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What is Kant's Categorical Imperative?

The Categorical Imperative was devised by Immanuel Kant to provide a set of requirements a maxim (or motivation) must pass in order for the action to be considered a moral obligation. When a Categorical Impe...
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What are 'pointers'?

pointers exist in almost all programming languages and are used literally to 'point' to a particular piece of data. They contain the address in memory of the piece of data they point to. They are a useful wa...
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What is a curly arrow?

A curly arrow is an arrow that shows the movement of electrons in organic chemistry. If the arrow is a full headed then it shows the movement of two electrons in normal chemical reactions. If it is a half he...
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What is Entropy?

Entropy At a Basic Level Entropy, whilst a mathematical concept can be described as a measure of disorder. The more disordered, then the greater the entropy. Correspondingly, a perfect crystal at 0K (absolut...
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What is a dynamic equilibrium?

Consider the reversible reaction: A + B to C + D Let’s say you start with only the reactants A and B, at first they will react together to from some of C and D. This is called the forward reaction. As the fo...
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