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ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2013 | Nr 1 (37) 2013 Borders

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What is migration: an acute social problem, an anomaly that upsets the world's natural order and should be eliminated? Or maybe a natural and welcome phenomenon that has been present throughout the history of mankind? What significance does it have for such countries as Poland?
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Michał P. Garapich
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Alongside numerous archaeological discoveries, the 18th century brought an upsurge of interest in the age of Antiquity across Europe. Young Polish nobles embarked on Grand Tours "to gather knowledge and experience;' the more adventurous ones blazing previously unfamiliar trails.
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Agata Roćko
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One of the main challenges faced by contemporary science is keeping up with population growth and humankind's rapidly increasing demand for food.
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Jacek Hennig
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The ways the Romani have been depicted in European literature are projections of various fears, phobias, and prejudices against strangers, while at the same time expressing yearnings for the idealistic side of life - freedom, happiness, and disregard for borders.
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Anna Sobieska
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The global demand for energy continues to grow while non-renewable energy resources are rapidly running out and their exploitation is damaging the environment and Earth's climate. As such, there has been growing interest in scientific circles and among the public in reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and gradually replacing them with renewable sources such as biofuels.
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Izabela Krzemińska
Jerzy Tys
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To achieve success in large corporations, women are adopting strategies which do not conform to traditional gender stereotypes.
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Agnieszka Gromkowska-Melosik
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Optical imaging techniques allow us to study physical phenomena on the molecular level.
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Remigiusz Worch
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Metamorphic processes - one of the key geological parameters responsible for shaping our planet - can be classified into varying types, each of them delimited by its own set of boundary conditions.
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Piotr Perkowski
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The shift from traditional to contemporary medicine in the early 19th century was as fundamental as it was rapid. This revolution was driven by the development of new, effective methods of fighting infections, with the French scholar Louis Pasteur leading the way.
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Kazimierz Kochman

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