Column: Why Scandinavian women make the rest of the world jealous. Old Maps Online. Literature.is - Höfundar. Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir was born in Reykjavík in 1958.
She is a lecturer of art history and -theory at the University of Iceland and has also taught art history elsewhere. For some time she was the director of the University of Iceland's Art Museum. Auður Ava has also been a curator and has written about art and art theory in newspapers and magazines. Aður Ava's first published work of fiction was the novel Upphækkuð jörð (Elevetated Ground) in 1998. Her second novel, Rigning í nóvember (Rain in November) came out in 2004, followed by Afleggjarinn (Rosa Candida) in 2007. Auður Ava has received numerous recognition for her work, both at home and abroad.
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir lives in Reykjavík. Publisher: Bjartur. Dieting vs. Exercise for Weight Loss. Theories of Poker. Patents. DR. RICHARD P. FEYNMAN. Physicists always have a habit of taking the simplest example of any phenomenon and calling it "physics," leaving the more complicated examples to become the concern of other fields...
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. " "I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it is much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong. " "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool. " "If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives. You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird...
"We cannot define anything precisely! "...far more marvelous is the truth than any artists of the past imagined it. (On pseudoscience) "...there is one feature I notice that is generally missing in 'cargo cult science'... "I'd hate to die twice. Einfaldara að nýta sér réttindi milli landa. Forests News Blog » Why taxonomy is important for biodiversity-based science. Rainforest katydid insect/Flickr Teejaybee Taxonomy usually refers to the theory and practice of describing, naming and classifying living things.
Such work is essential for the fundamental understanding of biodiversity and its conservation. Yet the science behind delimiting the natural world into “species” is often neglected, misunderstood or even derided in some quarters. For example, refer to Goodreads and Todayinsci. Whether we realise it or not, we are all inherent taxonomists. It is the same with biodiversity. Despite the on-going biodiversity crisis, the number of new species described per scientist has not increased in the past 60-70 years. Even for groups of organisms that have considerable utilitarian value, there remain uncertain frameworks for classification. A long-term study of the rattans of Africa has culminated in the publication of a taxonomic monograph of these climbing palms. Ecosystem Effects of Biodiversity Loss Rival Climate Change and Pollution.
Loss of biodiversity appears to affect ecosystems as much as climate change, pollution and other major forms of environmental stress, according to results of a new study by an international research team.
The study is the first comprehensive effort to directly compare the effects of biological diversity loss to the anticipated effects of a host of other human-caused environmental changes. The results, published in this week's issue of the journal Nature, highlight the need for stronger local, national and international efforts to protect biodiversity and the benefits it provides, according to the researchers, who are based at nine institutions in the United States, Canada and Sweden. "Some people have assumed that biodiversity effects are relatively minor compared to other environmental stressors," said biologist David Hooper of Western Washington University, the lead author of the paper. "Several of us working on this study were surprised by the comparative strength of those effects. "