Essays on Polymath

Introduction

The conversion of gas into liquid fuels is an innovative technology that is well-known to many people. This technique is so promising and enhancing new options for environmentally friendly manufacturing of fuels and chemicals as well as other natural gases. Looking into the large natural gas and coal reserves and deteriorating petroleum reserves all over the world, it is anticipated to play an important role in the future. Cobalt-based chemical agents are the ideal catalysts for hydrogen synthesis since they have a high FTS functionality, discernment for long-chain paraffin as well as a low process for the water-gas change ...

Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s Contributions

Aside from being known as one of the greatest and most versatile thinkers and writers of modern period, Johann Wolfgang Goethe gave a remarkable contribution to the world of biology as well as science’s history and philosophy. He gave a remarkable contribution in field of biology especially his morphology concept, which is the foundation of evolution theory. His careful attention to sociological factors also made him an essential forerunner of various modern thinkers. Likewise, present literary scholarship finds in Johann Goethe an advocate of concepts for instance, comparative literature even the concept of decisive role portrayed by the reader in ...

Abstract

Sugata Mitra, polymath and educational expert, conducted many experiments around the globe just to prove that computers and internet access can help young learners in disadvantaged rural communities to learn on their own. His “Hole-in-the-Wall” continues to offer insights as to the effectiveness of machines for learners to have self-organized learning. Mitra’s experiment has revolutionized how people think about teaching and learning. Although teachers are irreplaceable in certain aspects of pedagogy, Mitra advocates that where good teachers don’t want to go in places where they are needed the most, young interested learners in remote places should not ...

Information technology, a term which was quite rare in the earlier centuries, is a term used to refer to the use of computers and software’s to manage information. This stirs up the question of when and how the computers and information technology begun. This paper therefore seeks to show the origin of computers, information technology and how some world views influenced the development of information technology. In computing the history of information technology it is important to understand that the evolution of this area played a significant role in the invention of computers. There may not be a clear cut date ...