An introduction to the Stanford Multidisciplinary Multimedia Meeting of Arts, Science and Humanities on Space of October 10, 2012 (download the pdf from http://www.scaruffi.com/stanford/space.pdf )
- The document discusses the history and evolution of understanding the human body from ancient times to modern day. It covers topics like anatomy, astronomy, cartography, calculators/automata, medicine, and more.
- A key theme is how understanding has progressed from external representation and description to internal visualization and scientific explanation. Technologies like microscopy, dissection, and imaging techniques have revealed greater insights.
- The document also discusses emerging views of the body as interconnected with tools, environments, other organisms, and largely composed of symbiotic bacteria that we depend on for survival. The boundaries of the body are blurring.
The movie Agora taught viewers about ancient astronomy and mathematics through the story of Hypatia. It showed Hypatia advancing Aristarchus's theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun in an elliptic orbit, not circular as Ptolemy theorized. It also explored ancient Greek mathematicians like Euclid and their contributions to geometry. While making scientific discoveries, Hypatia faced conflict from Christians who saw her as a pagan. The movie provided insight into historical scientific theories and the obstacles faced by early female scientists.
Literature, music and science in the RenaissanceNoel Hogan
This document discusses several key developments during the Renaissance period. It notes that before the Renaissance, most books were written in Latin which few people could read, but writers then began composing in their native languages. It mentions Shakespeare as a famous English playwright who opened the Globe Theatre and mentions developments in music like the invention of new instruments. Finally, it discusses advances in medicine during this time including the banning of dissections but Andreas Vesalius pioneering their use and Galileo's contributions to science like discovering Jupiter and supporting Copernicus' model of the solar system.
1) The document discusses geometric signs and symbols that have been found accompanying cave paintings from the Paleolithic period in Europe dating back 25,000-40,000 years.
2) It notes that 32 distinct geometric symbols have been identified that appear repeatedly across Europe and over long time periods, indicating they may have represented a system of symbolic communication for early humans.
3) The discovery of these symbols challenges existing views of early human art and intelligence, and suggests that Paleolithic peoples had more advanced language and abstract thinking abilities than previously believed.
An introduction to Roger Sperry, one of the founders of Neuroscience, and a summary of the state of the art in Neuroscience for the LASER of jan 2013 at Univ of San Francisco. See also the timeline of neuroscience: http://www.scaruffi.com/mind/ns.html
Art/Science Interaction - Case study: Silicon Valleypiero scaruffi
Presentation for the Alpbach Technology Forum of August 2014 on Art/Science and Silicon Valley. I keep updating my presentations on Silicon Valley at www.scaruffi.com/svhistory
UC Berkeley psychologist Tania Lombrozo on Explanationspiero scaruffi
1) The document discusses three mysteries of scientific explanation: why we prefer some explanations over others based on simplicity and scope, why we bother explaining things we've already observed, and how explanations can support learning even without new information.
2) It presents studies that show explaining events leads to discovering broader patterns compared to simply describing or thinking about events. Explaining also helps children and students learn concepts more effectively.
3) The document argues that the drive for explanatory simplicity and scope may be evolutionarily adaptive as it fosters discovery and learning, even in the absence of new information or observations. Seeking explanations may support learning and survival.
- The document discusses the history and evolution of understanding the human body from ancient times to modern day. It covers topics like anatomy, astronomy, cartography, calculators/automata, medicine, and more.
- A key theme is how understanding has progressed from external representation and description to internal visualization and scientific explanation. Technologies like microscopy, dissection, and imaging techniques have revealed greater insights.
- The document also discusses emerging views of the body as interconnected with tools, environments, other organisms, and largely composed of symbiotic bacteria that we depend on for survival. The boundaries of the body are blurring.
The movie Agora taught viewers about ancient astronomy and mathematics through the story of Hypatia. It showed Hypatia advancing Aristarchus's theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun in an elliptic orbit, not circular as Ptolemy theorized. It also explored ancient Greek mathematicians like Euclid and their contributions to geometry. While making scientific discoveries, Hypatia faced conflict from Christians who saw her as a pagan. The movie provided insight into historical scientific theories and the obstacles faced by early female scientists.
