sst-0508 Machiavelli lived from 1469 to 1527. The philosopher Bertrand Russell referred to Machiavelli’s most well-known book, The Prince, as “a gangster’s handbook”. And while there’s no doubt that certain people have read and used it as such, I think that if we put it into the context of when it was written, which was Italy, especially Florence, in the […]
sst-0507 Today I would like to talk about a book in this class. This book focuses on architecture design in London. Not just any place in London. It is in the West side of London called West Street of London. The architecture made a very poor design of the buildings there. This can cause a mood swing. An awful design […]
sst-0506 Human populations near the equator have evolved dark skin over many generations because of exposure to the fierce rays of the Sun. A similar phenomenon has also occurred in other parts of the animal kingdom. The African grass mouse is a good example. Most mice are nocturnal, but the African grass mouse is active during daylight hours. This means […]
sst-0505 OK. Another ancient Greek philosopher we need to discuss is Aristotle — Aristotle’s ethical theory. What Aristotle’s ethical theory is all about is this: he’s trying to show you how to be happy — what true happiness is. Now, why is he interested in human happiness? It’s not just because it’s something that all people want to aim for. […]
sst-0504 With an abundance of low-priced labor relative to the United States, it is no surprise that China, India and other developing countries specialize in the production of labor-intensive products. For similar reasons, the United States will specialize in the production of goods that are human- and physical-capital intensive because of the relative abundance of a highly educated labor force […]
sst-0503 Today, I would like to focus on some of the important features of academic writing. The quality is the first most aspect of any writing. When you write about history, you need half the same quality as journal writing. They are both similar. When you are writing academic and journal papers, you might consider some of these factors. Both […]
sst-0502 We appear to take it as a rule, or as a law of nature, that each species is adapted to the climate of its own home. For example, species from the Arctic, or even a temperate region, could not survive in a tropical climate, nor could a tropical species last long if it found itself at the South Pole. […]
sst-0501 The preservation of embryos and juveniles is a rate occurrence in the fossil record. The tiny, delicate skeletons are usually scattered by scavengers or destroyed by weathering before they can be fossilized. Ichthyosaurs had a higher chance of being preserved than did terrestrial creatures because, as marine animals, they tended to live in environments less subject to erosion. Still, […]
sst-0500 So there are two theories for how the gas giants formed. One is the same theory I showed you just now core creation, right. And the other is called disc instability and one of our colleagues at DTM has done a lot of work on that and so it’s unclear exactly how they formed, but you’re right, what we’re […]
sst-0499 Tissue engineering, what is it? It’s an emerging field, interdisciplinary field that combines engineering and life sciences to create functional biological structures that can restore and improve tissue function. Examples include bladders, trachea blood vessels and if you look at it, printing as a technology has also gone through the revolution and well it’s been around for hundreds of […]