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Between Atoms and Humours. Lucretius' Didactic Poetry as a Model of Integrated and Bifocal Physiology
2012
Lucretius has often been regarded as one of the fathers of modern science, and also in recent years several studies have explored his influence far beyond a merely literary perspective. In this paper I analyse specifically the importance of the poet's 'eclectic' attitude in physiology from the point of view of his 'Fortleben' in early modern thought. I suggest that the typical eclectic combination of physics and biology, atomism and macroscopy, which the 'De rerum natura' shows in its didactic structure both through its images and even more through its conscious scientific reflection, built an attractive basis for attempts in the modern period at harmonising corpuscularian theories and qual…
International positioning of the Spanish psychology journals
2020
[ES]: Se presentan los resultados del análisis de la difusión y circulación del número de revistas españolas en diferentes bases de datos, nacionales e internacionales. Para ello se realiza un estudio de las revistas que contienen las principales bases de datos bibliográficas hasta el año 2017. El aumento de la presencia de revistas españolas de psicología en las diferentes bases de datos es un indicador que determina el crecimiento y la madurez de esta disciplina y aporta una visión interesante de la actividad científica en psicología y su situación en el contexto internacional. Se muestra que las políticas de estado y las campañas de posicionamiento de universidades, asociaciones y colegi…
Finnish Shipping — A Nordic Exception?
2012
The Finnish economy has for centuries been dependent on seaborne transport. In some periods, such as the mid-nineteenth century and the 1970s, Finland also emerged as an important shipping nation in international cross-trades. In the mid-1970s, Finnish tonnage was the sixth largest in the world in per capita terms — just after the Scandinavian countries (Karonen, 1992; Kaukiainen, 2008b). Nevertheless, compared to the other Nordic countries, it was a minor player in international shipping and, subsequently, it has fallen even further behind. In 1987, for example, the freight earnings of Finnish shipping were about one-fifth of those of Norway and about one-third of those of Denmark and Swed…
Ernesta Foldāta vēstule draugiem Latvijā 1999. gada aprīlī
1999
Ernesto Foldat's letter to friends in Latvia, in which he writes about his state of health, Venezuela's poor economic situation, dissatisfaction with the new president, a bachelor's thesis dedicated to Foldat written by Olga Dubrovska at Daugavpils Pedagogical University, about recognitions from the Central University of Venezuela, supervision of doctoral dissertations. Typed on one page, with a signature in the lower right corner. Stored in the Museum of the University of Latvia Botanical and Mycological collections.
Ernesta Foldāta vēstule draugiem LU Bioloģijas fakultātē 1995. gada 2. decembrī
1995
Ernesta Foldāta vēstule draugiem Latvijas Universitātes Bioloģijas fakultātē, kurā viņš raksta par grūto ekonomisko stāvokli Venecuēlā aizgājušajā gadā, dēla Ernesta vadītajiem veikaliem, apsolītajām iespējām nākošajā gadā vadīt ārzemju tūristu grupas, dēla Arvīda darba gaitām, savas grāmatas izdošanu un literatūras iegūšanu Harvardas Universitātē, jauno mācītāju Sandru Rozenbergu no Latvijas, savu un sievas Lullas (Lilijas) veselības stāvokli, mazdēla Daņa traumu un operāciju. Vēstules beigās laba vēlējumi Jaunajā gadā. Kopija vēstulei, kas drukāta mašīnrakstā uz vienas lapas, ar parakstu apakšējā malā. Glabājas Latvijas Universitātes Muzeja Botānikas un mikoloģijas kolekciju krājumā.
Boris Ephrussi and the Synthesis of Genetics and Embryology
1991
The career of Boris Ephrussi (1901–1979) presents a series of fascinating perspectives on the intellectual and sociological difficulties that plagued those who wished to reconcile genetics and embryology during the middle of this century (2–8). Ephrussi was born in a suburb of Moscow, but spent much of his working career in France, with important periods in the United States. He made major contributions to the rapprochement between genetics and developmental biology. His work, which we believe has been undervalued both by historians of biology and by subsequent generations of biologists, is worth studying for at least three reasons: 1. Throughout his long career, he sought an adequate causa…
The singular fate of Genetics in the History of French Biology, 1900-1940
1988
In this study we have examined the reception of Mendelism in France from 1900 to 1940, and the place of some of the extra-Mendelian traditions of research that contributed to the development of genetics in France after World War II. Our major findings are: (1) Mendelism was widely disseminated in France and thoroughly understood by many French biologists from 1900 on. With the notable exception of Lucien Cuenot, however, there were few fundamental contributions to the Mendelian tradition, and virtually none from about 1915 to the midthirties. Prior to 1900, Cuenot's work was already marked by a striking interest in physiological mechanisms; his physiological preoccupations played a consider…
The Foundations of Projective Geometry in Italy from De Paolis to Pieri
2002
In this paper we examine the contributions of the Italian geometrical school to the Foundations of Projective Geometry. Starting from De Paolis' work we discuss some papers by Segre, Peano, Veronese, Fano and Pieri. In particular we try to show how a totally abstract and general point of view was clearly adopted by the Italian scholars many years before the publication of Hilbert's Grundlagen. We are particularly interested in the interrelations between the Italian and the German schools (mainly the influence of Staudt's and Klein's works). We try also to understand the reason of the steady decline of the Italian school during the twentieth century.
Helēnas Ledus - Starcas herbāriji
2022
Raksts par Helēnas Ledus-Starcas (1915 – 2005) herbārijiem Herbarium Latvicum (RIG II), kas glabājas Latvjas Universitātes Muzeja Botānikas un mikoloģijas kolekcijās.
Helēnas Ledus dzimtenes mīlestība
2022
Raksts par latviešu botāniķes Helēnas Ledus-Starcas (1915 – 2005) dzīvi, zinātnisko un sabiedrisko darbību.