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XXXVI Polish Astronomical Society Meeting 2013

XXXVI Polish Astronomical Society Meeting 2013

Author: PTA

Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Astronomiczne

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 8393827914

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Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society Polskie Towarzystwo Astronomiczne wydaje serię wydawniczą "Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society" z materiałami z konferencji o tematyce astronomicznej. Artykuły są publikowane w języku angielskim, aby wydawnictwo miało zasięg międzynarodowy. Seria obejmuje w szczególności materiały ze Zjazdów Polskiego Towarzystwa Astronomicznego, które odbywają się co dwa lata i gromadzą większość polskich astronomów zawodowych, stanowiąc tym samym przegląd bieżącej tematyki badawczej krajowej astronomii. Tom 1 zawiera materiały z XXVII Zjazdu Polskiego Towarzystwa Astronomicznego, który odbył się w dniach 11-14.09.2013 r. w Centrum Astronomicznym im. Mikołaja Kopernika PAN w Warszawie. Dane książki / Book's info Tytuł: XXXVI Polish Astronomical Society Meeting, 11-14 Sept. 2013, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw Seria wydawnicza: Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society Numer tomu w serii: 1 Liczba stron: 180 ISBN: 978-83-938279-1-6 Opracowanie: Agata Różańska, Michał Bejger Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Astronomiczne Rok wydania: 2015 Spis treści / Table of Contents Part 1 - Session of Paczyński medal Gamma-ray bursts, galactic nuclei and cosmic evolution, Martin J. Rees Exploring GR effects in Newtonian physics, Włodek Kluźniak Bohdan Paczyński (1940-2007), Wojciech Dziembowski Precise and accurate distance determination to the LMC and SMC, Grzegorz Pietrzyński Part 2 - Polish science, Connection to ESO projects VIPERS: in search for the solution of the riddle of dark energy (and many others), Agnieszka Pollo, Janusz Krywult, Katarzyna Małek, Aleksandra Solarz, The VIPERS Team Evolution of colour-dependence of galaxy clustering up to z ~ 1.2 based on the data from the VVDS-Wide survey, Agnieszka Swiętoń, Agnieszka Pollo, VVDS team Tidal evolution of disky dwarf galaxies: prograde versus retrograde orbits, Ewa L. Łokas, Marcin Semczuk Estimating masses of dwarf spheroidal galaxies, Klaudia Kowalczyk, Ewa L. Łokas Two unusual, radially pulsating stars, Radosław Smolec ESO Science Outreach Network in Poland during 2011-2013, Krzysztof Czart Part 3 - Polish Space research, Connection to ESA projects The Large Observatory For X-ray Timing (LOFT), Agata Różańska, Monika Bałucińska-Church, Michael J. Church, Bożena Czerny, Agnieszka Janiuk, Fiamma Capitanio, Patrycja Bagińska Solar activity during the deep minimum of 2009, Janusz Sylwester, Marek Siarkowski, Szymon Gburek, Magdalena Gryciuk, Anna Kępa, Mirosław Kowaliński, Tomek Mrozek, Kenneth J.H. Phillips, Piotr Podgorski, Barbara Sylwester Satellite Observations of Pulsating Stars, Joanna Molenda-Żakowicz Part 4 - Session devoted to prof. Opolski. Dissemination of Science Loops of Jupiter, Antoni Opolski Changes in the "Urania - Postępy Astronomii" astronomical magazine, Krzysztof Czart, Maciej Mikołajewski Radio observations of the Milky Way from the classroom, Krzysztof T. Chyży Studies of the astronomical array at the castle in Olsztyn, Jacek P. Szubiakowski Part 5 - Poster session VIPERS: Galaxy morphology at z ~ 1, Janusz Krywult, Agnieszka Pollo, The VIPERS Team Accuracy of mass and radius determination of neutron star in X-ray bursters from simulated LOFT spectrum, Agnieszka Majczyna, Agata Rożanska, Jerzy Madej, Mirosław Należyty Influence of the differential rotation on stability properties of neutron stars, Anna Studzińska, Dorota Gondek-Rosińska, Marcus Ansorg, Loic Villain The effect of rotation on the properties of neutron stars, Magdalena Szkudlarek, Dorota Gondek-Rosińska, Marcus Ansorg, Loic Villain Neutron star and strange quark star binaries in the late inspiral phase, Mateusz Wiśniewicz, Dorota Gondek-Rosińska Testing accretion disk instabilities in X-ray binaries, Patrycja Bagińska, Agata Różańska, Agnieszka Janiuk, Bożena Czerny Relativistic effects on radiative ejection of coronae in variable X-ray sources, Bhupendra Mishra, Włodek Kluźniak Accretion disks modelling, Mikołaj Grzędzielski Tidal disruption event in NGC 4845, Marek Nikołajuk, Roland Walter Order and chaos in hydrodynamic BL Her models, Radosław Smolec, Paweł Moskalik Global Astrophysical Telescope System - test results from telescope nr 2, Krzysztof Kamiński, Wojciech Dimitrow, Monika Fagas, Magdalena Polińska Gravitational microlensing as a tool to study the Galaxy, Alicja Rynkiewicz, Łukasz Wyrzykowski, Jan Skowron, Szymon Kozłowski, Andrzej Udalski, Michał K. Szymański, Marcin Kubiak, Igor Soszyński, Grzegorz Pietrzyński, Radosław Poleski, Paweł Pietrukowicz, Michał Pawlak The properties of lenses and sources in the CASSOWARY survey, Zuzanna Kostrzewa-Rutkowska Asteroids in Retrograde Orbits: Interesting Cases, Paweł Kankiewicz, Ireneusz Włodarczyk New transit observations of WASP-12 b, Gracjan Maciejewski, Dinko Dimitrov, Diana Kjurkchieva, Łukasz Bukowiecki, Damian Puchalski The potentially dangerous asteroid (99942) Apophis, Ireneusz Włodarczyk Revitalization of radiotelescopes from Psary and Komorowo, Bogdan Wszołek Rotating neutron stars as sources of gravitational waves, Marcin Kucaba, Dorota Gondek-Rosińska, Tomasz Bulik, Maciej Kamiński

