Social Science

The art as well as the science of medical care has always involved the possibility of adapting care to fit the belief systems of the patient, group of patients, or category of patients. A geriatric primary care doctor is better…
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At a very basic level, the difference between urban and rural areas is about population density. Population density per square mile is vastly different between those urban areas that can be defined as cities, and those rural areas that can…
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The fallacy of the heap involves continuum. A heap can be two grains of rice or all the rice in the world. If one more grain is added to a pile of rice that is called a heap, is the…
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HOW DO WE MEASURE SOCIAL WORK EFFECTIVENESS?               Some time ago, I attended a three-day training workshop on how to measure the success of a social work program.  The thrust of the training was how to measure real positive results…
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If you asked people why it is (or might be) a good idea to reduce inequality in a society, many people would assume that reducing inequality works by making the life of the poorest better: that the poor are the…
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Trends in the Evolution of Cultural Complexity: In the anthropological literature, cultural complexity refers to both the scale of social organization and the level of technological sophistication. Anthropologists speak of more and less complex societies in order to avoid value…
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Nautical archaeology is a relatively recent field of research that aims at learning more about our human past through shipwrecks.  In 1960, George Bass, Peter Throckmorton and a team of archaeologists and divers began the first archaeological research project designed…
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A megalopolis is generally defined as having some metropolises with cities at their core. For a metropolis, along with other important factors, the core city must have a population of 500,000 or more. An agglomeration of surrounding built up areas…
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For the past two hundred years serious thought has gone into man’s beginnings. The most commonly accepted theory is evolution; specifically that mankind evolved from prehistoric primates. Many of the findings of the 20th century claim to support this theory;…
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We kiss in greeting. We blow air kisses to say farewell, or when we are too far away to lock lips. Worshipers kiss religious artifacts. Tourists visiting Ireland often stop by Blarney Castle to kiss the Blarney Stone. Parents kiss…
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