Vad ca Ad-Astra a prins un asemenea ritm incat cu greu mai pot tine pasul cu citirea ultimelor stiri/analize de pe site-ul lor! Astazi Razvan a postat pe site-ul Ad-Astra o serie de articole aparute in presa despre reformele necesare din cercetarea stiintifica de la noi, carora unii li se opun prin orice mijloace (apelul adresat mediei plus/minus o abatere standard- apropos, excelent comentariul lui Daniel David aici!-
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Letters to Nature
Liviu Giosan indicates on the Ad-Astra site a new letter recently published in the prestigious science journal Nature, about the general situation of scientific research in Eastern Europe (btw: I am 100% convinced that although a lot of these elements are common to most Eastern Europe, Romania’s situation was – and still is- the worst).
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intai de toate despre faptul ca mergem iarasi inapoi in materie de educatie si cercetare in Romania. Si scriam exact despre asta si intr-un interviu pentru noua revista Cultura acum cateva saptamani (numarul respectiv nu a aparut inca online dar interviul in forma ne-editata va fi publicat in postul meu urmator), insa nu ma gandeam sa se indeplineasca intocmai… Acolo spuneam ca nu pot spune ce va face Hardau dar deocamdata e prea mare tacere…ceea ce nu prevesteste nimic bun…si ca tot ce trebuie sa faca ‘mnealui e sa continue reformele lui Miclea.
A clash of eras
This is something you cannot miss: an amazing act of courage by an Arab (Arab-American) scholar, a woman psychologist, who speaks up on the Al-Jazeera TV channel. I have never seen somebody so blunt and open about issues usually untackled.
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… or rather not entirely new- objectively speaking- but recent impressions from my part, so to say. This time about classical music, economic research and some new scientific highlights…
→ Read more I ran into an excellent resource of classical music online that has, among other things, short informative biographies of many composers and- particularly- complete librettos for a few hundreds of the most famous world operas.