James Murray

Simon Winchester’s book, The Professor and the Madman, is a tale of tragedy, insanity, and academia. The book tells the story of two men, Dr. James Murray and Dr. William C. Minor. These men were very similar in nature, but led very different lives due to circumstances of environment and mental health. Dr. Murray was a lifelong academic, always pursuing education. Dr. Minor was a surgeon for the Union Army in the United States Civil War, who grew increasingly madder until he murdered a man in the streets of London, which caused him to be confined in an asylum for almost the rest of his life. Although Dr. Murray and Dr. Minor’s lives and circumstances were quite different, they had one tie which brought them together and cultivated a chance friendship: The Oxford English Dictionary. Their story is an extremely important one, especially when it comes to history,…

“What About Bob?” is a comedy starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. Murray’s character, Bob Wiley, suffers from a multitude of disorders and phobias. He is very neurotic and easily forms extreme attachments to people and things he gets comfortable with. Dreyfuss plays Dr. Leo Marvin a successful psychiatrist with a huge ego, who thinks he has a grip on everything. He thinks he knows how to handle anyone or any situation with ease and clarity. The movie revolves around Leo’s new book “Baby…

Luke Bryan has worked over the years to become the successful country artist he is today. He grew up working on a farm in Georgia for his father (Luke Bryan Biography 1). In his early teens, he had decided that he wanted to have a career in music (Luke Bryan Biography 1). Luke began writing songs with some help from others (Luke Bryan Biography 1). Many of his songs made it on the Billboard Hot 100, and a lot of his albums made it on the Billboard 200 (Demings Award Section). Although Luke Bryan…

What are the theoretical underpinnings of Bowenian family therapy? The theoretical underpinnings of Bowenian family therapy are Differenation one’s self from origin of family, triangles, sibling position, emotional cut off, and societal environment pressures. Differenation is learning to separate self from family. According to Bowen(1978) “It has long been recognized that emotional attachment between the spouses is identical to the emotional attachment that each spouse had in his or her family…

What’s not to love about Bob Ross? The calming, hypnotic voice that draws viewers in, or even the dreamy yet encouraging demeanor he holds? Despite being a household name, who was Bob Ross, really? Viewers might say an American painter, a simple art instructor, or a lovable and charming TV host. However, regardless of what you might think, Bob rarely took interviews (5). We hardly know much past his flower child facade. No one truly knows about the private life of Ross. You’d be surprised to…

In the article “Toward the differentiation of self in one’s family of origin”, by Murray Bowen, he speaks of family systems therapy. The goal is to have the members of the family reach a better level of “differentiation of self”. The first method of family therapy of relieving symptoms was ineffective. Then came the triangle method, that put the two parents and the therapist could remain “differentiated” from the two. He then talks of how trainees from the 1967 conference used the concepts…

integrated water and hydro-electricity generating schemes in the world. The Snowy Mountains Scheme, which significantly alters the flow of the Snowy River so that the water moves inland (diverted to the Murray River) instead of toward the ocean, involves seven power stations, sixteen dams, over ninety miles of tunnels, 50 miles of aqueducts, and a pumping station (History and Heritage of Civil Engineering). The initial scheme called for 99 percent of the water from the Snowy River to be…

The Murray Darling Basin is a large area inside of south-eastern Australia. They are to major rivers Murray river and the Darling river, It goes over most of the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and Australian Capital Territory .It also goes over parts of the states, e.g, Queensland (lower third) , South Australia (south-eastern corner).Some facts about the Murray Darling basin is that the river is one of Australia’s longest ever river. The Murray River flows between Mount Kosciuszko…

in central plains, and a fold-fault block mountain is in the east. It has a wide distribution Aeolian geomorphology the west-most column is a large plateau that experiences a lot of erosion. The middle column is primarily plains, where there is a lot of deposit from the rivers. In the eastern column, there are many old, fault block mountains. In the Midwestern plains, there is a big impact of the wind, which causes erosion and other unique features. Here, because of prevailing wind direction,…

Dr. Murray Bowen (1913-1990), developed in the early 50 's theory of natural systems, based on observation of the processes that take place in humans from a natural point of view. This theory could be considered one of the most appropriate when we work with families. Bowen, offers a broad and profound vision of the human being, as is incorporated in the understanding of the functioning, emotional and intellectual aspects of the human-natural system. Bowen pays close attention to the observation…