Literature, music and science in the RenaissanceNoel Hogan
This document discusses several key developments during the Renaissance period. It notes that before the Renaissance, most books were written in Latin which few people could read, but writers then began composing in their native languages. It mentions Shakespeare as a famous English playwright who opened the Globe Theatre and mentions developments in music like the invention of new instruments. Finally, it discusses advances in medicine during this time including the banning of dissections but Andreas Vesalius pioneering their use and Galileo's contributions to science like discovering Jupiter and supporting Copernicus' model of the solar system.
1) The document discusses geometric signs and symbols that have been found accompanying cave paintings from the Paleolithic period in Europe dating back 25,000-40,000 years.
2) It notes that 32 distinct geometric symbols have been identified that appear repeatedly across Europe and over long time periods, indicating they may have represented a system of symbolic communication for early humans.
3) The discovery of these symbols challenges existing views of early human art and intelligence, and suggests that Paleolithic peoples had more advanced language and abstract thinking abilities than previously believed.
An introduction to Roger Sperry, one of the founders of Neuroscience, and a summary of the state of the art in Neuroscience for the LASER of jan 2013 at Univ of San Francisco. See also the timeline of neuroscience: http://www.scaruffi.com/mind/ns.html
Art/Science Interaction - Case study: Silicon Valleypiero scaruffi
Presentation for the Alpbach Technology Forum of August 2014 on Art/Science and Silicon Valley. I keep updating my presentations on Silicon Valley at www.scaruffi.com/svhistory
UC Berkeley psychologist Tania Lombrozo on Explanationspiero scaruffi
1) The document discusses three mysteries of scientific explanation: why we prefer some explanations over others based on simplicity and scope, why we bother explaining things we've already observed, and how explanations can support learning even without new information.
2) It presents studies that show explaining events leads to discovering broader patterns compared to simply describing or thinking about events. Explaining also helps children and students learn concepts more effectively.
3) The document argues that the drive for explanatory simplicity and scope may be evolutionarily adaptive as it fosters discovery and learning, even in the absence of new information or observations. Seeking explanations may support learning and survival.
This document provides an overview of what the Romans knew during the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. It discusses how the Romans adopted Greek culture, philosophy, religion and city planning. It describes Roman society, from the early republic dominated by patricians and plebeians, to the late republic with its large slave population. The empire brought two centuries of peace and prosperity, with a globalized free trade network. The document outlines the decline of the western empire in the 3rd century AD and the rise of Constantinople as the center of the eastern empire.
The document discusses the intersection of contemporary art and globalization. It explores how globalization has impacted the production, circulation, and consumption of visual art through increased travel by artists, expanded trade networks, and the spread of ideas worldwide. While globalization has led to more cross-cultural exchange, there remains a legacy of European imperialism that defined Western art as "civilized" and non-Western arts as "primitive." Large-scale international exhibitions like the Venice Biennale have also contributed to the effects of globalization on the art world.
The document discusses several studies on the neurological responses to music. It summarizes that listening to expressive musical performances compared to mechanical performances activates reward pathways in the brain. Experienced listeners report more chills than inexperienced listeners. The mirror neuron system is also activated when listening to music, correlating with tempo fluctuations. Chills experienced while listening to music tend to cluster in certain parts and are highly reproducible, requiring intrinsic knowledge of the music.
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 3: "The Age of Globalization"piero scaruffi
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 3 The Age of Globalization - A free supplement to "A Brief History of Knowledge" (Amazon ebook) - The slideshare version is not downloadable. The downloadable chapters are here: http://www.scaruffi.com/art/history/index.html
Offering a very basic introduction to Globalization, this presentation seeks to re-frame previous discussions on Postmodernism within a broader political and social context.
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 1piero scaruffi
(This is a new 2014 edition that adds about 100 pages to the original)
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 1 From Impressionism to Surrealism - A free supplement to "A Brief History of Knowledge" (Amazon ebook) - Downloadable version: http://www.scaruffi.com/art/history/index.html
This document discusses several topics in astrophysics including the solar system, meteors and comets, black holes, time travel, and extraterrestrial life. It provides definitions and key facts about these subjects such as meteoroids becoming meteors upon entering Earth's atmosphere, black holes having no surface and stretching objects that fall into them, the possibility of time travel causing paradoxes, and evidence that extraterrestrial life could exist but has not been proven. The document also shares some additional interesting astronomical facts and comparisons.
