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What sort of science is Victor learning from Agrippa?
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Cornelius Agrippa (1486-1535) was a German mystic who practiced a "science" that combined alchemy, magic, mysticism, and astrology. Two of his books are Three Books of Occult Philosophy and On Calling Spirits. Through the writing of Agrippa, Frankenstein becomes very interested in alchemy, which is a pseudoscience whose main object is to find a way of turning base metals into gold. You could say that Frankenstein adapted the thinking of the alchemists and instead of transforming other metals into gold attempted to transform a corpse into a living being.
An interesting story about Agrippa concerns sightings of him after his death:
There were rumors that Agrippa had summoned demons on his death bed, and that a black dog roamed the countryside as his familiar. The black dog appears in tales as Faustus, Mephistopheles, and even as a grim in the Harry Potter series.
Answer:
To show the flow of energy through ecosystems, food chains are sometimes drawn as energy pyramids. Each step of the pyramid represents a different trophic level, starting with primary producers at the bottom. The width of each step represents the rate of energy flow through each trophic level.
Explanation:
<span>Describes a system of naming something using two names, or words.
Binomial means "two" and nomenclature means "list of names"
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</span><span>He developed systems for both naming species and organizing them into groups and his</span> system of binomial nomenclature made communication about certain species much easier
Answer: The correct answer would be gene pool.
Explanation:
Gene pool refers to the sum of all the alleles in an individual.
The allele refers to the alternate forms of the gene.
Large population usually has more genetic diversity as compared to small population. Variation in gene pool is essential for survival of a population.
