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Science, civilization and society: The changing character of war
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Science, civilization and society. This blog accompanies the lecture notes of the undergraduate course "Science, Civilization and Society". The changing character of war. Reference: Susan Pedersen: Suitable Heroes. A review of Demobbed: Coming Home after the Second World War. By Alan Allport. London Review of Books 32(4) 25 February 2010, pp. 11-12. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). No anonymous comments please! Link to the Lecture Notes. Science, Civilization and Society. Adelaide, SA, Australia.
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Science, civilization and society: August 2007
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Science, civilization and society. This blog accompanies the lecture notes of the undergraduate course "Science, Civilization and Society". Science, Civilization and Society now in book form. The material for the lecture course Science, Civilization and Society. Is now available in book form. It can be downloaded from the website in PDF format. NOTE: See the update of 29 July 2008. Links to this post. The 3rd Earl of Shaftsbury. Links to this post. The Jantar Mantar at Delhi. Links to this post. A pamphl...
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Science, civilization and society: Vedanta and Modern Physics
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Science, civilization and society. This blog accompanies the lecture notes of the undergraduate course "Science, Civilization and Society". Vedanta and Modern Physics. In contrast to dualistic religious views of the world, where matter is one domain and mind another, Advaita Vedanta philosophy by definition implies the continuity of mind and matter, i.e. a non-dualistic interpretation of reality. Hai MATTHIAS TUMCZAK,. Sharan prakashs observation is correct. i would like to add on it.the mind&mat...In in...
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Science, civilization and society: Hiroshima and the fall of Berlin - getting the timeline right
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Science, civilization and society. This blog accompanies the lecture notes of the undergraduate course "Science, Civilization and Society". Hiroshima and the fall of Berlin - getting the timeline right. Some have interpreted my text as saying that the motivation for Stalin's move towards Berlin was the release of the atomic bombs over Japan. As one reader wrote: "You say that 'Hiroshima etc had shown. Because my policy with the lecture notes is to leave them standing as they are and use this blog for upd...
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Science, civilization and society: Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize
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Science, civilization and society. This blog accompanies the lecture notes of the undergraduate course "Science, Civilization and Society". Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize. I do not usually comment on current political events in these pages, but last week I received an email invitation to congratulate Barack Obama on his Nobel Peace Prize. As I have commented on an earlier Nobel Peace Prize (see my entry of 14 October 2007 "Should the IPCC receive the Nobel Peace Prize? 2,000 US troops in Vietnam. 200,00...
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Science, civilization and society: May 2008
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Science, civilization and society. This blog accompanies the lecture notes of the undergraduate course "Science, Civilization and Society". The tide predicter of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Bob also pointed me to a site that offers an animation of Kelvin's Tide Predicter. It shows the workings of the Predicter much clearer than my own description and offers a choice of seven port locations to try it out. Unfortunately it comes under the heading "Fourier Analysis of Ocean Tides". Links to this post.
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Science, civilization and society: Greek religion and science (again)
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Science, civilization and society. This blog accompanies the lecture notes of the undergraduate course "Science, Civilization and Society". Greek religion and science (again). Whether Homer ever lived and whether the works ascribed to him were written by a singel author has been a matter of doubt for quite a while. I now learnt that the origins of the Iliad. Reference: E. Luttwak: Homer Inc. London Review of Books. 34 (4), 23 February 2012. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). No anonymous comments please!
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Science, civilization and society: July 2007
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Science, civilization and society. This blog accompanies the lecture notes of the undergraduate course "Science, Civilization and Society". Links to this post. Jon Anderson from Western Michigan University pointed out in an email already five months ago that I had an error in the discussion of epicycles in lecture 8. I wrongly attributed the idea of epicycles to Eudoxus of Cnidus, while it is due to Apollonius of Perga. Links to this post. My support for the precautionary principle received a rather caus...
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Science, civilization and society: The German chemical industry and the precautionary principle
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Science, civilization and society. This blog accompanies the lecture notes of the undergraduate course "Science, Civilization and Society". The German chemical industry and the precautionary principle. Real protection of the health of our planet and its inhabitants will only come when the onus of proof shifts from the government to industry and the role of science shifts from limitless innovation to verification that new products do not pose harm to users and environment. No anonymous comments please!
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Science, civilization and society: October 2007
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Science, civilization and society. This blog accompanies the lecture notes of the undergraduate course "Science, Civilization and Society". Should the IPCC receive the Nobel Peace Prize? But why the IPCC, a scientific panel organized to garner the knowledge of the global scientific community about climate change? The Nobel Prize decision. Http:/ nobelprize.org/nobel prizes/peace/laureates/2007/index.html. Http:/ musictravel.free.fr/political/political3.htm. On the role of the Palestinian "Authority".
