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Biology. Introduction to the Specialty – 03. “A Person Is a Style”
Before turning to the practical use of a particular style of citation and referencing, it is worth understanding how different styles of modeling reality and texts differ. “A person is a style,” said Buffon. Why?
Biology. Introduction to the Specialty. Some Useful Links
This page collects links that may be useful for the course “Biology. Introduction to the Specialty” for first-year students
SexOnR–01_Keywords. Key Concepts of the Course: Explanations and References (Introduction)
Throughout this course we plan to explore curious phenomena through simulation modelling. First of all, it is necessary to clarify what and how we will be studying.
Sustainable Use of Fisheries Resources. Variant IIa. Simulation Model in Google Sheets
The same things can be explained in different ways. This page presents a simulation model built in Google Sheets; working with it introduces the problem of sustaining fish stocks. Another way to explain the same topic is available here.
Exhaustion? Prosperity? — 07 Review “by dotted line”: The history of the biosphere from the emergence of life to human civilization
Some of the topics that deserve discussion in the course we will not be able to work through in detail. Here are gathered the theses that we need to consider, and some references that will help understand these theses.
Exhaustion? Prosperity? — Discussion Page for Source Reviews and Other Questions
This page was created to discuss questions that arise during the course “The Past, Present and Possible Future of Humanity and the Biosphere: Exhaustion or Prosperity?”. A link to the Google document is posted in the Telegram group. Anyone who …
EcoLectures#11-12_The Uniqueness of Humanity: Our Energy Sources
This lecture is used simultaneously in the interfaculty course "Evolutionary-Biological Foundations of Human Behaviour" and in the course on Ecology (Bioecology). That is why it is placed in two locations. The lecture is dedicated to the uniqueness of humanity from …
G1. Energy from the Past. "The Past, Present and Possible Future of Humanity and the Biosphere"
G1-1. (Conditions and Resources. Ecological Niche) G1-2. Energy Sources of Humanity Appendix G1-3. ("Peak Oil") Appendix G1-4. (Life Without Phosphorus)
HistBio — 02. The Strength and Weakness of the Historical Approach
An introductory lecture to the course on the historical development of biosystems. The explanatory value of studying history. A foray into the philosophy of knowledge, discussing the foundation on which the temple of science stands.
B5. Micro-, Macro-, and Megaworld. “Past, Present, and Possible Future of Humanity and the Biosphere”
B5-1. (Why do size scales matter?). B5-2. (Paradoxes of quantum mechanics). Supplement B5-4. (Fate of the Universe). Supplement B5-4. (Dark matter). Supplement B5-5. (Dark energy).
A4. Science Is a Force That Changes the World. “Past, Present, and Possible Future of Humanity and the Biosphere”
A4-1. From folk healing to scientific medicine. A4-2. (Randomized double-blind trial and evidence-based medicine). A4-3. (Discoveries that changed human life). Supplement A4-4. (“Clever Hans”). Supplement A4-5. (...)
One and a Half Natures of Man – 02. Bibliography
A list of references to sources that may be useful for studying the course «Satiety, Sex, Status: Evolutionarily Conditioned Mechanisms of Behaviour in Humans and Other Animals»
From the chaos of observations to dynamic typology: a discussion using the example of green frog population systems. Column for Kompyuterra #113
Do not «prop up» your judgments with references to the will of the Creator. Let us ourselves, by the powers of our reason, observe, experiment, model, make forecasts, and choose the state we desire!
March 17. Eskhar, Continuation of the Field Season
Last time the frogs were very hard to catch, but we need them for our work. We had to go again. The weather was not much different from last time — only it was cloudier, and the mud on the …
Ecology: Biology of Interactions. 6.07. The Energy Supply Problem
The potential power of renewable energy sources is approximately 10-13 TW (terawatts, billions of kilowatts), which is of the same order of magnitude as humanity's needs.
Ecology: Biology of Interaction. 6.05. The Food Security Problem
Human existence depends on use of primary production. Each person requires roughly 1 million kcal per year. Although total food production exceeds demand by several tens of percent, high losses and uneven distribution create persistent shortages.
Four “Nobel” News Items from Different Years
Nobel loves threes.
Three old news items about nature conservation
The sorcerer's students. Driven by curiosity, the sorcerer's apprentice took advantage of his teacher's absence, slipped into the secret room, opened a spellbook to which he had no right to touch, and randomly read a line from it whose meaning …