Before Religion

Before Religion

Author: Brent Nongbri

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2013-01-22

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 0300154178

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Examining a wide array of ancient writings, Brent Nongbri dispels the commonly held idea that there is such a thing as ancient religion. Nongbri shows how misleading it is to speak as though religion was a concept native to pre-modern cultures.

Cybersecurity in Poland

Cybersecurity in Poland

Author: Katarzyna Chałubińska-Jentkiewicz

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 506

ISBN-13: 3030785513

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This open access book explores the legal aspects of cybersecurity in Poland. The authors are not limited to the framework created by the NCSA (National Cybersecurity System Act - this act was the first attempt to create a legal regulation of cybersecurity and, in addition, has implemented the provisions of the NIS Directive) but may discuss a number of other issues. The book presents international and EU regulations in the field of cybersecurity and issues pertinent to combating cybercrime and cyberterrorism. Moreover, regulations concerning cybercrime in a few select European countries are presented in addition to the problem of collision of state actions in ensuring cybersecurity and human rights. The advantages of the book include a comprehensive and synthetic approach to the issues related to the cybersecurity system of the Republic of Poland, a research perspective that takes as the basic level of analysis issues related to the security of the state and citizens, and the analysis of additional issues related to cybersecurity, such as cybercrime, cyberterrorism, and the problem of collision between states ensuring security cybernetics and human rights. The book targets a wide range of readers, especially scientists and researchers, members of legislative bodies, practitioners (especially judges, prosecutors, lawyers, law enforcement officials), experts in the field of IT security, and officials of public authorities. Most authors are scholars and researchers at the War Studies University in Warsaw. Some of them work at the Academic Centre for Cybersecurity Policy - a thinktank created by the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland. .

Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy

Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy

Author: A. Richard Thompson

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Published: 1986-04-28

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13:

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A unified description of the theory and practice of radio interferometry and synthesis mapping techniques as they apply to astronomy and geology. Beginning with an historical review, it goes on to provide a detailed description of all aspects of radio inferometry, from basic principles through instrumental design to data reduction. Over 450 original papers and monographs are cited.

Mare Plasticum - The Plastic Sea

Mare Plasticum - The Plastic Sea

Author: Marilena Streit-Bianchi

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-07-23

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 3030389456

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This book, written by a multidisciplinary team of authors comprising scientists, artists and communicators, explores one of the most pressing issues of our time – the menace plastics pose to marine environments and organisms. It takes readers on a journey that begins on the beaches of Galicia, where the beach litter formed the starting point for an exhibition that combines art and science to alert the audience to the urgent need for action. The journey culminates with a short “plastic story”, which reveals a disturbing vision of the future significance of plastics for humans, and an example of how comics can deliver information to a younger audience. Along the way there is plenty of fascinating science, such as insights into the impacts of plastics and microplastics; the new marine ecosystem, known as the “plastisphere”; and the current status of the oceans, from the Arctic to the Mediterranean. The book also explores the historical developments; sustainable solutions, including the use of circular economy methodologies; and protective measures, like those being tried in China and the Far East. Lastly, it describes the role played by rivers as transport vectors for plastic, with special reference to the Danube, and to complete the picture, since most of the plastic is of terrestrial origin, it investigates problems related to microplastics in soils.

