Volcano Etna, Host spots, Pictures and images adout
Sketch map of eastern Sicily showing location of Etna and other important structural elements of the geology of the region. Faults are shown in black; the volcanics of the Hyblean Plateau (Monti Iblei) are shown in pink color.
The late 1950's and 1960's have seen the advent of the concept of Plate Tectonics which is now generally accep ... Continuare
THE MULTIPLE FACETS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Review of Gazzaniga and Baynes’ Consciousness, Introspection, and the Split-Brain: The Two Minds/One Body Problem
THE MULTIPLE FACETS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
The sum of their main ideas: Consciousness has multiple facets. The two hemispheres can have different states of consciousness. The right hemisphere has more limited cogniti ... Continuare
THE RESTORATION PERIOD AND THE 18TH CENTURY-Age of Dryden, Age of Pope, Age of Johnson
THE RESTORATION PERIOD AND THE 18TH CENTURY
This period extends from 1660, the year Charles II was restored to the throne, until about 1789. The prevailing characteristic of the literature of the Renaissance had been its reliance on poetic inspiration or what today might be called imagination. The inspired conceptions of Marlowe, Shakesp ... Continuare
Thomas Hardy - The Trumpet-Major
The son of a master mason, Thomas Hardy was born in Upper Bockhampton, Dorset. He was apprenticed to an architect in Dorchester when he was 16, and his mother encouraged him to go on studying. His career in letters notwithstanding, Hardy retained an interest in stonework and arch ... Continuare
Towards a very Idea of Representation
Towards a very Idea of Representation
Review of Vacariu et al.'s Toward a very idea of representation
..."the debates in Cognitive Science focus on the problem of representation. Unfortunately, these debates regard either representational format(as in the computationalism-connectionism debate), or the problem of represent ... Continuare
Transparent Electrode or Film Plate
Viewing / Photographing specimens Using the
Transparent Electrode or Film Plate
POSITIVE POLARITY METHOD
This Diagram illustrates two methods of viewing or photographing a specimen such as a leaf or coin.
In the top image, The transparent electrode or film plate is connected to the high vo ... Continuare
VICTOR BABES
VICTOR BABES
(1854-1926)Romanian physician; He was Professor of Pathology and Bacteriology at the Faculty of Medicine in Bucharest and member of the Romanian Academy.
He was among the scientists who created modern microbiology. He worked out the first treatise on bacteriology in the world. ("Bacteria and their role in the anatomy and patho ... Continuare
The American class system
the American class systemThe American class system
who belongs to
Name of the class
the characteristic
-power elite:
*multi millionaires
*business inventors
*financiers
-high-prestige politicians
-military leaders
The ruling class
-top of America’s society
-a “good ... Continuare
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe is born as Norma Jeane Mortenson on the first June 1962 in L os Angeles, Carlifornia.
The most of her childhood, she spent in foster homes and orphanages until 1937, when she moved in with family friend Grace Mc Kee Goddard. When she was 16 years old, Grace’ s husband was transferred to the East ... Continuare
Michael Jackson - The King of Pop
Michael Jackson - The King of Pop The Beginning: Michael Jackson was in born August 29th, 1958 in Gary, Indiana (USA), as the seventh of nine children born to Joseph and Katherine Jackson. Katherine worked part-time in a local department store. Joseph was a steel-mill worker, but had always dreamed of having a musical career. Joseph and his band, ... Continuare
