Democratic Russia: Why it is not a contradiction in terms

Waste IncIneratIon and Waste PreventIon: not a contradIctIon In terms

A Contradiction Is Not a Paradox!

This paper will analyze the main errors at the heart of the special theory of relativity. But the main theme is that fundamentally the theory is inherently a contradiction of sound method, principles of scientific thought, and mathematical logic. The main success of the theory is in turning a theory of contradictions into a theory of paradoxes through the unproved assertion that although the th...

Designing Complex Systems A Contradiction in Terms

Networked infrastructures are complex socio-technical systems. The complexity shows in the physical networks, in the actor networks, and in their combination. This paper addresses the question how these systems should be designed. For the physical networks as well as the actor networks, design processes exist that could be applied separately. However, for these integrated networks an integrated...

Male lactation: why, why not and is it care?

Mammals are characterised by their ability to provision offspring with milk, but lactation is normally restricted to females. Why do most males not share this trait? The morphological and physiological modifications necessary for male lactation are possible and, although restrictive, the ecological factors that could select for male lactation seem common enough. Until quite recently, there was ...

1 Why is Russia different ?

Russia has long been viewed as fundamentally different from western Europe. This difference was not only among the main preoccupations of nineteenth-century Russian novelists and social thinkers, but it has often been invoked by historians to explain the failure of economic reforms in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and also to account for the peculiarities of the Soviet experimen...