Category: Science

Sfetcu, Nicolae, ” Heavy Water – Overview”, in Telework (2022), DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.31649.28003, https://www.telework.ro/en/heavy-water-overview/   Abstract An overview of heavy water: definition, properties, uses (with emphasis on the use of heavy water in nuclear reactors as a moderator and coolant). Technologies … Read More

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When we consider the various problems of integral calculus which naturally arise when we want to go deeper into the most different parts of physics, it is impossible not to be struck by the analogies that all these problems present … Read More

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Sfetcu, Nicolae (2022). Future of Science – Science of Science, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.13183.69285, in Telework: https://www.telework.ro/en/future-of-science-science-of-science/   Abstract What will science look like in the near future? First, very closely coupled with, even dependent on, technology. Second, three factors will strongly … Read More

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Bayesian reasoning Bayesian reasoning is a method based on inferences. This reasoning builds from observations a probability of the cause of a given event. The adjective “Bayesian” comes from British mathematician Thomas Bayes (1702-1761). It is him who formulated Bayes’ … Read More

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Epistemology The term “epistemology” replaced that of philosophy of science at the beginning of the 20th century. It is a neologism constructed by James Frederick Ferrier, in his work Institutes of metaphysics (1854). The word is composed on the Greek … Read More

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