Science: general issues

Why seismologists still can't predict earthquakesAn earthquake can strike without warning and wreak horrific destruction and death, whether it's the catastrophic 2010 quake that took a devastating toll on the island nation of Haiti or a future great earthquake on the San Andreas Fault in California, which scientists know is inevitable.

From the 19th century the philosophy of science has been shaped by a group of influential figures.

Originally published in 1950, this book challenged the basis of our beliefs about the relation of life to matter.

This book identifies challenges and opportunities in the development and implementation of software that contain significant statistical content.

The boundaries of space exploration are being pushed back constantly, but the realm of the partially understood and the totally unknown is as great as ever.

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The recent COVID-19 global pandemic exemplifies the need for efficient, reliable, and real-time tools and technology for forecasting and predicting healthcare disasters as well as for helping to restrict the subsequent spread and fatality of deadly diseases.

Over three hundred years ago, Galileo is reported to have said, "e;The laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics.

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics merges two long-running serials-Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy.

Les membres réguliers de l’Équipe de recherche en éducation scientifique et technologique (EREST) ont voulu développer un outil permettant d’initier efficacement les étudiantes et les étudiants de cycles supérieurs aux réalités du champ de l’éducation aux sciences et à la technologie.

Death and the Body in the Eighteenth-Century Novel demonstrates that archives continually speak to the period's rising funeral and mourning culture, as well as the increasing commodification of death and mourning typically associated with nineteenth-century practices.

This book provides a general overview of different classes of nanomaterials, which includes the synthesis, fabrication, characterization, properties and technological applications of these materials.

The Science of Walking recounts the story of the growing interest and investment of Western scholars, physicians, and writers in the scientific study of an activity that seems utterly trivial in its everyday performance yet essential to our human nature: walking.

The remarkable story of how our solar system came to beThe birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins.

Kant's views about mathematics were controversial in his own time, and they have inspired or infuriated thinkers ever since.

Sugarcane has garnered much interest for its potential as a viable renewable energy crop.

The research and policy evaluations presented in these papers represent a uniquely valuable evolving record of policy and research on high technology small firms through many changes in economic conditions and government policy approaches over more the a decade and a half.

This new volume explores the new paradigm that is Industry 4.

The tremendous impact of electronic devices on our lives is the result of continuous improvements of the billions of nanoelectronic components inside integrated circuits (ICs).

In this, the first book devoted to Peter Achinstein's influential work in philosophy of science, twenty distinguished philosophers, including four Lakatos award winners, address various aspects of Achinstein's influential views on the nature of scientific evidence, scientific explanation, and scientific realism.

The purpose of this and future volumes of the Handbook of Genetics is to bring together a collection of relatively short, authoritative essays or annotated compilations of data on topics of significance to geneticists.

A leading astronomer takes readers behind the scenes of the thrilling science of stellar archaeologyAstronomers study the oldest observable stars in the universe in much the same way archaeologists study ancient artifacts on Earth.

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This book explores the relationship between theory and practice in ancient Greek and Roman scientific and technical texts.

The pendulum is a universal topic in primary and secondary schools, but its full potential for learning about physics, the nature of science, and the relationships between science, mathematics, technology, society and culture is seldom realised.

Fred Hoyle was one of the most widely acclaimed and colourful scientists of the twentieth century, a down-to-earth Yorkshireman who combined a brilliant scientific mind with a relish for communication and controversy.

This volume offers a gradual exposition to matrix theory as a subject of linear algebra.

Aesthetic rejuvenation now encompasses so many topics that practitioners in one area may feel out of touch with developments in other areas in the same field.

The "e;NATO Advanced Research Workshop on radiation detectors for medical imaging"e;, held in Alushta (Crimea, Ukraine) in September 2005 was a unique event and I am very pleased that the proceedings are published in the prestigious NATO Security Through Science series.

Toxicology has never been more important.

Following a 2011 report by the National Research Council (NRC) on successful K-12 education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), Congress asked the National Science Foundation to identify methods for tracking progress toward the report's recommendations.

This book examines the questions "e;What can science do for the theatre?

This exciting new book advances current practice-based and theoretical knowledge around how youth defines and engages with consumerism to provoke a larger conversation within science and environmental education.

Plant Systems Biology is an excellent new addition to the increasingly well-known and respected Annual Plant Reviews.

The "e;greening"e; of industry processes - i.

A transnational approach to understanding and analyzing knowledge circulation.

This handbook is the first to comprehensively cover nucleic acids from fundamentals to recent advances and applications.

The authors in this volume explore a wide variety of the contemporary approaches to mystical and religious experience to elucidate what religious experience is, in its own terms, and how its practitioners understand it.

Thomas Kuhn's celebrated work, 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions' revolutionized thinking in the philosophy of science and to a large extent his 'paradigm shift' view has replaced logical positivism and the philosophy of Karl Popper.

The three greatest scientific mysteries, which remain poorly understood, are the origin of the universe, the origin of life and the development of consciousness.

The book is the follow-up to its predecessor "e;Automation, Communication and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering 2009/2010"e; and includes a representative selection of all scientific publications published between 07/2011 and 06/2012 in various books, journals and conference proceedings by the researchers of the following institute cluster:IMA - Institute of Information Management in Mechanical EngineeringZLW - Center for Learning and Knowledge ManagementIfU - Associated Institute for Management CyberneticsFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen UniversityInnovative fields of application, such as cognitive systems, autonomous truck convoys, telemedicine, ontology engineering, knowledge and information management, learning models and technologies, organizational development and management cybernetics are presented.

This book gathers the best papers presented at the Third Italian National Conference on Sensors, held in Rome, Italy, from 23 to 25 February 2016.

Four centuries ago, Galileo first turned a telescope to look up at the night sky.

For science to remain a legitimate and trustworthy source of knowledge, society will have to engage in the collective processes of knowledge co-production, which not only includes science, but also other types of knowledge.

Competition from emerging and developing countries, challenges related to energy and water, the continuing increase in the global population and the obligation to be sustainable are all impacting developed countries such as the United States, France, etc.