Today was the last day of class in Medieval History. The lecture was a debate over its relevance. Medieval history has been only recently deemed worthwhile to study. For a very long time, the Middle Ages have been written off as barbaric and uncivilised, or completely alien and fantastical. People today consider it the same, […]
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What is the American Littoral Society?
Posted by: Anna Fyalkowski | September 19, 2014 | 1 Comment |We are all doing this project that is being posted on this website for this society, but do we know what it is or what they stand for? The American Littoral Society specifically centers around the well-being and preservation of marine life and its habitat. Since 1961 they have been the connection between marine life […]
It’s only appropriate that we started our Science Forward seminar by thinking about the definition and practice of science in a general sense. Here are some of the definitions that you offered: From Julia’s group: “Science is the use of empirical evidence and previous theory to draw conclusions about a certain field of study. To […]
What is science? How do we define a field of study that advances and evolves so rapidly? It is easily agreed upon that science is indeed a field of study, it is an endless quest for knowledge and advancement, but it is the how and why of the field that distinguishes science from other intellectual […]