An exciting qualitative review of some controversial topics of fundamental physics.
Black holes, a reality far from our minds!
Time travel, Science Fiction or Reality?
This document summarizes key concepts from postmodern philosopher Jean Baudrillard, including his ideas about simulacra and simulation. It discusses how Baudrillard viewed postmodern culture as obsessed with signs and simulations that have replaced reality. The document outlines Baudrillard's three orders of simulacra - from copies representing a real original, to the breakdown of distinctions between real and representation, to the hyperreal stage where representations precede and define reality. Examples are given of how this plays out in television, trends, and films like The Matrix.
This document summarizes Dr. Edmund Schluessel's presentation on alternative cosmological models that could potentially explain the accelerating expansion of the universe without dark energy. Some models discussed include the steady state universe, closed universe, Big Rip, anisotropic cosmologies like the BKL model, Gödel's rotating universe, and electric black holes which could have different internal geometry. While unconventional, these models are still theoretically plausible and worth exploring within the framework of general relativity to better understand dark energy and the early universe.
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 2piero scaruffi
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 2 From Abstract Art to Conceptual Art - A free supplement to "A Brief History of Knowledge" (Amazon ebook) - Downloadable version: http://www.scaruffi.com/art/history/index.html
1) General relativity holds that space and time are curved by mass and energy, rather than being absolute. Objects follow straight paths through curved spacetime.
2) Time appears to slow near massive objects like the Earth due to gravitational time dilation. This effect has been confirmed by precise clock experiments.
3) Hypothetical phenomena like wormholes, rotating black holes, and cosmic strings could generate enough gravitational force to enable time travel, though such phenomena have not been proven to exist. Any such time travel poses paradoxes that may require theories like parallel universes.
Georges Lemaître proposed the Big Bang theory in the 1920s to explain observations that galaxies were moving away from each other and the universe was expanding. His theory was initially rejected but gained acceptance in the 1950s as evidence accumulated. The Big Bang theory proposes the universe began in a hot, dense state and has been expanding and cooling ever since. Lemaître's theory is now central to modern cosmology and he is considered the father of the Big Bang theory, though his religious beliefs led him to advise against linking the theory directly to divine creation.
1. A wormhole is a theoretical passage through space-time that could create shortcuts across the universe by connecting distances or points in time.
2. Wormholes are consistent with Einstein's theory of general relativity but have only been conceptualized and have not been observed.
3. There are two types of wormholes theorized - Schwarzschild wormholes which are eternal black holes and traversable wormholes which could theoretically be crossed in both directions.
This document discusses black holes, beginning with a definition - a region of space-time where gravity prevents anything, even light, from escaping. It describes how black holes are formed from massive stars collapsing at the end of their life. Key terms are explained, like the event horizon boundary and gravitational singularity at the center. Black holes can be stellar (4-15 solar masses), intermediate (100-10,000 solar masses), or supermassive (millions to billions of solar masses, found at galaxy centers). The document concludes with how stars can be consumed by black holes after exceeding the Chandrasekhar limit.
This document discusses humanity's journey to the stars and the future of civilization. It examines questions around whether we are alone in the universe and Fermi's paradox of why we haven't encountered other civilizations. Various models of civilization development and collapse are presented, as well as ideas around ensuring the long term survival of civilization through backups of genomes and the biosphere. The future of space exploration through technologies like 3D printing and self-replicating robots is also considered.
This is a presentation on time travelling, here i mainly focused on main sub topics to understand the concept of time travelling, i.e.
1) Parallel Space
2) Paradox
3) How to travel through time
4) Evidence
This document discusses several theories of time travel, including Einstein's equations allowing for time travel under certain configurations of matter and energy, Gödel's mathematical solutions showing time travel is possible if the universe rotates, and Kip Thorne's work developing a serious proposal for a time machine using wormholes. While time travel remains theoretically possible, significant technological limitations exist, such as a lack of means to generate the exotic matter needed to stabilize wormholes. Paradoxes also pose challenges to changing the past through time travel.
This presentation is made by Students of BS Physics. They researched about Worm holes and Blackholes in the univers and found very interesting Information which is included in this presentation. This presentation is about the existence of wormholes and black holes in the universe. The student are from Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology Rahimyar Khan,Punjab, Pakistan.
