and motion in space, among others. On ...

Introduction to Part II

Welcome to Part II of the Research Assignment for HIST 105. In Part I you used contemporary primary sources (an e-newspaper article) and tertiary sources (encyclopedias) to help select and learn about your chosen contemporary issue. You analyzed these sources, learned how to properly cite such sources, and used them to create initial research questions. In Part II, you will begin to investigate the historical roots of that contemporary issue using secondary sources. More specifically, you'll be locating a monograph, or full-length book. After you've completed Part II, your instructor or your teaching assistant will reassess ...

There is No Reason We Cannot Link Facts and Theories across Disciplines and Create a Common Groundwork of Explanation

Introduction For long, there has been a conventional conception that there is ‘no reason we cannot link facts and theories across disciplines and create a common groundwork for explanation.’ The implication of this statement is that there should be no impediment to making the already presumed ‘common’ knowledge more common. For advanced, high-level thinking to be a teachable skill available to all, regardless of culture, language, or economic standing. While the concept being referred to in this statement certainly sounds like an ideal state of being, it may also be a sweeping generalization of what is a more complex issue. Despite the ...

It has been said that there is “no reason why we cannot link facts and theories across disciplines and create a common groundwork of explanation.” What this statement is implying is that there should be no impediment to making “common” knowledge more common, and for advanced, high-level thinking to be a teachable skill available to all, regardless of culture, language, or economic standing. While the concept being referred to in this statement certainly sounds like an ideal state of being, it may also be a sweeping generalization of what is actually a more complex issue. One might ask, in response to this statement, ...

Communication

In today's world, a virtual life prevails over the real. Even the vast collection of encyclopedias could not give person answers for all the questions he has. People are accustomed googling trying to find information for which they are seeking. Unfortunately, there are a lot of sites in the web where man can find unreliable information, or this information will show only one point of view and does not show other. However, in this situation will help the world famous Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia of modern high-grade, which contains all the necessary information that is relevant to all kinds ...