Climate Impacts on Energy Systems

Climate Impacts on Energy Systems

Author: Jane O. Ebinger

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0821386980

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"While the energy sector is a primary target of efforts to arrest and reverse the growth of greenhouse gas emissions and lower the carbon footprint of development, it is also expected to be increasingly affected by unavoidable climate consequences from the damage already induced in the biosphere. Energy services and resources, as well as seasonal demand, will be increasingly affected by changing trends, increasing variability, greater extremes and large inter-annual variations in climate parameters in some regions. All evidence suggests that adaptation is not an optional add-on but an essential reckoning on par with other business risks. Existing energy infrastructure, new infrastructure and future planning need to consider emerging climate conditions and impacts on design, construction, operation, and maintenance. Integrated risk-based planning processes will be critical to address the climate change impacts and harmonize actions within and across sectors. Also, awareness, knowledge, and capacity impede mainstreaming of climate adaptation into the energy sector. However, the formal knowledge base is still nascent?information needs are complex and to a certain extent regionally and sector specific. This report provides an up-to-date compendium of what is known about weather variability and projected climate trends and their impacts on energy service provision and demand. It discusses emerging practices and tools for managing these impacts and integrating climate considerations into planning processes and operational practices in an environment of uncertainty. It focuses on energy sector adaptation, rather than mitigation which is not discussed in this report. This report draws largely on available scientific and peer-reviewed literature in the public domain and takes the perspective of the developing world to the extent possible."

The Making of the English Working Class

The Making of the English Working Class

Author: E. P. Thompson

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2016-03-15

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 1504022173

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A history of the common people and the Industrial Revolution: “A true masterpiece” and one of the Modern Library’s 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the twentieth century (Tribune). During the formative years of the Industrial Revolution, English workers and artisans claimed a place in society that would shape the following centuries. But the capitalist elite did not form the working class—the workers shaped their own creations, developing a shared identity in the process. Despite their lack of power and the indignity forced upon them by the upper classes, the working class emerged as England’s greatest cultural and political force. Crucial to contemporary trends in all aspects of society, at the turn of the nineteenth century, these workers united into the class that we recognize all across the Western world today. E. P. Thompson’s magnum opus, The Making of the English Working Class defined early twentieth-century English social and economic history, leading many to consider him Britain’s greatest postwar historian. Its publication in 1963 was highly controversial in academia, but the work has become a seminal text on the history of the working class. It remains incredibly relevant to the social and economic issues of current times, with the Guardian saying upon the book’s fiftieth anniversary that it “continues to delight and inspire new readers.”

An Introduction to the History of the Principal Kingdoms and States of Europe

An Introduction to the History of the Principal Kingdoms and States of Europe

Author: Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf

Publisher: Natural Law and Enlightenment

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780865975132

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Samuel Pufendorf was a pivotal figure in the early German Enlightenment. His version of voluntarist natural law theory had a major influence both on the European continent and elsewhere in the English-speaking world, particularly Scotland and America. Pufendorf's An Introduction to the History of the Principal Kingdoms and States of Europe (1682) became one of his most famous and widely reprinted works. It went through multiple editions during the eighteenth century, but its impact has largely been forgotten. Pufendorf's histories exhibited the core notions of his natural law theory by describing the development and current, reciprocal relations of individual states as collective social agents engaged in securing their own and, thus, their members' interests, including self-preservation. Hence, they essentially functioned as vehicles for philosophical demonstration or justification. Moreover, by emphasizing empirical details and legitimating (in principle) a de facto politics of interest, the histories appealed strongly to the emerging nation-states of early modern Europe, which sought ratification of their external and internal actions, policies, and pedagogies. Pufendorf based his accounts on each country's own historians and took care to describe its position from its own current and historical perspectives. It was an appealing approach to political history, judging from the long and diverse publishing record of the work. This book will be of interest to anyone concerned with the history of international law and the development of historiography during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It makes available to contemporary scholars and students a carefully edited, helpfully annotated, and historically situated English version of one of Pufendorf's most popular and influential works. Samuel Pufendorf (1632-1694) was one of the most important figures in early-modern political thought. An exact contemporary of Locke and Spinoza, he transformed the natural law theories of Grotius and Hobbes, developed striking ideas of toleration and of the relationship between church and state, and wrote extensive political histories and analyses of the constitution of the German empire. Jodocus Crull (d. 1713/14) was a German émigré to England, a medical man, and a translator and writer. Michael J. Seidler is Professor of Philosophy at Western Kentucky University. Knud Haakonssen is Professor of Intellectual History at the University of Sussex, England.