This document provides an overview of what the Romans knew during the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. It discusses how the Romans adopted Greek culture, philosophy, religion and city planning. It describes Roman society, from the early republic dominated by patricians and plebeians, to the late republic with its large slave population. The empire brought two centuries of peace and prosperity, with a globalized free trade network. The document outlines the decline of the western empire in the 3rd century AD and the rise of Constantinople as the center of the eastern empire.
The document discusses the intersection of contemporary art and globalization. It explores how globalization has impacted the production, circulation, and consumption of visual art through increased travel by artists, expanded trade networks, and the spread of ideas worldwide. While globalization has led to more cross-cultural exchange, there remains a legacy of European imperialism that defined Western art as "civilized" and non-Western arts as "primitive." Large-scale international exhibitions like the Venice Biennale have also contributed to the effects of globalization on the art world.
The document discusses several studies on the neurological responses to music. It summarizes that listening to expressive musical performances compared to mechanical performances activates reward pathways in the brain. Experienced listeners report more chills than inexperienced listeners. The mirror neuron system is also activated when listening to music, correlating with tempo fluctuations. Chills experienced while listening to music tend to cluster in certain parts and are highly reproducible, requiring intrinsic knowledge of the music.
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 3: "The Age of Globalization"piero scaruffi
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 3 The Age of Globalization - A free supplement to "A Brief History of Knowledge" (Amazon ebook) - The slideshare version is not downloadable. The downloadable chapters are here: http://www.scaruffi.com/art/history/index.html
Offering a very basic introduction to Globalization, this presentation seeks to re-frame previous discussions on Postmodernism within a broader political and social context.
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 1piero scaruffi
(This is a new 2014 edition that adds about 100 pages to the original)
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 1 From Impressionism to Surrealism - A free supplement to "A Brief History of Knowledge" (Amazon ebook) - Downloadable version: http://www.scaruffi.com/art/history/index.html
This document discusses several topics in astrophysics including the solar system, meteors and comets, black holes, time travel, and extraterrestrial life. It provides definitions and key facts about these subjects such as meteoroids becoming meteors upon entering Earth's atmosphere, black holes having no surface and stretching objects that fall into them, the possibility of time travel causing paradoxes, and evidence that extraterrestrial life could exist but has not been proven. The document also shares some additional interesting astronomical facts and comparisons.
An exciting qualitative review of some controversial topics of fundamental physics.
Black holes, a reality far from our minds!
Time travel, Science Fiction or Reality?
This document summarizes key concepts from postmodern philosopher Jean Baudrillard, including his ideas about simulacra and simulation. It discusses how Baudrillard viewed postmodern culture as obsessed with signs and simulations that have replaced reality. The document outlines Baudrillard's three orders of simulacra - from copies representing a real original, to the breakdown of distinctions between real and representation, to the hyperreal stage where representations precede and define reality. Examples are given of how this plays out in television, trends, and films like The Matrix.
This document summarizes Dr. Edmund Schluessel's presentation on alternative cosmological models that could potentially explain the accelerating expansion of the universe without dark energy. Some models discussed include the steady state universe, closed universe, Big Rip, anisotropic cosmologies like the BKL model, Gödel's rotating universe, and electric black holes which could have different internal geometry. While unconventional, these models are still theoretically plausible and worth exploring within the framework of general relativity to better understand dark energy and the early universe.
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 2piero scaruffi
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 2 From Abstract Art to Conceptual Art - A free supplement to "A Brief History of Knowledge" (Amazon ebook) - Downloadable version: http://www.scaruffi.com/art/history/index.html
1) General relativity holds that space and time are curved by mass and energy, rather than being absolute. Objects follow straight paths through curved spacetime.
2) Time appears to slow near massive objects like the Earth due to gravitational time dilation. This effect has been confirmed by precise clock experiments.
3) Hypothetical phenomena like wormholes, rotating black holes, and cosmic strings could generate enough gravitational force to enable time travel, though such phenomena have not been proven to exist. Any such time travel poses paradoxes that may require theories like parallel universes.
