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(6) Promoting Transfer through Complex Systems Principles | Rob Goldstone. One way to advance science is to progressively flesh out theories, adding experi-mental details and elaborating mechanistic accounts. By this account, “the devil isin the details,” and the proper occupation of scientists is to pursue these details.This vision of science was most emphatically painted by John Horgan in his 1996book The End of Science . He argued that the age of fundamental scientific theoriz-inganddiscoveries has passed,andthatallthatis lefttobedoneis torefinethede-tails of theories already laid down by the likes of Einstein, Darwin, and Newton.TherapidrateofscientificspecializationseemstosupportHorgan’sargument.Wehave gone from an era when the only major scientific journals were Nature and Science toanerawithspecializedjournalssuchasthe JournalofContaminantHy-drology and the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery , each an umbrella outletfor several distinct subspecializations.

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Energy rate density. II. Probing further a new complexity metric - EnergyRateDensity_II_galley_2011.pdf. Energy rate density as a complexity metric and evolutionary driver - EnergyRateDensity_I_FINAL_2011.pdf. Cosmic Evolution: The Rise of Complexity in Nature by Eric Chaisson - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists. Exergonic reaction.

An exergonic reaction (such as cellular respiration) is a reaction that loses energy during the process of the reaction. Activation energy (1) catalyzes the reaction to occur in a spontaneous manner. The progress of the reaction is shown by the line. The change of Gibbs free energy (ΔG) in an exergonic reaction (that takes place under constant pressure and temperature conditions) is a negative value because energy is lost (2). An exergonic reaction is a chemical reaction where the change in the free energy is negative,[1] indicating a spontaneous reaction. For processes that take place under constant pressure and temperature conditions, the Gibbs free energy is used whereas the Helmholtz energy is used for processes that take place under constant volume and temperature conditions.

Symbolically, the release of free energy, G, in an exergonic reaction (at constant pressure and temperature) is denoted as See also[edit] Endergonic reaction References[edit] Entropy : NPR Search (BETA) PRATHAM_PHYSICS_FORUM : Message: Does Nature Break the Second Law of Thermodynamics? By J. Miguel Rubí Michael Morgenstern Key Concepts Waste is unavoidable—a sad fact of life quantified by the famous second law of thermodynamics. Science has given humanity more than its share of letdowns. Ironically, the science of thermodynamics, of which the second law is only one part, dates to an era of technological optimism, the mid-19th century, when steam engines were transforming the world and physicists such as Rudolf Clausius, Nicolas Sadi Carnot, James Joule and Lord Kelvin developed a theory of energy and heat to understand how they work and what limited their efficiency.

But despite its empirical success, the second law often seems paradoxical. Many of the scientists who founded thermodynamics were conscious of these failings and sought to formulate a more complete theory, a task taken up in the 20th century by Lars Onsager, Ilya Prigogine, Sybren de Groot, Peter Mazur and others. Out of Balance Thermodynamics is one of the most widely misunderstood branches of physics. Howard T. Odum. Howard Thomas Odum (also known as Tom or just H.T.) (1924–2002) was an American ecologist. He is known for his pioneering work on ecosystem ecology, and for his provocative proposals for additional laws of thermodynamics, informed by his work on general systems theory.

Biography[edit] Odum was the third child of the American sociologist Howard W. Odum, and the brother of Eugene Odum. Howard Thomas studied biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he published his first paper while still an undergraduate. In 1947, Odum married Virginia Wood; they had two children. In 1950, Howard earned his Ph.D. in zoology at Yale University, under the guidance of G. While at Yale, Howard began his lifelong collaborations with his brother Eugene. Florida Cypress Dome in the Big Cypress National Preserve From 1956 to 1963, Odum worked as the Director of the Marine Institute of the University of Texas.

Work: An overview[edit] Ecological modeling[edit] Ecosystem simulation[edit] ). Origin(s) of Design in Nature: A Fresh, Interdisciplinary Look at How Design ... Untitled. Fibonacci And The Golden Ratio. The MathematicsMathematicians, scientists and naturalists have known this ratio for years. It's derived from something known as the Fibonacci sequence, named after its Italian founder, Leonardo Fibonacci (whose birth is assumed to be around 1175 AD and death around 1250 AD).

Each term in this sequence is simply the sum of the two preceding terms (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc.). But this sequence is not all that important; rather, it is the quotient of the adjacent terms that possesses an amazing proportion, roughly 1.618, or its inverse 0.618. This proportion is known by many names: the golden ratio, the golden mean, PHI and the divine proportion, among others.

So, why is this number so important? Prove It! Still don't believe it? But that doesn't mean that it works in finance … does it? The Fibonacci Studies and FinanceWhen used in technical analysis, the golden ratio is typically translated into three percentages: – 38.2%, 50% and 61.8%. 1. Created Using MetaTrader 2. 4.

