... aspirations to understand these phenomena in the deep ways of theory. I spoke with Conway once about the creation ofthe Game of Life, and he lamented the fact that explorations oftheLife world were ... sentences at the end of chapter 4 of Origin. If during the long course of ages and under varying conditions of life, organic beings vary at all in the several parts of their organization, and I ... idea: the algorithmic level is the level that best accounts for the speed ofthe antelope, the wing ofthe eagle, the shape ofthe orchid, the diversity of species, and all the other occasions...
... funded research and development center sponsored by the Oce ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Sta, the Unied Combatant Commands, the Department ofthe Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense ... o in the future. Other The research described in this report was prepared for the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense (OSD). This research was conducted under the auspices ofthe Forces and ... frame the military ocer occupational decision in the context of economic and sociological theory. Sociologists have been interested in occupational structures since the founding ofthe discipline....
... The paper considers the need for, and requirements of, education of researchers; and it examines in detail many ofthe glaring disconnects between theory and practice in the library profession ... its noteworthylimitations, andon possible modifications of it. A fuller discussion ofthe individual 35sources mentioned may be found onthe Web site ofthe Library of Congress at <http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/research/ ... framework for the whole profession– the shape ofthe whole elephant,” of which cataloging and classification are the legs andthe tusks.I will present the outline first, then add some comments on its...
... in the process revolutionizing our understanding ofthe universe, and giv-ing us the most compelling description yet of its creation.What is gradually emerging from the data is a grand synthesis of ... ignorant ofthe larger laws ofthe solar system weresuddenly able to predict, with pinpoint precision, the motion of heavenly bodies.So great was the impact of Principia in the salons and courts of Europe ... intro-duction ofthe telescope in the 1600s. With the aid ofthe telescope,Galileo Galilei, building onthe work ofthe great astronomersNicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler, was able to open up the splendor...
... Wilhelmina ofthe Netherlands owned it.40 There were six U.S. Senators on that route, and colonels, and Supreme Court justices, all these biggies. There was Oveta Culp Hobby, and Leon Henderson, the ... wife to the traditional Pool Party on the tennis courts next to their condo. Most ofthe guests knew and liked Susie. Always the star ofthe Pool Party,she sang old-fashioned standards by the light ... into the office and said, “Take those off. You’llget a reaction from the Roosevelt people.”Warren put the buttons in his apron, where some ofthe dimes and nickels got wedged inside the backs of...
... identify the relationship between residential location, the transportation habits and needs of consumers and providers, andthe extent of care consumers received. The six interrelated hypotheses ... Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 iiAbstract The Effects of Land Use onthe Mobility of Elderly and Disabled and Their Homecare Workers, andthe Effects of Care on Client Mobility: ... that, given the income constraints of both populations andthe disability constraints ofthe consumer population: 13 In the following analysis, the terms “overall,” “entire,” and “general”...
... Overview and Definitions9 THE CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEEMembers ofthe National Research Council’s Board onLife Sciences and members ofthe Institute of Medicine’s Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral ... value of stem cells. The presidents ofthe NationalAcademies agreed and provided most ofthe funding thatsupported the production of this report. The Ellison Founda-tion provided additional ... Theycan renew themselves in the body, making identical copies of themselvesfor the lifetime ofthe organism, or become specialized to yield the celltypes ofthe tissue of origin. Sources of...
... within the communities of scientists, engineers, and other experts who work on solar energy. But because of spe-cialization and occupational silo effects, few of these profes-sionals capture the ... Seductive Futures 22 desert outside Masdar City seems like one ofthe few ideal loca-tions onthe planet for such perfection. Unfortunately, during the midday hours ofthe summer, all ofthe test ... reservedManufactured in the United States of AmericaLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataZehner, Ozzie. Green illusions: the dirty secrets of clean energy and the futureof environmentalism...
... know the highest of concepts andthe hidden part of reality. This is the stage oftheevolutionof desires that humanity has reached today.This is the background for the appearance ofthe wisdom ... lost their spiri-tual perception with the ruin ofthe First Temple, andthe rest lost it with the ruin ofthe Second Temple. Rabbi Akiva was the last great Kabbalist to attain the degree ofthe ... similar to the Light that engendered it. The shape ofthe Hey symbolizes the integration ofthe attributes of reception and bestowal. This gen-erates the form of bestowal atop the primordial...
... Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was developed in the 1960s because of concerns over the destruction of wetlands and its impact on waterbirds. Despite the early development of the convention, the ... http://www.unep-wcmc.org/conventions/harmonization/projects.htm. With the UNEP Division of Environmental Law and Conventions and in col-laboration with the secretariats ofthe Convention on Biological ... ecosystem, andthe Convention’s 159 member countries cover all geographic regions ofthe planet. The Convention’s mission is the conservation and wise use of all wetlands through local and national...
... andtheFutureof America: Ten Breakthrough Actions Vital to Our Nation's Prosperity and Security32 RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES ANDTHEFUTUREOF AMERICAhave changed the global economy andthe ... are only a few ofthe tens of thousands of advances, originating on those campuses that have transformed the world.”2In addition to their high productivity, the exceptional stature of Amer-ican ... generations of scientists, engineers and technologists; and that it foster, onthe basis of merit and excel-lence, collaboration and cooperation with other great research universities andthe private...