Atheism is generating quite a lot of attention these days. Prominent atheists are getting the word out about their views in increasing numbers and generating lots of public debate on the proper place of religion in governments and societies in the modern world. And now more than ever, atheists...
A theory is a system of ideas. This can mean many things, depending on the context. Math and science theories are testable explanations for events or occurrence. Art theories are the conceptual structure behind the work. In day-to-day use, theory can mean an unproven idea or speculation, or a...
Paul of TarsusSaul of Tarsus, a.k.a. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus [?-65 c.e.] was a Hellenistic Jew and student of Gamaliel the Elder who served as enforcer for the Pharisaic Sanhedrin against the apostate Christian sect following the crucifixion of Jesus. Around 33 c.e. he experienced a dramatic...
Influential people come in all shapes and sizes in all generations throughout history. Such people can be grouped together by shared affiliations and backgrounds, for whatever purposes people are drawn to make lists. This list offers some interesting biographical tidbits about 50 people of Jewish...
Sigmund Freud was perhaps one of the most famous psychologists in history. He was the first to create psychological theory that have created critics and have been the basis for other theories. He was a Jew who fled to Europe particularly in England to avoid the growing oppressions and hostilities...
Albert Einstein is unarguably the most unparalleled scientist in the modern century. He was the proponent of the famous theory of relativity. TIME magazine even named him the Person of the Century because of this genius and contribution to science, particularly in physics. He was known worldwide...
Carl Gustav Jung is well-known for his theories on personality that served as a reaction to the previous theories of Freud. Jung is a Swiss psychiatrist who has been instrumental in the birth of the analytical psychology. He was the one who first coined the term psych. He was also one of the pioneers...
Linguistics is a social science which endeavors to find the commonality of languages. The study of linguistics doesn’t focus on the specifics of a language; the rules regarding proper usage such as grammar. Instead, linguistics is a cognitive science similar to psychology and philosophy. Each...
A new dinosaur extinction theory has been introduced by British researchers. A team of scientists lead by Gregory Price from Plymouth University studying fossils in Norway at the Arctic Svalbard discovered that a severe change in the Atlantic Gulf Stream during the Cretaceous Era caused sea...
Psychology is the study of the human mind and mental processes in relation to human behaviors - human nature. Due to its subject matter, psychology is not considered a 'hard' science, even though psychologists...
