Unfortunately, as a Discovery Institute study documented last week, many of the icons cited by Wells are alive and well in supplementary instructional materials recently submitted by publishers to the Texas State Board of Education. A prime example is the Miller-Urey origin of life experiment.
In Ovid's narrative, Pygmalion was a Cypriot sculptor who carved a woman out of ivory. According to Ovid, after seeing the Propoetides he was not interested in women, but his statue was so fair and realistic that he fell in love with it. In time, Aphrodite's festival day came, and Pygmalion made offerings at the altar of Aphrodite. Thereâtoo scared to admit his desireâhe quietly wished for a bride who would be the living likeness of my ivory girl. When he returned home, he kissed his ivory statue, and found that its lips felt warm.
Ranvier play \ rÈ§â¿-vyÄ \, LouisâAntoine (1835â1922), French histologist. Ranvier was one of the foremost histologists of his time. He is credited with transforming histology from a descriptive into an experimental science. Most of his research focused on detailed nerve and skin structure.