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  Science and the Bush Administration -- Baltimore 305 (5692): 1873 -- Science
But as we approach the election, it is important to examine the most critical issues at the interface of science and politics in the determination of public policy.
Repeated administration statements questioned the science behind the position of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that the global warming seen in the past 100 years is associated with human activity.
Nevertheless, although the realities of the science may be better accepted, the policy implications are still being ignored.
www.sciencemag.org /cgi/content/summary/305/5692/1873   (747 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1873   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Long Depression (1873 – 1896) was a depression that affected much of the world from the early 1870s until the mid-1890s, contemporary of the Second Industrial Revolution.
Karl Jatho (February 3, 1873 - December 8, 1933) was a German pioneer and inventor, performer and public servant of the city of Hanover.
Alexis Carrel Alexis Carrel (June 28, 1873 – November 5, 1944) was a French surgeon and biologist.
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  Science and the Church
Church, in connexion with science, theoretically means any Church that claims authority in matters of doctrine and teaching; practically, however, only the Catholic Church is in question, on account of her universality and her claim of power to exercise this authority.
The greatest obstacle to anti-Christian science is the Church, which claims Divine origin, authority to teach infallible truth, maintains the inspiration of Scripture, and is confident of her own existence to the end of the world.
If science is knowledge of things from their causes, theology is the highest grade of science, since it traces its knowledge to the ultimate cause of all things.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/s/science_and_church.html   (12487 words)

  
 Science - MSN Encarta
The physical sciences investigate the nature and behavior of matter and energy on a vast range of size and scale.
Astronomy is the science of the heavens in general, while astrophysics is a branch of astronomy that investigates the physical and chemical nature of stars and other objects.
Astronomy deals largely with the universe as it appears today, but a related science called cosmology looks back in time to answer the greatest scientific questions of all: how the universe began and how it came to be as it is today.
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 Online Etymology Dictionary
To blind (someone) with science "confuse by the use of big words or complex explanations" is attested from 1937, originally noted as a phrase from Australia and New Zealand.
In the science fiction sense, it is attested from 1954.
In political science, attested from 1919 (in Harold J. Laski) in sense "theory which opposes monolithic state power." Gen. sense of "toleration of diversity within a society or state" is from 1933.
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 Science Fiction - MSN Encarta
Science and technology began appearing as a subject of fiction in the 19th century.
Wells began to write stories with science themes in 1894, demonstrating more interest in biology and evolution than in other sciences, and more concern about the social consequences of invention than about the accuracy of the invention itself.
Most early science fiction was published in magazines and aimed at a readership of boys and young men.
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 Quotation Search - Quote Search - The Quotations Page
Science is the search for truth - it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others.
We need to have the spirit of science in international affairs, to make the conduct of international affairs the effort to find t he right solution, the just solution of international problems, not the effort by each nation to get the better of other nations, to do harm to them when it is possible.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Science and the Church
science has no place in the logical realm; evidently, it is not meant for the physical; so it must belong to the ethical realm; it is not a cry for truth, it is a cry with a purpose.
Science, in particular, may come in contact with the Congregation of Rites, which examines miracles proposed in support of beatifications and canonizations.
Science and the Church" may be found in the declaration of the Vatican Council (Sess.
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 The History of the Minnesota Academy of Science
On January 6, 1873, the Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences was formally organized under the leadership of Professor Newton W. Winchell of the Department of Geology at the University of Minnesota.
In 1940, the Minnesota Academy of Science was instrumental in establishing The Cedar Creek Natural History Area (CCNHA) through the initial purchase of a tract of 500 acres of land.
From the annual science exhibits of members of the Junior Academy in 1938 and the first regional fair in 1950, science fair programs have expanded to include all nine regions of the state by 1998.
www.mnmas.org /AboutMAS_History.asp   (2154 words)

  
 Origin and Development   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In the 1863 - 1873 period, science and mathematics were studied within the framework of the Faculty of Engineering of the Superior School (Velika Škola).
Finally, by the end of that decade, these sciences were returned to the Faculty of Philosophy through the foundation of the Science and Mathematics Department of that Faculty.
Ten members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts were elected from among the ranks of the TEACHING STAFF of this Faculty.
www.matf.bg.ac.yu /english/informacije/posraz.html   (0 words)

