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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. (...)
B4. The Mystery of Time. “Past, Present, and Possible Future of Humanity and the Biosphere”
B4-1. Time in mechanics — a dimension containing events. B4-2. Time in thermodynamics — the cause of event directionality. B4-3. (Time of quantum events and uncertainty of the future). B4-4. (Einsteinian time). Supplement B4-5. (Is time travel possible?).
B2. Matter and Energy. «The Past, Present, and Possible Future of Humanity and the Biosphere»
B2-1. Elementary Particles B2-2. The Standard Model Appendix B2-3. Some Definitions
B3. Stars — Factories of Elements. «The Past, Present, and Possible Future of Humanity and the Biosphere»
B3-1. Chemical Elements and Their Transformations B3-2. The Life and Death of Stars Appendix B3-3. Heavy Water
A Small Library
For working on the course, teachers and advanced students may find a small library of e-books useful.
B1. Origin of the Universe. “Past, Present, and Possible Future of Humanity and the Biosphere”
B1-1. History of the development of human views of the Universe. B1-2. Theory of relativity. B1-3. Big Bang. Supplement B1-4. Distance units in astronomy. Supplement B1-5. Some stages in the history of the Universe.
A3. Systemicity of Scientific Knowledge. “Past, Present, and Possible Future of Humanity and the Biosphere”
A3-1. Systems and their properties. A3-2. Systemicity of the scientific worldview.
A2. The Scientific Method. "The Past, Present, and Possible Future of Humanity and the Biosphere"
A2-1. How to Organize Research? A2-2. The Scientific Method A2-3. Statistical Significance Appendix A2-4. Investigating Probabilistic Processes Using Coins and Simulation Models Appendix A2-5. Hypothesis Confirmation and Refutation: Examination Using a Model
A1. Ways of Knowing the World. "The Past, Present, and Possible Future of Humanity and the Biosphere"
A1-1. Introduction to the Course A1-2. Ways of Knowing A1-3. Blind Spot: Perception and Reality Appendix A1-4. Evolution of Behavioral Types Appendix A1-5. Why Does Our Eye Have a Blind Spot? Appendix A1-6. Examples of Pseudoscience
Science at Kharkiv University and in Ukraine — thoughts of the day
On December 25, Kharkiv University held the annual reporting conference of the staff collective. I was asked to share my view on the state of research work. I did, and I am posting the prepared text here.
Shabanov et al., 2015 & Biriuk et al., 2015 (Theses in Latvia)
Shabanov D., Usova O., Kravchenko M., Leonov A., Korshunov O., Mair Q., Meleshko O., Newman J., Vladymyrova M., Zholtkevych G. Sustainable coexistence of the parental species and hemiclonal interspecific hybrids is provided by the variety of ontogenetic strategies: simulation HPS …
Ecology: the Biology of Interactions. I-01. "Ecology" — What Is It?
The term «ecology» was coined by Haeckel from two Greek roots: oicos — home and logos — word, science. From the moment the concept of «ecology» was established, there has been an unbroken succession of researchers who interpreted it in …
On Friday in Kyiv at the "Evolution" Club...
BATRIMG<0>BATR Amphibians (Amphibia) are a class of vertebrates that combine features of aquatic and terrestrial animals. They are poikilothermic (cold-blooded) animals whose body temperature depends on environmental temperature. BATRIMG<1>BATR The skin of amphibians plays a crucial role in respiration (cutaneous …
Meleshko, Kravchenko (2012) Study of green frogs of the Iskov pond
Meleshko O.V., Kravchenko M.O. Investigation of the population system state of green frogs (Pelophylax esculentus complex) of the Iskyi pond of Zmiivskyi district of Kharkiv region // Visnyk Prykarpatskoho natsionalnoho universytetu imeni Vasylia Stefanyka. Seriia - Biolohiia. - Ivano-Frankivsk : …
Gessner's Mistake, or A Defence Against the Sea-Devil: How the Mechanism of Science Functions. Column for Kompyuterra #98
Science is not monolithic. The medical community is not monolithic. The people who work with vaccines do not constitute a unitary, tightly managed organisation. Beyond the interests of their community, each of them also has personal interests (often in some …
Shyshkin, 1987. Individual development and evolutionary theory
Shyshkin M.A. Individual development and evolutionary theory // Evolution and biocenotic crises. Moscow: Nauka, 1987. - pp. 76–124.
Hardin (1968) Tragedy of the Commons
{ "title": "The Classic Article by Professor of Biology at the University of California Garrett Hardin, which raised the problem of managing common resources.", "summary": "", "body": "A classic article by University of California biology professor Garrett Hardin that raised …
Ecology: The Biology of Interactions. 1.01. What Is “Ecology”?
Before beginning the study of the course of general ecology, one should discuss the very meaning of the concept of “ecology.” Surprisingly enough, in Ukraine and, more broadly, in the post-Soviet space, there is no single opinion concerning the meaning …