Popular 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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Content

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity

1 Contents

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity

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2 Editorial

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 3

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3 The Living Earth

Paweł M. Rowiński , Wojciech Dębski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 4-7

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Abstract

The ongoing climate change and major natural disasters we have been witnessing in recent years, such as the unprecedented floods in Poland and the eruption of the Eyjafjallajókull volcano in Iceland in 2010, encourage us to profoundly rethink how well we really understand our own planet.

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Authors and Affiliations

Paweł M. Rowiński

Wojciech Dębski

4 The Social Life of Bacteria

Urszula Zielenkiewicz

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 8-11

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Biofilms are complex, dynamic structures in which individual microorganisms function as a multicellular social organism.

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Urszula Zielenkiewicz

5 Psychopaths in Suits

Jarosław Groth

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 12-14

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In recent years, the concept of psychopathy has shifted outside the realm of clinical and criminal psychology, capturing the attention of industrial and organizational psychologists.

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Jarosław Groth

6 The Muranów Axis

Elzbieta Janicka

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 16-19

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Abstract

Dr. Elżbieta Janicka, who presented a research project on Warsaw's symbolic space during the PAS Institute of Slavic Studies conference "Space and Memory;' is interviewed by Maria Cyranowicz and Patrycja Dołowy (who also participated in the conference).

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Elzbieta Janicka

7 Secrets of the Czerwień Towns

Marek Poznański

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 20-23

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In a village near the border of Poland and Ukraine, a PAS archaeologist has used aerial photography to discover and study a medieval stronghold which may turn out to have been the administrative center of the legendary Czerwień Towns.

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Marek Poznański

8 Tracing the Trace Elements

Kinga Małecka

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 24-27

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For decades, geochemical studies of lake and river sediments have been widely used in prospecting for mineral deposits. Nowadays they are also commonly used to assess the degree to which surface waters are polluted with heavy metals and harmful organic substances.

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Kinga Małecka

9 Tolerance in Poland

Aleksandra Grzymała-Kazłowska , Aleksandra Jasińska-Kania

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 28-31

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What is our attitude towards immigrants and ethnic minorities? Are we more or less tolerant than other European societies?

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Aleksandra Grzymała-Kazłowska

Aleksandra Jasińska-Kania

10 Million Dollar Algorithm?

Marek Kubale

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 32-35

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Abstract

Computers have already become nearly ubiquitous in our daily lives. Yet it takes not just hardware, but also software to make a computer. Some discoveries in the programming field have had a direct impact on our standard of living.

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Marek Kubale

e-mail: kubale@pg.edu.pl

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11 Keeping Complexity Under Rein

Henryk Woźniakowski

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 36-37

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Prof. Henryk Woźniakowski talks to Academia about the past, present, and future of computational complexity theory.

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Henryk Woźniakowski

12 Esprit maconnique in Warsaw

Marta Leśniewska

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 38-39

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The Warsaw School of Economics campus, a fascinating and intricate monument of art-deco architecture, was designed and constructed in the 1920-30s as one element within a broader concept of building a modern society.

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Marta Leśniewska

13 What Lies Beneath the Surface

Barbara Engelking-Boni , Anna Engelking

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 40-43

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Barbara Engelking-Boni

Anna Engelking

14 Factories of the Future

Edward Chlebus , Jarosław Chrobot , Anna Burduk

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 46-47

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Edward Chlebus

Jarosław Chrobot

Anna Burduk

e-mail: anna.burduk@pwr.edu.pl

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15 The Next Step Forward

Magdalena Fikus

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2011 | Nr 1 (29) 2011 Complexity | 48-49

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Science populańzation is a changing field these days. Now we want to know how many "fans" an event has gathered on Facebook, and the European SciCafe project is even planning to open coffee shops in "Second Lite:• How well are we keeping pace?

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