Famous Scientists
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Maslow and Dabrowski: Two men famous for their knowledge in self development
In Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, we learn much about the process of self actualization. In the process, there are more people who reach the middle levels, than those who go on to become more actualized. Not everyone creates themselves equally. And yet, we also know it is not an equal and level playing field of resources and opportunities from which each person is born. We all come into the world under our own unique situations, influences, resources and historically relevant timing. What we do, with what we have been given, is a large factor, though definitely not the only factor, in the outcome and quality of our lives. The measurement of…
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When was the World Wide Web Born?
First off, there is a distinction to be made between the internet and the World Wide Web. The internet has been around since the 1960s, though the average person wasn’t aware of its existence. Those utilizing its power back then were a few select professionals working in government and research. When the World Wide Web came along in 1989, it was the perfect time. It came about after the expansion of all the multitudes of interconnected networks and other infrastructure necessary to lay the foundation. Sir Tim Berners-Lee is responsible for inventing the World Wide Web. He was a British computer scientist. His creation of HTML, HTTP, and URLS opened up the…
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O-Ring failure in Challenger Disaster: A Case of Corruption
The Challenger Space Shuttle disaster occurred on January 28, 1986. The shuttle launch was only 73 seconds in progress, when the Y-shaped explosion occurred. NASA, for the first time in its history, lost its crew members as the world watched on. It began as a state of shock before the horror and grief began to settle in. The failure to stop the Challenger flight went along with the failure to address the engineers’ concerns about the O-Ring. Their concerns were reported long before the catastrophic flight took off. Following the disaster NASA appointed the Roger’s Commission to investigate. Theoretical physicist Dr. Richard Feynman was one of the members. His involvement…
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First Known LSD Experience in History
It was in 1943 when Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann (credited with the synthesis and discovery of LSD-25) inadvertently ingested lysergic-acid-diethylamide, (easy to do since it only takes an infinitesimal amount to become activated in the human mind) , from leftover ergot fungus, which grows in rye kernels. This left over fungus, as recounted by Hoffmann, had been setting on a shelf in a jar for five years after having been tested in animals only. Below is an account of the 1943 synthesis experience with the left over fungus in Dr. Hofmann’s own words: ” In the final step of the synthesis, during the purification and crystallization of lysergic acid diethylamide in the…
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DNA Code Made Easy
Francis Crick and James Watson have been famous for discovering Deoxyribonucleic acid’s double helix structure, since Feb. 28, 1953, when they exclaimed that they had accomplished the amazingly unimaginable feat of discovering the secret of life, in an English pub of all places. Those British diners had as much of a chance understanding the complexities of DNA’s double helix as a school child. Yet, Francis Crick managed to give a simplified summation of the collection of nucleotides that make us unique, along with a scrawled-out illustration, in a letter to his 12 year-old son. That hand written letter, dated March 19, 1953, was auctioned off at Christie’s last week for a Sale Total including Buyer’s Premium of …
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Einstein’s God Letter
Below is an excerpt from the letter Einstein wrote in German in the year 1954. This letter, coined the “God Letter” by a Los Angeles-based auction agency, is up for auction on Ebay with a starting bid of $3 million. The World renown physicist wrote the letter to Jewish philosopher Eric Gutkind a year before his death. The letter sheds some light on the religious views he held towards the end of his 76 years of life. “For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a…
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