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Asians Scientists: Why they must work together?
[GANG Yang-Gu-PRESSian journalist]
The Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP) and PRESSian are
currently publishing together the In Search of Asian Scientists series.
Its purpose is to delve into discussions regarding 'what it means to
live as scientists in Asia'. Through this series, readers have
been able to exchange views closely for a long time, but for each
country in Asia who must find a way to explore and examine the state of
science i...
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Scientists: Opening their ears to the public
[GANG Yang-Gu-PRESSian journalist]
"There is the need for scientists who are recognized socially" Kang
Yang-gu: Should we change gears? Korean and Japanese governments have a
tendency to focus their scientific policies on supporting projects that
produce immediate results, such as bio-engineering. In the case of the
Taiwan government, it appears that it is supporting a wide range of pure
science. This is very eye-catching. What helped to make this possible?
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Looking for Solutions in the Grey in the Crisis Ridden 21st C...
[GANG Yang-Gu-PRESSian journalist]
"Young
people should be able to do what they want" Kang Yang-gu: I'd like to
ask a few personal questions now if you won't mind. You said that your
mother was against it when you decided to become a scientist. When was
it that you decided on becoming a scientist? Ho: I think I slowly
became immersed in the world of science. University was a big jump in
my life. I believe that my life only started upon my matriculation. M...
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Let us plan a new lecture to share with...
[LEE Kwon-Woo -Literary Critic, Editorial Committee ]
I feel many things while running "Science, as Told by Books. "I become
excited by citizens' and students' cordial responses, and I become
invigorated because of the interested librarians who eagerly prepare
for the program. We cannot avoid considering districts'cultural
estrangements as serious. As our society became ripe, cultural desires
increased; however, I abruptly feel that there are not many cultural
programs to solve these desires. Although we have to look and examine
more, I have come to believe that "Science, as Told by Books,"which
opens lecture meetings by traveling to regions where authors of
scientific publicat...
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Darwin Goes Shopping
[Jeon, Joonghwan-Research Institute of EcoScience, Ewha W...]
Early
last year, what was much talked about were the Louis Vuitton earmuffs
that Lee Gun-hee, the then-Chairman of Samsung Group, wore during his
promotional campaigning for the 2014 Winter Olympics in PyungChang.
They were 2.46 million won ($2500). I don’t mean to belittle Louis
Vuitton products, but it doesn’t seem that his expensive luxury
earmuffs keep your ears any warmer than no-name earmuffs. Why did
evolution by natural selection make the formal chairman select luxury
earmuffs over less expensive ones that offer the same function? Or
rather, is it possible to interpret consumer behavior and marketing,
which seem to be un...
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Looking for Nobuea Elegantistriata
[Kwon Oh-Gil -Professor Emeritus of Division of Life S...]
Marie Curie, in an acceptance speech for her second Nobel Prize in Physics,
said that a scientist should have the curiosity like those of a child
and the adventurous spirit of a conqueror. How right she is! Scientific
breakthroughs could never have happened if Newton had just eaten the
fallen apple or if a young Edison hadn’t cupped eggs in the innocent
hopes of hatching them. What is the science? How can ordinary
people do science? “A scientific lifestyle, or science in everyday
life, is an expression.” This means that life itself is filled with
science, as well as knowledge, and living life through reason and...
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Let us listen to the inner voice
[Kim Chan Ho-Professor of Sungkonghoe University’s.]
1. The vicious cycle of
noise
It is a surprise when we turn on the MP3 player to listen to music that
we had turned off while walking around the downtown area. Although the
loudness remains the same, we cannot possibly hear it because it hurts
our ears. Since the sense of hearing is strange, the body senses this
same loudness differently depending on how noisy the surroundings are.
It is because what feels the stress of volume is, not the eardrum, but
the brain that finally receives the signals entering through the
eardrum. Therefore, a low sound that...
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Sep., 2008