  
 Latvian Academy of Sciences
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE SCIENCE OF LATVIA IN 2006
The list of Latvian Science’s Top 10 of 2006 was made thoroughly considering the suggestions submitted by the universities, research institutes and centers.
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE SCIENCE OF LATVIA IN 2005
www.lza.lv   (535 words)

  
 1873 in science - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The year 1873 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about 1873 in science contains research on
1873 in science, Awards, Births, Deaths, 1873 and Years in science.
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 Notice 06-04
Accelerator Science and Simulation: A comprehensive, coherent petascale simulation capability for the U.S. particle and nuclear accelerator community is critical for the near and long-term priorities of DOE's Office of Science.
As pioneers in the computing sciences since their inception, HEP researchers are fully committed to continuing to advance the state of the art of scientific computing and applying the most modern techniques and tools to our work.
Science Application Partnerships (SAP or Partnerships) are a broad activity of the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) formed when applied mathematics and computer science research can significantly enhance a targeted science area of importance to SC.
www.science.doe.gov /grants/FAPN06-04.html   (0 words)

  
 1873 in science
The year 1873 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1872 in science, other events of 1873, 1874 in science and the list of years in science.
A Soldier in Science: The Autobiography of Bailey K. Ashford, Colonel M.C., U.S.A
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 Comparative Anatomy Topic 1 - Introduction and Evolution   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bringing the theoretical side of evolution into popular culture and providing the first detailed books on the facts that are evolution is Darwin's main legacy, and the reason why his name is associated with evolution more than any other is because he was a careful, thorough scientist.
It is clear that evolution changed biology from a descriptive science to an experimental one and we owe most of this to Charles Darwin.
Science and religion were still very much intertwined, and it wasn't until Lamarck that science and religion began to dissociate.
www.auburn.edu /academic/classes/zy/0301/Topic1/Topic1.htm   (0 words)

  
 Program Announcement LAB 06-04
Successful researchers of Science Applications must devise a multi-disciplinary research strategy that addresses both the domain science and computational science challenges facing their simulation or data management issue.
As the science advances and new knowledge is gained, there is a demand to include more process representations into the models and to improve acknowledged shortcomings in existing process descriptions.
Science Institutes are expected to be funded at $1,000,000 to $2,500,000 per year for up to five years.
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 Maxwell_biography
Although his greatest contribution to science was his theory of electromagnetic radiation, and his second greatest contribution was his theory of the distribution of the speeds of molecules in gases, he made significant and important advances in a number of other areas as well.
Of the major achievements in science since the birth of 'modern science' in the 16th century, arguably there are two that stand out because of their significance and influence and the way they unified 'ideas'.
Maxwell's work is not that well known by non-scientists because it is entirely theoretical but he showed that four relatively simple mathematical equations could express the behavior of electric and magnetic fields and their interrelation.
courses.science.fau.edu /~rjordan/bios/Maxwell/Maxwell_bio.htm   (2114 words)

  
 Wheels in the Sky   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Long before such an extraordinary project was actually underway, a permanent space station where people live and work existed in the minds of science fiction writers and the imaginations of those who read their books.
Young Wernher von Braun was so inspired by the dream of space travel that he devoted his life to space science and rocketry.
But while space travel and space stations had appeared frequently in writings of science fiction and scientific speculation, von Braun brought charisma and political savvy to the cause.
science.nasa.gov /headlines/y2000/ast26may_1m.htm   (1100 words)

  
 American Museum of Natural History
in 1873 is linked by many with the origins of research anthropology in the United States.
With the enthusiastic financial support of Museum President Morris K. Jesup, Boas undertook to document and preserve the record of human cultural variation before it disappeared under the advance of Europe’s Industrial Revolution.
Three of the eight curators on staff have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of major discoveries and theoretical contributions to anthropology.
www.amnh.org /science/divisions/anthro   (0 words)

