Book of Optics

Throughout history, the moon has played a key role in legends and stories, and is often used in literature as a symbol for many works of literature. In A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, this is also true. Shakespeare refers to the moon multiple times throughout the play, and readers may notice the many ways he uses it as a symbol for many ideas, each one different depending on the character. First, when the play begins, Theseus and Hippolyta are discussing their wedding plans, one

In the article “Getting the Big picture in Perspectivist Optics”, by Mark A. Smith, he purposes the argument of how we come to understand and categorize objects. He does this in an elongated analogy of sight and cognition. He suggests that the perspectivists was about the origins of sight, and how we understand objects. Due to this, perspectiva should been understood in a scientific view, not just our visual perception, but rather visual cognition. To help understand his view of how we understand

He rips out the entire page. Everything in the book, gone. But it's not the book that will change the world. It's the words and ideas, the ability to think for yourself, and to respect the beauty of language and art. The overall message of the film Dead Poet's Society is not to be forgotten. Yet it's not only the story that makes this film a classic. It's the ideas that stick behind the rising action, climax, and resolution. It’s the brilliance behind the camera movements, and the nostalgic use of

Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” is a story about prisoners who exist in the darkness of a cave with only shadow statues as forms for discussion. Plato leads us on this extraordinary journey as the prisoners move from the darkness into the light. Each step of the way he guides us through the levels of their perceptual reality. Dialogue and questions are discussed throughout the journey so that all possible perspectives are considered. Plato insists that the physical world is a false world and

Red Light Cameras, Is their Only Purpose For Revenue? by Maria Protine CM223-06AU Instructor Ream February 15, 2010 The debate over whether red light cameras are effective or not can cause a great divide among any group of people. Proponents of the cameras say that they are effective in reducing accidents and

When it comes to academic writing, there are many genres. There are many different styles, and each academic writing has a unique meaning to it. Thinking about academic writing it is easy to think it has only one meaning, yet, in reality there is a vast amount of variations. One of the most important genres of academic writing is lab reports. Lab Reports are considered academic writing because they analyze a laboratory experiment. They are considered academic writings because they give factual evidence

The first theoretical perspectives on crime to be recognized originated around 1764 according to Siegel (2010), with the classical perspective. Founded by Cesare Beccaria and Jeremy Bentham, the perspective holds that society can deter crime when the consequences of crime are absolute, harsh, and quickly administered. They felt that people choose to commit crime after they considered the positive and negative aspects of the crime, and found that the positives outweigh the consequences. Modern classical

This lesson was taught September 25, 2017. It was the introductory lesson for my first grade, SPAT Science unit about the sun, moon and stars. My science lesson time slot is split into two 30 minute time segments. During the first segment, I did a unit pre-assessment with the students. This reflection video was taken during the second time slot, at the end of the day. I chose this lesson for reflecting because at first glance, it appears that it went fine. But, after viewing my video choices it is

While reading Systems Thinking, The Systems View of Life and Learning as a Way of Leading, I felt as if I was experiencing many contradictory things at once. I felt as if i was in the past and the future, i was growing and shrinking, peering into a microscope and peering through a telescope all at the same time. I was taken on a journey through the micro and macro while weaving simultaneously through my own internal and external mental models of the world. This immersive reading experience sparked

As people age, they usually get weaker naturally. You will note that the hearing and the eyesight might not be the same as it was several years ago. Their flexes might not be as quick as it were when they were young. However, you will note that the elderly still own and drive cars. You will realize that they usually use the car for travelling and so forth. Most of them usually opt to buy a car for convenience purposes. If you an elderly person and you normally drive a car, there are a number of things