Charles Weiss is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of Science, Technology and International Affairs at Georgetown University. He states the concept of scientific uncertainty and writes about scientific groups who are related with the issue. ... Weiss's ideas in "Scientific uncertainty in advising and advocacy" assists me to realize the origin of the "Lomborg Debate" by the clarifications of boundaries between scientific groups and public on the issues that involves scientific uncertainty. ... Weiss clarifies the evaluation of generalists and researchers on scientific uncertainty. ... Fr...

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Galileo was one of the most significant contributors to the scientific revolution. ... He was also one of the greatest philosophers who has ever lived, playing a significant role in the scientific revolution. ... Galileo worked in applied science and technology. ... All his scientific experiments were put under stringent mathematical models that he used to arrive at his conclusions and/or theories. ... The great contributions Galileo introduced to the world make him one of the greatest contributors to the scientific revolution....

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The Greek word for art is techne, which the words technique and technology are both surprisingly derived. Both of these words are widely used and applied in both scientific and artistic practices. ... Leonardo da Vinci is perhaps the best example of a scientific artist. Da Vinci is best known as an artist whose works were created through scientific investigation. Da Vinci's notebooks, which are displayed at art museums around the world, are not only works of art, but also scientific investigations into the realms of his own scientific world which were highly misunderstood during his l...

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Author, Mary Shelley lived in an era where technology and the idea of science were beginning to rise. ... This began the way for scientific research and scientific belief; one of the first steps into the study of bioelectricity, a field that, still today, studies the electrical patterns and signals of the nervous system. ... The belief in scientific exploration and experimentation grew stronger than the belief of spiritual guidance. ... In the science world of the twenty- first century, Hilary Englert, a scientific author, wrote her scientific analysis over Mary Shelley's reason behind V...

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Many things now all need a trustful and scientific explanation for us to take it as true and for example in History we even learn to analyse sources and in science to make experiments in order to see if we can trust what is being taught to us. ... Therefor, if we had no knowledge of the past, the world would be a lot more backward than presently because all technology and improvements and peace are able due to information on the past, as we learn from it and evolve by adding on other discoveries and facts to what we already know. ... It is the evolution of discoveries and information upon in...

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When man cannot scientifically or logically explain something man creates a theory or a myth of why or how something happens. ... The Greeks and Romans did not have the technology available to them to allow them to make more logical explanations for why things are the way they are. Now even with all the technology we have there are still things that we cannot explain. ...

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Lin attributes China's fall as an innovative inventor to not experiencing a scientific revolution such as one that took place in Europe. The introduction of science focused institutions and the increasing integration between science and technology in Europe that arose from the scientific revolution allowed for the concentrated training of individuals in the experimental method which removes the constraints of population size on technological invention. ... These characteristics that arose from a scientific revolution are missing in China, thus, China's potential of invention was re...

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Scientific misconduct is something that has happened and can be dangerous to the public health. There area many reasons why scientific misconduct happens. "On an Individual level, pressure for promotion and tenure, competition among investigators, need for recognition, desire for financial gain or ego and conflicting personal and professional obligations are cited as factors that may influence scientific misconduct"(Erica pg 365). ... It has come a long way especially with the technology we have today all because everything in science starts with an idea....

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Organizational change is the change based solely on manufacturing or other technologies. ... Organizational development is based on theories, values, strategies and technologies (Jex & Britt, 2008). ... Examining an organization through the motivation theory, team-based theory, humanistic or scientific theories can be used to determine the type of base of an organization. ...

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