Essays on archaeological subjects, and on various questions connected with the history of art, science and literature in the middle ages.

Mode of access: Internet.

An introduction to the history of the science of politics,

"Delivered as a course of lectures at the Royal Institution in 1882, and ... published as a series of articles in the Fortnightly review."--Advertisement.

Natural History Society of Cornell University, 1869-1899. The history of natural science in Cornell for the first thirty years.

Mode of access: Internet.

A general view of the world : comprising a physical, political, and statistical account of its grand divisions ... with their empires, kingdoms, republics, principalities, & c : exhibiting the history of geographical science and the progress of discovery to the present time :

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Elements of international law : with a sketch of the history of the science /

Includes bibliographical references.

Elements of the philosophy of plants: containing the principles of scientific botany ... with a history of the science, and practical illustrations.

Translated from Candolle and Sprengel's Grundzüge der wissenschaftlichen Pflanzenkunde, Leipzig, 1820, of which pt. 1-3 were an extract from Candolle's Théorie élémentaire de la botanique, 2. éd., Paris, 1819.

American medical biography: or, Memoirs of eminent physicians who have flourished in America. To which is prefixed a succinct history of medical science in the United States, from the first settlement of the country.

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American medical biography, or, Memoirs of eminent physicians who have flourished in America to which is prefixed a succinct history of medical science in the United States from the first settlement of the country.

Reprint of the 1828 ed.

Revista Brasileira de Estudos Pedagógicos: mapeamento e problematização do conceito de ciência na pesquisa educacional (1944-1971)

Nos primeiros anos em que a pesquisa educacional foi sistematizada, a Revista Brasileira de Estudos Pedagógicos foi o principal meio de divulgação do campo educacional e um importante instrumento de debate sobre a política em torno da ciência, da pesquisa educacional e da prática educativa. A revista continua sendo um órgão oficial do governo federal e de divulgação das ações de um instituto criado com o objetivo de difundir pesquisas: o Instituto Nacional de Estudos Pedagógicos (Inep). Naquele primeiro momento o Inep esteve a cargo de dois importantes educadores: Manuel Bergström Lourenço Filho e Anísio Spínola Teixeira, que orientaram o desenvolvimento da pesquisa em educação. Estes personagens se envolveram numa bandeira política e epistemológica e os artigos da revista ressaltavam suas ideias. O objetivo desta dissertação é identificar qual conceito de ciência estava presente quando a pesquisa educacional brasileira antes da criação dos cursos de pós-graduação. Foram selecionados 37 artigos entre os anos de 1944 e 1971. Estes artigos foram analisados com base nas concepções epistemológicas e diante da linha teórica da história dos conceitos. Como resultado desta pesquisa foi verificado que não houve dominância de nenhuma concepção epistemológica, mas a maior parte foi considerada dentro da perspectiva historicista. Diferentemente do que era esperado, nos artigos que trouxeram um panorama sobre pesquisa e ciência, houve opiniões divergentes a dos diretores da revista, mas o pensamento deles é destacado, inclusive, justificando muitas das ações realizadas pelo instituto. Foram observados diversos aspectos associados ao conceito de ciência, entre eles a eleição de prioridades e a ênfase na pesquisa prática, com alguns autores buscando um caráter mais imediatista e metodológico e outros defendendo a prática com embasamento teórico, sob a perspectiva social. Além do empenho para que a produção de pesquisas fosse realizada nas universidades, com o aporte de condições necessárias e da discussão sobre cientificidade da pesquisa educacional. Após 1964, o periódico publicou artigos que abordavam a educação como investimento, inseridas na tendência tecnicista, onde a função da pesquisa seria detectar de que forma otimizar os custos e qual seria a forma de propaganda mais eficaz para aumentar o número de matrículas. Porém, a revista ainda contava com influência de Anísio Teixeira e mesmo durante a ditadura militar realizou críticas às ações de repressão aos institutos e centros de pesquisa. A publicação do pensamento destes pesquisadores na RBEP permitiu que muitas destas questões fossem ampliadas, alcançando um impacto maior na sociedade. A maior parte dos artigos expôs a opinião de cientistas renomados e dos principais funcionários do Inep sobre quais deveriam ser as prioridades da pesquisa educacional em prol do progresso do país. Muitas das reivindicações publicadas se tornaram conquistas mantidas atualmente

A survey of indian logic from the point of view of computer science

Indian logic has a long history. It somewhat covers the domains of two of the six schools (darsanas) of Indian philosophy, namely, Nyaya and Vaisesika. The generally accepted definition of Indian logic over the ages is the science which ascertains valid knowledge either by means of six senses or by means of the five members of the syllogism. In other words, perception and inference constitute the subject matter of logic. The science of logic evolved in India through three ages: the ancient, the medieval and the modern, spanning almost thirty centuries. Advances in Computer Science, in particular, in Artificial Intelligence have got researchers in these areas interested in the basic problems of language, logic and cognition in the past three decades. In the 1980s, Artificial Intelligence has evolved into knowledge-based and intelligent system design, and the knowledge base and inference engine have become standard subsystems of an intelligent system. One of the important issues in the design of such systems is knowledge acquisition from humans who are experts in a branch of learning (such as medicine or law) and transferring that knowledge to a computing system. The second important issue in such systems is the validation of the knowledge base of the system i.e. ensuring that the knowledge is complete and consistent. It is in this context that comparative study of Indian logic with recent theories of logic, language and knowledge engineering will help the computer scientist understand the deeper implications of the terms and concepts he is currently using and attempting to develop.

A History of Benthic Research in the NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service has a long history of research on benthic invertebrates and habitats in support of the management of living marine resources. These studies began in the 1870's under Spencer F. Baird's guidance as part of an effort to characterize the Nation's fisheries and living marine resources and their ecological interactions. This century and a quarter of research has included many benthic invertebrate studies, including community characterizations, shellfish biology and culture, pathology, ecosystem energy budget modeling, habitat evaluations, assessments of human impacts, toxic chemical bioaccumulation in demersal food webs, habitat or endangered species management, benthic autecology, systematics (to define new species and species population boundaries), and other benthic studies. Here we review the scope of past and current studies as a background for strategic research planning and suggest areas for further research to support NOAA's goals of sustainable fisheries management, healthy coastal ecosystems, and protected species populations.