Hidden depths: Halley, hell and other people

During the long eighteenth century, boundaries between theology and natural philosophy, between imaginary and factual travel narratives, between fiction and social commentary, were far more fluid than they are today. To explore these relationships, this paper links Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein—a book often hailed as the first science fiction novel—to two earlier works which are now less well known: Edmond Halley’s article about terrestrial magnetism, in which he suggested that God had created inhabited illuminated cavities inside the earth; and a satirical fantasy voyage written by the Danish author Ludvig Holberg, but published anonymously as Niels Klim’s journey to the underground and immediately translated into many languages. Attention is focussed on how the ambiguous presentation of these and other texts blurs any straightforward classification of genres. The aim of examining these writers together is not to search for direct mappings from one project to another, but instead to introduce Holberg’s unfamiliar yet important book and also to cast new light on Frankenstein, one of England’s most famous works of literature.     

Paranormal health claims

Summary Faith in paranormal cures has always been the last hope of many sufferers from chronic or incurable diseases. Magico-religious rituals of healing are still around, but some have been replaced by pseudo-scientific systems, thinly disguising old superstitions in new obscurantism, more appealing to the half-educated. in medical quackery, inventiveness seems to be limitless, and only the main paranormal healing systems can be reviewed here. The increasing popularity of alternative healing indicates the extent of dissatisfaction with dehumanising aspects of modern, technological medicine and its preoccupation with curing the curable at the expense of caring for the incurable. This leaves the sufferers, and also healthy people labelled with non-existent diseases, bleeding prey for the sharks roving the seas of medical ignorance. Medicine came into the world with a twin brother called Charlatanism — Lavoisier     

计算机科学中的数学教育

从计算机科学的研究对象出发,论述了数学在计算机科学的产生和发展过程中的重要性;阐述了数学教育在计算机科学专业人才培养中的地位和作用;分析了目前在计算机科学的数学教育中存在的问题;提出了计算机科学中数学教育的一些具体实施方案．     

山西在中部崛起战略中对科技的重大需求分析

文章针对山西经济社会发展的实际,分析了山西在中部崛起战略中对科技发展的重大需求。     

学校体育学课程内容新体系的构建

以课程编制理论为依据，采用文献法、专家调查法，结合基础教育课程改革的具体实际，构建了学科研究对象清晰明确、课程结构合理、内容完善、概念术语规范的学校体育学课程内容新体系．     

研究型大学政府间国际科技合作的现状、效益和趋势

本文讨论了政府间国际科技合作在研究型大学中的地位和作用。以浙江大学为案例 ,介绍了政府间国际科技合作的现状及带来的效益。并以此为例预测了政府间国际科技合作在研究型大学中的发展趋势     

对培育建筑企业技术创新能力的思考

知识经济时代 ,知识资源已成为企业竞争的核心 ,培育建筑企业技术创新能力 ,丰富建筑企业知识资源 ,是实施建筑企业科技兴业、质量兴业和输出兴业战略的迫切需要 ,通过建筑企业的观念创新、系统规划、管理创新、机制创新、文化创新、优化人才资源、强化教育培训、积极引进先进技术、加大投资力度、全员互动来培育和提高其技术创新能力 ,以促进建筑企业技术进步 ,增强建筑企业的国际竞争能力     

《广西民族学院学报(哲社版)》引文分析

运用文献计量学方法 ,对 1 995～ 2 0 0 2年度《广西民族学院学报 (哲社版 )》全部论文的引文量、引文类型、引文语种、引文年代等进行统计分析 ,揭示该刊论文著者利用科技文献的规律。     

蒙药栽培学概述

为了建立“蒙药栽培学”的理论体系,利用蒙药学、药用植物栽培学及其它相关学科的知识对蒙药栽培学的概念、任务、栽培意义、栽培特点、蒙药栽培现状及展望进行了概述.     

"中国创业学"学科体系探讨

创业教育已是高等教育的大势所趋之一。确定创业型人才培育目标，建立“创业学”学科体系已成为一个应对新的经济形势的世界性课题。中国的经济转型与巨大的就业压力，迫切需要创建“中国创业学”学科体系以指导创业教育与实践。本文从创业教育、创业学、创业学学科体系三个既相互区别又相互联系的基本概念开始，按照逻辑性、协调性与完备性的体系化建构原则，提出包含创业精神、创业知识、创业实践这三大板块，十门课程的“中国创业学”学科体系。