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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

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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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

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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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

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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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

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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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

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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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

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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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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

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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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

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

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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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

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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Brain maps are an essential tool in neurobiology. Polish researchers are making valuable contributions in their development.

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Piotr Majka

Editorial

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 2 (34) 2012 Numbers | 3

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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

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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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

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

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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Telemetry studies of the lynx population in Białowieża Forest are providing valuable information on the species.

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Krzysztof Schmidt

Rafał Kowalczyk

Duty of Disobedience

Jerzy Jedlicki

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 42-45

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What made you pick sociology to study at university?

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Jerzy Jedlicki

Art Will Eat Itself

Dorota Koczanowicz

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 40-41

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The senses most traditionally associated with art perception are vision and hearing, whereas taste is generally linked with the culinary arts. Contemporary artists, however, rarely worry about such divisions.

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Dorota Koczanowicz

Kaleidoscope of Tastes

Marta Bucholc

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 38-39

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Taste is an important element in power relationships, since as Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu maintained, good taste is simply the preferences displayed by groups with a certain social standing.

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Marta Bucholc

Crunching Machine

Artur Zdunek

ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2012 | Nr 1 (33) 2012 Taste | 36-37

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Those fantastically juicy apples sitting on supermarket shelves are not just simply nature's gift to us - they are also the result of numerous tests and ongoing scientific research.

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Artur Zdunek

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