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ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Description

The „Academia” magazine was founded on the initiative of Professor Andrzej B. Legocki, a President of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2003 – 2006. In the beginning it was published only in English as a reply to the growing demand for a current information on the Polish Academy of Sciences` activities, expressed by foreign scientists and Poles living abroad and interested in Polish science.

Since 2005 the magazine is published both in Polish and English.

The „Academia” is an exceptional - on the Polish market - scientific magazine for the general public, propagating achievements of Polish scientists here and abroad. Authors of articles in „Academia” explain their subject in a way that is accessible not only for all sorts of academics but also for students, pupils and all other readers interested in scientific topics for the general public.

ISSN
1731-7401
Publishers
Polish Academy of Sciences

Editorial Staff

Jolanta Iwańczuk (Editor-in-Chief, Earth Sciences)

Daniel Sax (Editor, English-Language Version)

Marcin Pietras (Biological & Agricultural Sciences)

Justyna Orłowska (Journalist)

Andrzej Figatowski (Graphic Designer)

Anna Bielec (Project Coordinator)


Scientific Council

Marek Konarzewski, President of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Chairman)

Dariusz Jemielniak (Deputy Chairman)

Andrzej Buko

Katarzyna Czarnecka

Patrycja Dołowy

Paweł Golik

Janusz Jurczak

Tomasz Kapitaniak

Marek Krawczyk

Krzysztof Nowak

Anna Zawadzka

Publisher:


Polish Academy of Sciences

Communication and Science Information Department

Defilad sq. 1,

00-901 Warsaw, Poland

e-mail: academia@pan.pl



The journal content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)
ttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.



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ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication

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ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 3
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2 Editorial
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 3
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3 Class Counts in Poland
Przemysław Sadura
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 4-7
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Abstract

Together with Dr. Maciej Gdula you are carrying out an analysis of Polish society in terms of class categories. To what extent is this justified?
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Przemysław Sadura
4 Honey Bees for 100 Grams of Toffe
Jerzy Woyke
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 8-11
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Jerzy Woyke
5 Animals Can Tell Fibs
Wojciech Pisula
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 12-14
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Abstract

The ability to deceive others has appeared relatively recently in the evolutionary process. Deceptive behavior is a skill possessed by sophisticated animals, and it developed independently in several different species.
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Wojciech Pisula
6 Time for Oxford in Warsaw
Magdalena Fikus
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 15
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Magdalena Fikus
7 Understanding "Beetwen the Lines"
Agnieszka Piskorska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 16-18
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Abstract

What we say often conveys far more than just literal meaning of the words said. One of the riddles of communication, therefore, is how we actually work out what a speaker meant.
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Agnieszka Piskorska
8 Turning In The Widening Gyre
Agata Różańska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 19-21
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Abstract

Discs: these round, flattened objects have been widely associated with athletics competitions since the Antiquity. Thrown correctly, they spin through the air, and the low friction around them means they can travel a long way. But that's not why discs are important in contemporary astrophysics - here we are interested in the energy they give off.
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Agata Różańska
9 In the Beginning Was the Sentence
Ida Kurcz
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 22-25
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What is it that makes us speak the kind of language that we do? Why do some people have trouble learning to use it? Where does language come from?
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Ida Kurcz
10 I Don't Like Munday
Maciej Ogrodniczuk
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 26-29
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Machine linguistic tools are now so widespread that we barely notice them. But we don't like to conform to their whims - rather, we want them to adapt to us, to start to understand what we say or write, be it in English, Polish, or otherwise. This requires effective text analysis methods, and digital tools are becoming increasingly sophisticated in response.
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Maciej Ogrodniczuk
11 Keeping the Brain's Clock Ticking
Elżbieta Szeląg
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 30-33
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Abstract

Time perception is a key function of the human mind. Its disruption can lead to difficulties in many areas of our cognition, including language communication. Our research has managed to repair damaged "neural clocks" in people who have difficulties in language communication.
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Elżbieta Szeląg
12 A Self-Portrait for Posterity
Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 34-36
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Stanisław August achieved notoriety as the monarch responsible for Poland's demise in the 18th century. Could his memoirs change this unfavorable picture?
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Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz
13 Pick Me, I Have Great Genes!
Agnieszka Kloch
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 37-39
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Abstract

Females of most species cannot rely on their mates to help raise their young, so they strive to at least get the best possible genes for their offspring. But how do males communicate that they are good father material?
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Agnieszka Kloch
14 How Good is Good?
Błażej Skoczeń , Maria Lewicka , Maciej Zabel , Agnieszka Pollo
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 40-41
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On 30 September 2013, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education announced the results of the latest evaluation of Poland's scientific institutions. A new categorization method, aiming to build on past experiences, has been used.
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Błażej Skoczeń
Maria Lewicka
Maciej Zabel
Agnieszka Pollo
15 The Man Who Mistook Motten Tin for an Inkwell
Kinga Małecka
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 42-43
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Abstract

What would today's world be like without telephones, MP3 players, GPS navigation, television, digital cameras, microwaves, washing machines, fridges, television decoders, game consoles, and credit cards? Fortunately we do not even have to imagine it, thanks to Jan Czochralski and his pioneering method of growing single crystals.
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Kinga Małecka
16 LEM Gazes at the Twinkling Stars
Paweł Moskalik
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 44-48
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Paweł Moskalik
17 We Should Teach Medical Students to Ask Questions and Seek Answers
G. Darrell Kirch
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 49
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Abstract

In the future, medical students will be rewarded for knowing how to access information in real time and find the solution to the problem confronting them. The key role of medical school faculty will be to teach them how to do so - says Darrell G. Kirch.
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G. Darrell Kirch
18 Working Togetger To Revitalize the Physician-Scientist Workforce of Tomorrow
Andrew I. Shafer
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 4 (40) 2013 Communication | 50
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International efforts should be initiated to address the problem of the threatened physician- scientist career path. Comparative study should be undertaken to understand differences amongst countries in terms of the current issues that confront physician-scientists - says Andrew I. Schafer.
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Andrew I. Shafer

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