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How can place attachment improve scientific literacy?

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Ben and Julia used two social science research methods to gather data. However, environmental geography is a very interdisciplinary field, and those who want to work within it need training in social science as well – including psychology, sociology, political science and communications,” says Ben. •

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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As you can imagine, there are many arguments both for and against these ideas. How does economics combine mathematics and social science? Economics equips you with a very versatile set of skills and allows you to tackle problems creatively across a wide range of issues, far beyond stock markets, unemployment and inflation.

Economics 111
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Prosecuting rap: can we get racial discrimination out of the courtroom?

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DEFENCE – (in court) the argument that the accused person should not be found guilty. RAP ARTISTRY – rap skill, quality, craft or creativity. DEFENCE – (in court) the argument that the accused person should not be found guilty. RAP ARTISTRY – rap skill, quality, craft or creativity.

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How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

But in 1798 Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford) (1753–1814) measured the heat produced by the mechanical process of boring a cannon, and began to make the argument that, in contradiction to the caloric theory, there was actually some kind of correspondence between mechanical energy and amount of heat.

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Essential Tips: What Are The Key Elements of Integrative Learning?

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By bringing together diverse perspectives, integrative learning promotes critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity. We can draw upon various fields such as science, humanities, social sciences, and arts to enrich our understanding.

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Can AI Solve Science?

Stephen Wolfram

But just by systematic enumeration the computer was able to find what seemed to me like a very “creative” result. of what’s now Wolfram Language —we were trying to develop algorithms to compute hundreds of mathematical special functions over very broad ranges of arguments. Back in 1987—as part of building Version 1.0

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Remembering the Improbable Life of Ed Fredkin (1934–2023) and His World of Ideas and Stories

Stephen Wolfram

Richard Feynman and I would get into very fierce arguments. When Ed arrived at BU he found he was assigned to an office with a certain Gerard ‘t Hooft —who happens to be one of the more creative and productive theoretical physicists of the past half-century (and would win a Nobel Prize in 1999 for his efforts).