Georges Lemaître proposed the Big Bang theory in the 1920s to explain observations that galaxies were moving away from each other and the universe was expanding. His theory was initially rejected but gained acceptance in the 1950s as evidence accumulated. The Big Bang theory proposes the universe began in a hot, dense state and has been expanding and cooling ever since. Lemaître's theory is now central to modern cosmology and he is considered the father of the Big Bang theory, though his religious beliefs led him to advise against linking the theory directly to divine creation.
1. A wormhole is a theoretical passage through space-time that could create shortcuts across the universe by connecting distances or points in time.
2. Wormholes are consistent with Einstein's theory of general relativity but have only been conceptualized and have not been observed.
3. There are two types of wormholes theorized - Schwarzschild wormholes which are eternal black holes and traversable wormholes which could theoretically be crossed in both directions.
This document discusses black holes, beginning with a definition - a region of space-time where gravity prevents anything, even light, from escaping. It describes how black holes are formed from massive stars collapsing at the end of their life. Key terms are explained, like the event horizon boundary and gravitational singularity at the center. Black holes can be stellar (4-15 solar masses), intermediate (100-10,000 solar masses), or supermassive (millions to billions of solar masses, found at galaxy centers). The document concludes with how stars can be consumed by black holes after exceeding the Chandrasekhar limit.
This document discusses humanity's journey to the stars and the future of civilization. It examines questions around whether we are alone in the universe and Fermi's paradox of why we haven't encountered other civilizations. Various models of civilization development and collapse are presented, as well as ideas around ensuring the long term survival of civilization through backups of genomes and the biosphere. The future of space exploration through technologies like 3D printing and self-replicating robots is also considered.
This is a presentation on time travelling, here i mainly focused on main sub topics to understand the concept of time travelling, i.e.
1) Parallel Space
2) Paradox
3) How to travel through time
4) Evidence
This document discusses several theories of time travel, including Einstein's equations allowing for time travel under certain configurations of matter and energy, Gödel's mathematical solutions showing time travel is possible if the universe rotates, and Kip Thorne's work developing a serious proposal for a time machine using wormholes. While time travel remains theoretically possible, significant technological limitations exist, such as a lack of means to generate the exotic matter needed to stabilize wormholes. Paradoxes also pose challenges to changing the past through time travel.
This presentation is made by Students of BS Physics. They researched about Worm holes and Blackholes in the univers and found very interesting Information which is included in this presentation. This presentation is about the existence of wormholes and black holes in the universe. The student are from Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology Rahimyar Khan,Punjab, Pakistan.
The document provides an overview of the structure and composition of the observed and non-observed universe. It discusses models that have been proposed to explain the universe, such as the Brahmanda, Aristotelian, Copernican, and Big Bang models. The observed universe consists of visible components like stars, galaxies, and clusters, as well as non-visible parts like microwaves, radio waves, and infrared radiation. It also describes the solar system and laws of physics relevant to cosmology like Hubble's law and Einstein's field equations. Finally, it notes that while normal matter makes up only 4% of the universe, non-observed dark matter and dark energy comprise 96% of the total composition.
Time travel refers to the concept of moving between different points in time, often using a hypothetical time machine. Some theories like relativity suggest time travel may be possible, but it introduces issues like changing the past (the grandfather paradox). While not proven impossible, most scientists are skeptical time travel could occur without resolving these paradoxes. The absence of visitors from the future is a common argument against time travel being possible.
Black holes are regions of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. They form when massive stars collapse at the end of their life cycle. Black holes absorb surrounding matter and other objects, growing increasingly massive over time. Scientists have discovered that black holes may affect the passage of time and have links to accretion disks and plasma jets. Different types of black holes are defined based on their rotation and electric charge.
Space exploration (Junior science) by Janice FungJanice Fung
This Year 7 Astronomy lesson covers several topics related to space exploration:
- It introduces the known universe and explores the planet Mars, discussing its characteristics and why scientists are interested in studying it.
- It notes that space exploration is very expensive, costing billions, and raises the question of whether this investment is worthwhile.
- It discusses the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe and considers efforts to search for extraterrestrial intelligence through projects like SETI.
- Students participate in an activity to design a message that could be understood by an alien civilization.
This document discusses the history and properties of black holes. It explains that black holes were first proposed in the 18th century and describes how Einstein's general relativity theory led to the modern understanding of them. The key aspects covered include: the formation of black holes via gravitational collapse; the defining presence of an event horizon and singularity at the center; Hawking's prediction that black holes emit thermal radiation and eventually evaporate; and ongoing questions around merging black holes and resolving information paradoxes.
