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Darwin's Children: Book Review
Bear, Greg. Darwin's Children. New York: Del Rey, 2003.
No, it's not a story of the children of the famous 19th century British naturalist and author of The Origin of Species. Rather, Darwin's Children is a sequel to science fiction author Greg Bear's previous novel, Darwin's Radio and expands upon some of the political and sociological issues raised by this master of high-quality sociological science fiction. This particular instillation in Bear's saga chronicles the results of human evolution, but in the far future rather than in the natural world of the past.
According to author Bear, the next stage of human evolution has arrived with the birth of a new form of human being, a generation of virus children, children whom are hypersensitive to stimulus and have strange, marked faces that immediately give them away as other and alien, even to their own parents. This specific installation in Bear's saga also chronicles how the world views the growing maturity of this disturbing generation...
The two heroes of the novel are scientists with a virus child daughter named Stella.
Religion and science are intertwined in the novel, over its course, as the mother and scientist Kaye tries to accept and deal with the fact of her daughter's alternative species. The conflict between religion and science in contemporary society is thus further illuminated, as well as the conflict between the 'truth' provided by science and the more transitory and hysterical nature of the demands of politics, that affect scientific 'facts' nonetheless. The children and their parents are constantly watched and monitored for political reasons that have nothing to do with their rights or with true science, but occur because of the demands of government and the fears of those who…
The attitude of being the "Little Emperor." Albeit, normally disappears by the time the child from the one child family begins working when an adult. Child psychologist David Elkind Ph.D. (2009), Professor Emeritus of Child Development at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, asserts in the article, "The only child," that many of the currently adolescent singletons regularly presenting with a variety of social and behavioral problems (¶ 1). This social
Darwinism and militarism. Darwin' ideas will first be discussed, and the implications of Darwin's theories on society will then be discussed, particularly in terms of the development of eugenics, which was so influential on Hitler and his political and social aims. The paper will then look at how Hitler used his understanding of Darwinism, and how this in turn led to increasing militarism in the world. Darwin set out on
childhood obesity and its correlation to social-economic background. The researchers argued that attention to childhood obesity focuses on genetic and environmental factors, and there is the increasingly prevalent belief that pediatric obesity may be a combination of both. Environmental factors can limit obesity but what -- the researchers wondered - stimulated the influencing environmental factors Previous study: What has the previous study found out? A previous study that the researchers had
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Participants will be recruited with announcements in local newspapers and school newsletters. Flyers are posted in the nurse's offices and in the clinic. Response cards will be given to parents who indicate an interest in participating in the study. See the participation invitation -- Appendix 1. Materials Once enrolled, participants will answer a series of questions related to food choices, influences, physical activities and food and beverage advertisements. The first measure
Evolution: Darwin The purpose of this work is to explore the "Theory of Evolution" as set forth by Darwin and to further explore what is termed as "natural selection" as well as that of "artificial selection." This paper will further examine Darwin's Theory as to the workings of evolution as well as exploring exactly how natural selection works to produce evolution. Finally, the role of individual genetic variations in relation to