  
 Cassini-Huygens: Multimedia-Images
Imaging scientists, as reported in the journal Science on March 10, 2006, believe that the jets are geysers erupting from pressurized subsurface reservoirs of liquid water above 273 degrees Kelvin (0 degrees Celsius).
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL.
The imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov /multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=1873   (0 words)

  
 Prometheus Books
Edis examines the range of Muslim thinking about science and Islam, from blatantly pseudoscientific fantasies to comparatively sophisticated efforts to “Islamize science.” From the world’s strongest creationist movements to bizarre science-in-the-Quran apologetics, popular Muslim approaches promote a view of natural science as a mere fact-collecting activity that coexists in near-perfect harmony with literal-minded faith.
Since Muslims are keenly aware that science and technology have been the keys to Western success, they are eager to harness science to achieve a Muslim version of modernity.
Taner Edis (Kirksville, MO), born and raised in Turkey, is an associate professor of physics at Truman State University and the author of The Ghost in the Universe: God in Light of Modern Science and Science and Nonbelief, among other publications.
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 Science
The different branches of science deal in the main with the different levels of organisation of physical substance.
Fields like psychology, anthropology, and sociology move away from the boundaries of science altogether.
There is so much material on different branches of science on the web that it is pointless citing links to individual pages.
www.kheper.net /topics/science/science.htm   (0 words)

  
 The Big Impact of Small Differences | Molecular Design and Recognition in Drug Discovery
Small differences writ large were the theme of the night as three structural chemists discussed their work at a gathering at the New York Academy of Sciences Chemical Biology Discussion Group on February 7, 2005.
Here, too, a small difference in the amount of energy available to the ligand results in marked increases in its ability to bind to the receptor.
Adam Marcus is a science writer based in New York City.
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 EXPLORIT Science Center - quotations
"In the progressive growth of astronomy, physics or mechanical science was developed, and when this had been, to a certain degree, successfully cultivated, it gave birth to the science of chemistry."
"It was a great step in science when men became convinced that, in order to understand the nature of things, they must begin by asking, not whether a thing is good or bad, noxious or beneficial, but of what kind it is?
Just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts.
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 Strange Science: Timeline
1720-René Réaumur submits a report to the Paris Academy of Sciences proposing that a brief Noachian flood cannot account for the thick sedimentary layers (composed largely of broken shells) underlying the region of Tours.
1723-Antoine de Jussieu addresses a paper to the Académie des Sciences suggesting that an ancient object, e.g., a stone tool, made of the same material and by the same process as those used by a modern population probably has the same function.
The fossils all come from the Doushantuo phosphorites in southern China, and all are estimated to be about 570 million years old, making them the oldest fossil embryos so far discovered.
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 Nietzsche Chronicle: 1873
The title is a play on words using the names of the couple.
On February 3rd, 1873, Ritschl writes to Wilhelm Vischer about FN: "Aber unser Nietzsche!---ja das ist wirklich ein recht betrübtes Kapitel...
Courses for summer semester 1873, commencing May 2: Lecture on the Greek philosophers up to Plato (9 students and to auditors, Gersdorff and Rée); lecture: Hesiod,
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 Marxists Internet Archive Library, Complete Index of Writers
Radical science fiction author who used his novels to warn of the dangers of capitalism.
From the 18th century up to the present, women fighting against there oppression by patriarchal structures have developed political science, ethics and critical philosophy and contributed to the development of revolutionary theory.
The history of political science is inseparable from the art of war and the problems of philosophy, and there is a long history to discussion of the problems of modern political theory.
www.marxists.org /archive   (6582 words)

  
 Lippincott's Magazine
Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science January 1873 Vol.
Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science February 1873 Vol.
Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science December 1873 Vol.
www.harvestfields.ca /01/index.htm   (200 words)

  
 Fogler Library: Searching for pre-1976 Patents
The Cassis workstation is in the Fogler Library, Science and Engineering Center, 2nd floor.
These indexes are stored in the Patent and Trademark Area of the Science and Engineering Center.
Where there are many inventions under the same subject, it is helpful that the patents are arranged in alphabetical order by the inventor's name.
www.library.umaine.edu /patents/pre-1976.htm   (0 words)

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