Sentences with phrase «works on a cosmology»

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Whiteheadians are finding in Whitehead's cosmology significant anthropological implications that can be developed on their own, or in critical interaction with the anthropological work of others.

From the speculative endeavor of «On Mathematical Concepts of the Material World» (1906) in which Whitehead was showing how one could construct alternative concepts of the physical world, i.e., cosmologies, he moves into his nature philosophy in which his speculative work is infused with empirical studies.

He was ordained a priest in 1959 in Communist - controlled Poland, and after a period working in a parish, returned to academic studies in the Catholic University of Lublin, where his research focussed on general relativity and cosmology.

On the other hand, biblical literalism and, to even a larger extent, the authority of Aristotelian cosmology retarded the acceptance of the work of Copernicus and Galileo.

But this was based on the particular, not the general, and consciousness of this drove James always, in effect, to say, «If another cosmology works better for you, then you treat that as true instead.»

You likely have a basic working knowledge of physics, astronomy, evolutionary biology and cosmology and a good idea of the history of life on this planet.

The influence of these older evolutionary cosmologies on Whitehead's thought, moreover, is never carefully examined so much as it is presupposed.1 Against such presuppositions, I shall argue here that evolution and evolutionist theories play no significant role in Whitehead's metaphysics, and that there is no evidence in his major works of any significant influence from earlier process - oriented «evolutionary cosmologies.»

Gray's own attempt to call attention to the historical priority of evolutionary cosmologies is motivated, however, by a quite different concern (with which I take strong exception), expressed in an unpublished paper: «the particular influence of evolutionary theories on Whitehead's work has been overlooked» (EEWP 1, 28).

Loeb, meanwhile, is also working on the next big frontier in cosmology, using neutral hydrogen observations to explore an even earlier chapter in cosmic history: the dark ages before star formation.

After her postdoc, Dr Weinfurtner went on to work with Bill Unruh, the Canadian born physicist who also has a made seminal contributions to our understanding of gravity, black holes, cosmology, quantum fields in curved spaces, and the foundations of quantum mechanics, including the discovery of the Unruh effect.

«I came to Berkeley Lab 21 years ago to work on supernova radiative - transfer modeling and now for the first time we've used these theoretical models to prove that we can do cosmology better,» says Nugent.

So whenever authority figures asked what I worked on, I transformed into the respectable Dr. Jekyll and told them I worked on mainstream topics in cosmology.

During the final year of her degree, in 1999, Cruz spent 9 months working on the Supernova Cosmology Project at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States with funding from the Portuguese National Foundation for Science and Technology.

Hawking has made critical contributions to cosmology and quantum gravity, but his work on black holes remains his most famous.

«Dark energy is like the Wild West of theoretical cosmology right now; there are a lot of theorists out there on the frontier working on different things,» Scherrer says.

So, I mean none of that makes it impossible that he was also sort of invested in this debate about world views, I just, I think it's more like what you said a moment ago, I think if he heard something, it doesn't have to have been about astronomy or cosmology, if he was exposed to something really different or intriguing or fascinating he would incorporate little bits of it into what he was working on.

Lawyer and popular - culture lecturer Abrams and her husband Primack, an astrophysicist noted for his work on dark matter, argue that people might, if only they learned a little cosmology.

Only physicists could possibly have the brass neck to work on something like cosmology.

Among the 54 Members featured in the book are a biologist and Nobel Laureate who helped decode DNA; an epidemiologist recognised for groundbreaking research on HIV prevention in women; a social scientist who nudged and cajoled into place the campaign to understand and contain HIV / AIDS in South Africa; a leading mathematics education proponent; a human geneticist whose work helped to clarify the origins of indigenous groups in Africa; one of the world's leading theorists in cosmology; and a leading immunologist and physician who pioneered higher education transformation in South Africa, in sometimes controversial ways.

This year more than 70 current and recent college students and almost 20 high school and college instructors participated in a CSEE program, working with Berkeley Lab researchers on science projects spanning from cancer research to cosmology to biofuels.

He has worked on a range of topics in theoretical astrophysics and cosmology, focusing recently on modeling the formation of the first stars and supermassive black holes within the first billion years after the Big Bang.

He has also achieved success with works of popular science in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general; these include the runaway bestseller A Brief History of Time, which stayed on the British Sunday Times bestseller list for a record - breaking 237 weeks.

She insisted on the psychological and expressive virtue of her work, which was illustrative of a highly personal cosmology rooted in light and shadow.

In 2015, Kim's work was presented at the Sharjah Biennial 12 (United Arab Emirates) and in a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego titled Pond Lily Over Mushroom Cloud: Byron Kim Adapts the Black on Black Cosmology of Maria Martinez.

This particular body of work began in 2005, building on the hope that one day the cosmology would be exhibited in a site - specific composition.

His works encompassing and transcending painting, sculpture, photography, and installation are epic in both scale and subject matter; in them, Kiefer wrestles with the darkness of German history, unearthing the taboos that underlie the collective past and interweaving them with Teutonic mythology, cosmology, and meditations on the nature of belief.

These works draw on influences as diverse as cosmology, science fiction and Sufism and re-imagine moments across time frames, cultures and histories.

Viktor's work is informed by narratives of cultural heritage and the African diaspora, drawing on an array of ancient cosmologies and artistic traditions to explore the historical, social, and material implications of both gold and black.

The duo's work is based on an extensive reflexion around symbiotic engineering and global mutations, using augmented materiality and film as a way to approach the relationships between metaphysical cosmology, high - end technology and biomimetic evolutionary process.

Even when the imagery borders on the ghoulish and frightening - pictures of figures monstrous and foreign, suggesting a dark narrative cribbed from unfamiliar cosmologies — the work is, in the best and most stimulating sense of a word that is so hard to use sharply, fun to look at.

This audio work, along with a series of talks by guests on subjects ranging from cosmology to philosophy, forms an integral part of the on - going investigative enquiries that inform The weakened eye of day and Nolan's practice.

Many of these LA - based works were infused with a non-Western spirituality that spoke to the transcendence of black life through time and space: Saar (the subject of a single room) had meditated on questions of cosmology and astrology, inviting viewers to participate in leaving spiritual offerings at the foot of the work; Senga Nengudi performed African spirituals under a freeway, dressing concrete pillars in different pantyhose to represent male and female characters.