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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



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ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers

1 Contents
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 3
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2 Editorial
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 3
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3 Brain Cartography
Piotr Majka
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 4-7
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Abstract

Brain maps are an essential tool in neurobiology. Polish researchers are making valuable contributions in their development.
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Piotr Majka
4 IBEX Looks at the Heliosphere's Edge
Justyna Sokół
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 8-11
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Abstract

In 2009, the heliophysics community exploded with the news that, six months after its launch, the IBEX probe yielded a completely unexpected result: instead of appearing as the anticipated smudgy blob, the full sky map revealed the heliosphere to resemble a ribbon. Then, in early 2012, IBEX revolutionized our way of thinking about the heliosphere once again.
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Justyna Sokół
5 The Burden of Big Data
Dominik Batorski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 12-15
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New technologies are making it possible to gather and process huge amounts of data. This opens up fascinating possibilities as well as new challenges; it could also lead to a shift in the role and nature of science itself.
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Dominik Batorski
6 Understanding the Lynx
Krzysztof Schmidt , Rafał Kowalczyk
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 16-19
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Abstract

Telemetry studies of the lynx population in Białowieża Forest are providing valuable information on the species.
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Krzysztof Schmidt
Rafał Kowalczyk
7 Satellite Views of the Baltic
Jerzy Dera , Bogdan Woźniak
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 20-23
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Routine methods for monitoring the seas and oceans are costly and unreliable. Researchers are placing their hopes in a new method: remote satellite sensing.
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Jerzy Dera
Bogdan Woźniak
8 Reading Myths
Grażyna Borkowska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 24-27
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Abstract

In his essays and letters written during the occupation, Czesław Miłosz questions the roots of totalitarianism and challenges myths of European culture.
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Grażyna Borkowska
9 Dust-Catchers
Maria Teisseyre-Jeleńska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 28-29
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Academia interviews Prof. Maria Jeleńska- Tiesseyre about her research into concentrations of heavy metals in dust samples collected from Warsaw households.
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Maria Teisseyre-Jeleńska
10 Dust to Dust
Katarzyna Małek , Agnieszka Pollo
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 30-31
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Abstract

How does a grain of dust affect the fate of the Universe? For starters, had there been no dust in the Universe in the first place, humankind would not exist, either...
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Katarzyna Małek
Agnieszka Pollo
11 The Unattainable 88888888
Joanna M. Sosnowska
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 32-33
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Abstract

The paintings of Roman Opałka created in the period from 1965 until his death in 2011, featuring sequences of consecutive numbers painted against ever-whiter backgrounds, have a deep existential quality.
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Joanna M. Sosnowska
12 The Great "Reigness"
Rafał Nestorow
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 34-35
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Abstract

Palaces, manor houses, and churches erected by magnates during the Baroque were an expression of the patrons' artistic passions and a demonstration of their families' power.
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Rafał Nestorow
13 Pinning Down the Background
Paweł Kwecko , Anna Pasieczna
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 36-37
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Abstract

Being able to effectively protect our environment hinges upon first having a good understanding of the condition of its various elements and the mechanisms involved, and then taking any necessary steps to prevent and repair damage.
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Paweł Kwecko
Anna Pasieczna
14 Time Envisioned
Andrzej Dąbrówka
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 38-39
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Abstract

Visual representations in medieval poetry, drama, and iconography used art to portray things that are invisible - such as time.
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Andrzej Dąbrówka
15 The Proof is in the Pudding
Andrzej Schinzel
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 40-43
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Abstract

You study number theory. What do you find so fascinating about it; what made you want to study it?
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Andrzej Schinzel
16 On a Just System
Paweł Kozłowski
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 46-47
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Abstract

Prof. Tadeusz Kowalik (1926-2012) was one of the few Polish economists who advocated a fairer model for the Polish transformation, based on the examples of Scandinavian countries.
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Paweł Kozłowski
ORCID: ORCID
17 Half a Century of Geology Research
Kinga Małecka
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 48-49
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Abstract

Studying the evolution of geosystems over geological timescales is the main aim of contemporary geology, and the most important task currently being pursued at the PAS Institute of Geological Sciences.
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Kinga Małecka
18 The Harvard Rebellion
Włodzimierz Zawadzki
ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 50
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Włodzimierz Zawadzki

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