Intelligence is not Artificial - Stanford, June 2016piero scaruffi
The document discusses artificial intelligence and argues that the field is progressing more slowly than predicted. It makes four main points:
1) Recent AI accomplishments like image recognition and AlphaGo are narrow and rely on large datasets and computational power rather than true intelligence.
2) Progress in AI has not accelerated as much as claimed and past eras saw similar revolutionary changes in technology.
3) Claims of soon achieving superhuman AI are dubious as many animals already demonstrate abilities beyond humans.
4) Machines have long been able to perform tasks humans cannot, but near future AI will focus more on applications like consumer products, healthcare, and jobs rather than general human-level intelligence.
Thinking about Thought - Theories of Brain Mind Consciusness - Part 6. Consciousness, Self, Free Will I keep updating these slides at http://www.scaruffi.com/ucb.html
Thinking about Thought - Theories of Brain Mind Consciusness - Part 5. Machine Intelligence; Physics I keep updating these slides at http://www.scaruffi.com/ucb.html
Thinking about Thought - Theories of Brain Mind Consciusness - Part 3: Language, Dreams, Emotions. I keep updating these slides http://www.scaruffi.com/ucb.html
Thinking about Thought - Theories of Brain Mind Consciusness - Part 1: Philosophy of Mind & Cognitive Psychology. I keep updating these slides at http://www.scaruffi.com/ucb.html
A brief history of the notion of the Singularity, why some think it is coming soon, why some disagree, and why some are afraid of it. This is a very old presentation. See the updated one at www.scaruffi.com/singular
Birgitta Whaley (Berkeley Quantum Computation) at a LASER http://www.scaruffi...piero scaruffi
1) Quantum mechanics plays a role in various biological processes like photosynthesis, bird navigation, smell, and ion channels.
2) Quantum biology has long been studied since the 1930s when quantum effects were first probed in biological structures.
3) Modern tools of quantum science allow unprecedented study of structure and dynamics across biological time and size scales, revealing quantum effects like coherence in light harvesting complexes involved in photosynthesis.
From Cosmology to Neuroscience to Rock Music and backpiero scaruffi
The universe led to a brain that led to music that led to rock music that will lead to a different brain that will lead to a different planet that will lead to a different universe.
Artificial intelligence and the Singularity - History, Trends and Reality Checkpiero scaruffi
A lecture given at the second LAST festival (www.lastfestival.org) by Piero Scaruffi on Artificial intelligence and the Singularity - History, Trends and Reality Check. This is a very old presentation. See the updated one at www.scaruffi.com/singular
History of Thought - Part 6: The Modern Agepiero scaruffi
History of Thought - Part 6: The Modern Age. for UC Berkeley lectures (2014) - Excerpted from "A Brief History of Knowledge" http://www.scaruffi.com/know/history.html . I keep updating this presentation at http://www.scaruffi.com/univ/slideshot.html
History of Thought - Part 5: The Victorian Agepiero scaruffi
History of Thought - Part 5: The Victorian Age. for UC Berkeley lectures (2014) - Excerpted from "A Brief History of Knowledge" http://www.scaruffi.com/know/history.html I keep updating this presentation at http://www.scaruffi.com/univ/slideshot.html
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
Philippine Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) CurriculumMJDuyan
(𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝟏𝟎𝟎) (𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏)-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐏𝐏 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬:
- Understand the goals and objectives of the Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) curriculum, recognizing its importance in fostering practical life skills and values among students. Students will also be able to identify the key components and subjects covered, such as agriculture, home economics, industrial arts, and information and communication technology.
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫:
-Define entrepreneurship, distinguishing it from general business activities by emphasizing its focus on innovation, risk-taking, and value creation. Students will describe the characteristics and traits of successful entrepreneurs, including their roles and responsibilities, and discuss the broader economic and social impacts of entrepreneurial activities on both local and global scales.
How to Make a Field Mandatory in Odoo 17Celine George
In Odoo, making a field required can be done through both Python code and XML views. When you set the required attribute to True in Python code, it makes the field required across all views where it's used. Conversely, when you set the required attribute in XML views, it makes the field required only in the context of that particular view.
