Thomas Beddoes’s and Humphry Davy’s accounts of the nitrous oxide experiments carried out at the Pneumatic Institution in 1799 include extravagant descriptions of its mind-altering effects. Many people, both at the time and subsequently, have considered these descriptions to be the product not of the gas but of its subjects’ overheated imaginations. To what extent were these effects ‘all in the...

Thomas Beddoes’s and Humphry Davy’s accounts of the nitrous oxide experiments carried out at the Pneumatic Institution in 1799 include extravagant descriptions of its mind-altering effects. Many people, both at the time and subsequently, have considered these descriptions to be the product not of the gas but of its subjects’ overheated imaginations. To what extent were these effects ‘all in the...

this study aims to offer a sociological explanation of influential factors on the rate of tendency toward divorce in kermanshah city. a combination of homogamy theory, exchange theory, and network theory is used as the theoretical framework of the study. the study has been conducted via survey method and data is collected through questionnaire and interview. the statistical sample of study cons...

Based on a four-month experimental study of preschool children’s play with creative-construction and social-fantasy toys, the author examines the inˆuence of both types of toys on the play of preschool children. Her comparative analysis considers the impact of transformative play on the development of imagination during play activities and explores ways to support children’s playful initiatives...