CHAPTER 8 ON LEARNING ABOUT NUMBERS: PROBLEMS AND SPECULATIONS[*] 8.

there were pivotal elements in 1978's islamic revolution of iran playing such roles which led to the derogation of pahlavi government on one hand, and set the scene for evolution and revolutionary movement in different classes of iranians, on the other. recognizing and studying these factors and discovering their interactional and organic relationship as well as gaining their framework, ru...

1.1. Computers as toys to stretch our minds Developments in science and technology are responsible for some of the best and some of the worst features of our lives. The computer is no exception. There are plenty of reasons for being pessimistic about its effects in the short run, in a society where the lust for power, profit, status and material possessions are dominant motives, and where those...

Viewing the cAbbasid Revolution and Iranian from a comparative perspective is focus of this study. The was first Islamic revolution, most recent both which occurred in Muslim societies practically began same geographical area. Although more than twelve centuries separate two revolutions, similarities exist between them. Both produced profound results, similar lessons may be culled revolution to...

A little personal history first. In 1971, at the invitation of la Commission française pour l’unesco, I took part in a colloque at the Centre national d'études spatiales on the use of satellites for education. We or some in the colloque were expecting them to revolutionise education. A few years later, instructional television, pioneered at the Ecole Normale St Cloud and further afield in Niger...

T he pace and scale of China’s economic transformation have no historical precedent. In 1978, China was one of the poorest countries in the world. The real per capita GDP in China was only one-fortieth of the U.S. level and one-tenth the Brazilian level. Since then, China’s real per capita GDP has grown at an average rate exceeding 8 percent per year. As a result, China’s real per capita GDP is...

religion, as a social phenomenon, affects society and is affected by it interactively. in iran, basically with religious norms and laws, many scholars and researchers concern with religion and level of religiosity. the paper is a comparative analysis of level of religiosity based on glynn and stark’s dimensions of religiosity, in three different generations in sari city: first generation (pre-r...