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Chinese Medicine Testing – Applying Modern Science to Tradition

The earliest existing text on TCMs, the book Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (“Ben” means root and “Cao” means shoot), was written sometime during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC – 220 AD). This book was based on the work of medical experts who gathered a plethora of information before the Qin Dynasty. The book covered 365 types of medicine, some of which are still used in contemporary medicine. The S...

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Datalogy - The Copenhagen Tradition of Computer Science

Since the middle of the 1960s, computer science has been practised in Denmark under Peter Naur's term datalogy, the science of data and data processes. Starting at Regnecentralen and the University of Copenhagen, the Copenhagen Tradition of computer science has developed its own special characteristics by means of a close connection with applications and other fields of knowledge. The tradition...

When Science Is a Family Tradition

Family efforts are commonplace in many professions. Dedication to suits united the Brooks Brothers, and enthusiasm for books brought Wiley & Sons together. In our family, it’s a passion for understanding the brain. Our parents were drawn to the subject when they realized that their own field, philosophy of mind, was uninformed by developments in neuroscience. To discover what philosophy might g...

Smoke and Mirrors or Science? Teaching Law with Computers - A Reply to Cass Sunstein on Artificial Intelligence and Legal Science