Leveraging Generative AI to Drive Nonprofit InnovationTechSoup
In this webinar, participants learned how to utilize Generative AI to streamline operations and elevate member engagement. Amazon Web Service experts provided a customer specific use cases and dived into low/no-code tools that are quick and easy to deploy through Amazon Web Service (AWS.)
Beyond Degrees - Empowering the Workforce in the Context of Skills-First.pptxEduSkills OECD
Iván Bornacelly, Policy Analyst at the OECD Centre for Skills, OECD, presents at the webinar 'Tackling job market gaps with a skills-first approach' on 12 June 2024
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Film vocab for eal 3 students: Australia the movie
Space
1. sPaCe
for the SMMMASH! of October 18, 2012
www.smmmash.com
piero scaruffi
www.scaruffi.com
(download the most recent version from
scaruffi.com/know/space.pdf )
3. …or the other way around?
Vladimir: "It passed the time"
Estragon: "Time would have passed anyway"
(Samuel Beckett, "Waiting for Godot")
The history of human civilization has been more
about Space than about Time (until very recently)
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4. Zenon’s paradox (5th c BC)
• Motion between two points requires going through
an infinite number of points, which requires an
infinite amount of time
t0
t1
t2
The fastest runner in the world will never overtake the slowest turtle: by the time the
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runner reaches the point where the turtle is, the turtles has moved further away.
7. Eukleides/ Euclid (300 BC)
• Geometry
• Postulates (parallel lines)
• A theory of space
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8. The most important place:
Paradise
• Gilgamesh, Zoroaster, Bible, Buddha: the garden
is the site of eternal life - horizontal space
Western Paradise of the Buddha
Amitabha (British Museum)
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Zoroastrian fire temple in Yazd
9. Paradise
• Middle Ages: paradise is in heaven - vertical space
Simon Marmion: Livre des sept Ceiling of Mogao Cave No. 285,
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âges du monde Dunhuang
10. Vertical Space
Chartres (12th c)
Houssein mosque,
Cairo (12th c)
Angkor
Liurong Si,
Guangzhou (11th c)
Nataraja temple,
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Chidambaram
15. Cosmic Space
• Copernicus (1530): the Earth is not
the center of space
• Galileo (1632): the celestial world
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16. Cosmic Space
• Descartes (1637): space and geometry are
computable
• Descartes: space is full of matter - if there
is no matter, there is no space
• Von Guericke (1650) & Boyle (1659):
the vacuum
• Huygens (1678): an “aether gas"
permeates all space (needed to explain
how light propagates in space)
• Newton (1687): absolute space - empty,
infinite and immutable
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18. Non-Euclidean Geometry
• The nature of parallel lines
• Space can be curved
• 1824: Carl Friedrich Gauss
• 1830s: János Bolyai and Ivanovich Lobachevsky
• 1854: Bernhard Riemann
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19. Non-Euclidean Art
• Violations of the law of perspective Turner’s blurred nature
• Emancipation of color: color
becomes “the” space
• Impressionism: the real subject is the
brush stroke itself (the very fabric of
space)
Manet’s curved horizon Monet’s abstract space
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22. Einstein
• The aether is unnecessary
• Space is not absolute
• Hermann Minkowski: spacetime
• General relativity: spacetime and matter interact
(“curved space”)
• Spacetime is not just a stage but an actor in the
story of the universe
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23. Quantum Mechanics
• The Planck distance, the minimum distance
between two “things”
• The quantum vacuum
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24. Cubism
• Braque: a new language of space (space is discrete
and empty space matters) - quantum art
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25. Suprematism
• Kazimir Malevich’s “White on White” (1918)
– “It is not an empty square… it is full of the
absence of any object”
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27. Modern Space
• Edwin Hubble: The universe is expanding in all
directions (and the expansion is accelerating)
• Superstring Theory: 10 or 26 dimensions
• Higgs Field: it permeates and creates our universe
• Lee Smolin: A volume cannot be divided forever
-there is an elementary unit of volume (also Roger
Penrose's spin networks)
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33. Space and Life
• Life without Time? Many people would like it (no
aging!)
• Life without Space? Life without my favorite
park, beach, cafe, library, museum…? Hmmm…
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