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Topic: Bohr, Heisenberg, Schroedinger |
sam humphrey
Replies: 14
Views: 700
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:44 pm Subject: Bohr, Heisenberg, Schroedinger |
I ended up skimming this reading because it was so dense and hard for me to get through. It's tough to figure out which scientists are important, and which discoveries are important when it seems like ... |
Topic: Modern Times |
sam humphrey
Replies: 13
Views: 673
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:13 pm Subject: Modern Times |
I don’t see how these scientists changed the discipline of science. I think they changed the way people thought about the universe, and certainly improved scientific understandings of physics, but I d ... |
Topic: Newton's View of the World |
sam humphrey
Replies: 16
Views: 897
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:57 pm Subject: Newton's View of the World |
The search for 'what is light' was important to science and led to several different theories and discoveries. However, I don't think it significantly changed the discipline of science- how it was vie ... |
Topic: The Great Cat Massacre |
sam humphrey
Replies: 13
Views: 1682
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:59 pm Subject: The Great Cat Massacre |
I can't decide whether or not Contat is a historian or not. On the one hand, he does show how people have changed over time (like Mijia said, human progression). On the other hand, his is the experien ... |
Topic: Darwin, Marx and Turner: Day 2 |
sam humphrey
Replies: 15
Views: 1215
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:58 pm Subject: Darwin, Marx and Turner: Day 2 |
I’m not quite sure what the first question is asking, but I think both science and history have become more objective. In the sense that science is figuring out how things work, people began to use th ... |
Topic: Darwin, Marx and Turner: Day 1 |
sam humphrey
Replies: 13
Views: 1081
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:43 pm Subject: Darwin, Marx and Turner: Day 1 |
When populations grow, individual beings will vary or adapt to changes, thus making them more apt to survive and be selected in nature. The definition I found for theory was “a system of ideas intende ... |
Topic: Kant and Hegel: Day 2 |
sam humphrey
Replies: 14
Views: 1550
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:54 pm Subject: Kant and Hegel: Day 2 |
The first page of the reading states that Hegel “devoted (himself) to problems which other philosophers had left him.” Therefore, his four biggest contributions either complete former theories or intr ... |
Topic: Kant and Hegel: Day 1 |
sam humphrey
Replies: 13
Views: 1186
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:44 pm Subject: Kant and Hegel: Day 1 |
This reading wasn’t as hard to read as I thought it was – I thought the Aristotle was the most difficult by far - but it was still dense with theories and contradictions. After reading it, I still can ... |
Topic: Galileo |
sam humphrey
Replies: 16
Views: 1463
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 7:24 pm Subject: Galileo |
I think tonight’s reading can be summed up in it’s first paragraph, where Galileo states: “The less people know and understand about (matters requiring thought), the more positively they attempt to ar ... |
Topic: Herodotus and Thucydides |
sam humphrey
Replies: 17
Views: 1494
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 9:32 pm Subject: Herodotus and Thucydides |
My definition of history: The objective records of human events, written by people so future generations can study the failures and successes of their ancestors.
I consider Thucydides the father of ... |
Topic: Aristotle Reading and Post |
sam humphrey
Replies: 15
Views: 1560
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:00 pm Subject: Aristotle Reading and Post |
What are the important features/characteristics of his biological system?
As Eric said, Aristotle based his biological system on hierarchies. I think he considered the human body most important for ... |
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