IoHT :: 15+ Variations of the Fourth Law of Thermodynamics. How Proteins Work (9780815344469): Mike Williamson. The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity: Steven Strogatz: 9780547517650: Amazon.com. Why Employees Prefer Management Hierarchies. If you've ever been part of a bureaucratic organization, you know how frustrating it can be to deal with several chains of command, which makes getting things done quickly all but impossible. That's why start-ups often champion "flat" organizations and do away with unnecessary levels of management as a way to stay fast and nimble.

But you might not be doing your employees (or your company) a favor by eliminating chains of command altogether. According to new research, there are real benefits to hierarchy. People Prefer a Pecking Order It turns out employees sometimes prefer hierarchical relationships over equal ones, according to a study conducted by Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Larissa Tiedens and Emily Zitek, an assistant professor at Cornell University's Industrial and Labor Relations School. The study involved several experiments in which participants were asked to do things such as remember org charts and memorize connections among people. A Prime Example. OrgDesignJournal_2.pdf (application/pdf Object) What is cosine wave.

Kohut3.pdf (application/pdf Object) 1203.0012v1.pdf (application/pdf Object) 4314 (application/pdf Object) Cycle_v5.pdf (application/pdf Object) Linearized dynamics equations for the balance and steer of a bicycle: a benchmark and review. + Author Affiliations Author for correspondence (ruina@cornell.edu) Abstract We present canonical linearized equations of motion for the Whipple bicycle model consisting of four rigid laterally symmetric ideally hinged parts: two wheels, a frame and a front assembly.

The wheels are also axisymmetric and make ideal knife-edge rolling point contact with the ground level. The mass distribution and geometry are otherwise arbitrary. Keywords: 1. In 1818, Karl von Drais showed that a person riding forward on a contraption with two in-line wheels, a sitting scooter of sorts, could balance by steering the front wheel (Herlihy 2004). A controlling rider can balance a forward-moving bicycle by turning the front wheel in the direction of an undesired lean.

Beyond these two generalities, there is little that has been solidly accepted in the literature, perhaps owing to the lack of need. 2. A second class of papers does use analysis to study the dynamics. 3. Figure 1 Bicycle model parameters.

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Cover page. Anomaly Overload: An Evolutionary Theory of Truth. Timothy McGettigan, PhD Department of Sociology CSU-Pueblo Truth may be defined as "undistorted knowledge. " Straightforward as that definition may appear, there are seemingly endless problems associated with specifying truth standards. Positivists maintain that truth must be defined with respect to empirically observable criteria.

In response, power elite theorists have asserted that due to the interventions of power-brokers, observable reference points are untrustworthy. Introduction Thomas Kuhn (1970) argued that scientific revolutions take place when dominant paradigms are dislodged by emergent paradigms. Though Kuhn's revelations stirred a great deal of discomfort in the scientific community, nevertheless, his analysis exposed crucial insights about the knowledge accumulation process. Capable as paradigms may be of illuminating a range of empirical phenomena, they are also plagued by shortcomings.

Paradigm crisis is a precursor to full scale scientific revolution. International Network for Neuroaesthetics | Stimulating research on the biological basis of aesthetics. Michael T. Hannan -> Research. What is (Schrödinger's)Negentropy? Systems Thinkers. Organizational studies. Organizational studies is "the examination of how individuals construct organizational structures, processes, and practices and how these, in turn, shape social relations and create institutions that ultimately influence people".[1] Organizational studies comprise different areas that deal with the different aspects of the organizations, many of the approaches are functionalist but critical research also provide alternative frame for understanding in the field.

Fundamental to the study of management is organizational change.[2] With the recent historical turn, there is growing interest in historical organization studies, promising a closer union between organizational and historical research whose validity derives from historical veracity and conceptual rigor, enhancing understanding of historical, contemporary and future-directed social realities.[3] Subfields[edit] References[edit]

Art and Aesthetics (Severyn T. Bruyn) Jacques Attali, professor of economic theory and Counsellor to President François Mitterand, describes the form music takes in terms of prophecy. He argues that new art forms are a prophetic indicator of a major social change, even a revolution. Indeed, new music sounds like “noise” before a revolution. He asserts “Music is a herald, for change. That change is inscribed in noise faster than the actual changes are made in society.” Attali argues that music is one of the stakes in the game of power -- whether that power is a totalitarian government or “the more subtle force of democracy.”

The way music might be a prophetic indicator of change becomes a subject of inquiry in the new aesthetic. Art critic Robert Hughes gives us positive picture on the role of the avant-garde artist. The essence of the avant-garde myth is that the artist is a precursor; the truly significant work of art is the one that prepares the future. Painting placed here: Rubens’ “Descent from the Cross” t2135.pdf (application/pdf Object) The Complementarity of Consciousness | Belief Institute.