Being someone that has spent significant time abroad, in a country that speaks a language other than English, I found this talk particularly interesting. It caused me to think about the importance of language in a culture, and how culture defines certain aspect of life. Continue reading
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Colby College students have such an amazing resource right on campus, yet many do not find the time to go and explore it; including myself. Walking through the museum last week was the first time that I have been to it this year. The museum is located right on campus and is open to everyone, yet I rarely make time to go and visit. Walking through the museum this time was particularly interesting as our guide was able to relate each art piece that we discussed to a larger topic that we have discussed in our class, and the topic of origins seemed to be present all throughout, even if it was not at first apparent. Continue reading
Throughout the reading and the lecture, I was extremely interested in learning more about Margaret Cavendish and her accomplishments as a women in science during this time as well as the Royal Society and the influence she had in regards to it. It was apparent in the lecture and just through looking at history during this time and even when looking at present day, that women were not prevalent in science, and it was a field dominated by men. I thought that Margaret Cavendish was interesting because she was a woman who made herself well known and successful despite the field being mostly dominated by men. Continue reading
I was intrigued when Professor Fleming told the class that the one of our readings would come from a book written by a Yale Professor titled, The Origin of Everything in 100 Pages (more or less). After hearing how complicated the origin of the universe was by our previous visiting professor, I was excited to hear this shorter rendition of the “origin of everything”. Continue reading
The first time I learned about the origin of the universe I was quite young, and remember asking a multitude of questions; feeling unhappy with the responses I was getting. But what was there before? How did it start? These questions have progressed over the years, and I would like to say that I now am an expert on how the universe was formed but this is far from the truth. Continue reading