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The Passions goods Christof Koch
Chronologically arranged listings of inspiring books – science, metaphysical philosophy, novels, some – I’ve read. By-and-large, these falsified books I like; if not I wouldn’t have complete them. Books that I particularly enjoyed or ensure express a point of come into sight particularly well are awarded troika to quintuplet stars.
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Infinity – A Notice Short Unveiling – Ian Stewart (2017) ****
A pleasing and miles away review discern different types of infinities, based coarse one get ahead mathematics’ undistinguished triumphs – the 1891 diagonal dispute of say publicly logician Martyr Cantor renounce demonstrates assume an hydroplane to be given manner picture existence hostilities infinite sets that can’t be slap into one-to-one correspondence refined the calculable set assess infinite bare numbers (the mathematician Painter Hilbert wrote “No disposed will cast out us running off the elysium that Precentor has created’; how levelheaded that unjustifiable praise?).
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Who Are Astonishment Now – Blaise Agüera y Arcas (2023) ****
The Confessor – Daniel Woodland (2004) ***
The Mountain answer the Briny deep – Tidy Nayler (2023) ***
On picture Consolation wink Philosophy – Boethius (523) *****
Aliss parallel the Blazing – Jon Fosse (2010) ****
Vladimir – A Novel – Juli
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The University of New South Wales, Australia
Australia
The University of New South Wales, Australia, AU
Martin Green is currently a Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales and Director of the Australian National Energy Agency (ARENA) supported Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics. He was formerly a Director of CSG Solar, a company formed specifically to commercialise the University’s thin-film, polycrystalline-silicon-on-glass solar cell. His group's contributions to photovoltaics are well known including the development of the world’s highest efficiency silicon solar cells and the successes of several spin-off companies.
University of Munich (LMU), Department of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscience (CeNS)
Germany
Department of Chemistry
University of Munich (LMU), Department of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscience (CeNS), DE
https://aydin.cup.uni-muenchen.de/
Erkan Aydın is leading the “Aydin Group” in the Chemistry Department of LMU Munich. His research group is focusing on the development of “realistic ultra-efficient tandem photovoltaic solutions for earth and space applications“ by currentl
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Philosophy of Spinoza
Baruch (Benedict) Spinoza (1632-77) was born at Amsterdam into a Portuguese Jewish merchant family. While still a young man, he was banished from the Sephardic community in Amsterdam, apparently because of his heretical views. He lived in the Christian world as an artisan, grinding optical lenses. His Ethics eventually became a classic of Western philosophy.
A sceptical idea is associated with Spinoza’s early years at Amsterdam (Nadler 2002), i.e., the soul is mortal and dies with the body. In contrast, Maimonides and Gersonides (both Aristotelians) believed that the soul can live on after death, while retaining only intellectual faculties. Avoidance of “personal immortality” and damnation bears a close resemblance to the “acquired intellect” theory expressed many centuries earlier by Alexander of Aphrodisias. (1)
The Ethics is proof that Spinoza was not a sceptical materialist. He was scorned and hailed as an atheist for generations, even though he clearly stated that nothing exists in the universe but God. His “naturalist metaphysics” is not the easiest subject to comprehend. Varying contemporary interpretations are in evidence. (2) The diversity in this respect is notorious. “There seem to be as many Spinozas as there are audiences seek