The Contribution of New Zealand Geoscientists to the Development of Scientific Institutions

1986 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Fleming
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Technical Aspects ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
History Of Geology ◽  
History Of ◽  
Science And Research

The history of geology in New Zealand illustrates the ability of pioneer earth scientists to contribute to other scientific disciplines and to the foundation and administration of institutions for the promotion of science and research, thus exemplifying the late S.E. Hollingworth's conclusion "that geologists are particularly qualified to exercise sound judgement and to develop that capacity in non-technical aspects of administration and management". This tenet is illustrated by the careers and achievements of Walter B.D. Mantell, Ferdinand Hochstetter, Julius Haast, W. Lauder Lindsay, James Hector, and Colin Fraser.

scholarly journals Scientific Community in Algeria: Adopting Traditions and Developing Identity

2014 ◽  
pp. 193-200
Author(s):  
T. I. Tyukaeva
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
National Science ◽  
History Of ◽  
Science And Research

The history of scientific development in Algeria, which has not been long, represents a series of continual rises and falls. The Algerian leadership and researchers have been making efforts to create Algeria's national science through protection from the western scientific tradition, which is reminiscent of the colonial period of the country, and at the same time adoption of scientific knowledge and scientific institutions functioning principles from abroad, with no organizational or scientific experience of their own. Since the time the independent Algerian state was established, its scientific development has been inevitably coupled with active support of European countries, especially France, and other western and non-western states. Today the Algerian leadership is highly devoted to the modernization of the national scientific and research potential in strong cooperation with its foreign partners. The article concentrates on examining the present period (the 2000s) of the scientific development in Algeria. The main conclusion is that there still is a number of problems - for Algeria until now lacks an integral scientific community with the state preserving its dominating role in science and research activities. Despite these difficulties, the Algerian science has made an outstanding progress. The efficiently built organizational scientific structure, the growing science and technology cooperation with foreign countries as well as the increasing state expenses in science allow to hope for further success of the Algerian scientific development.

scholarly journals Dr. J. M. Bell, FRGS: A Canadian Auxiliary Geographer in New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Roche
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Geographical Knowledge ◽  
Geographical Research ◽  
Geographical Society ◽  
Mining Geology ◽  
History Of Geology ◽  
History Of

Using Hodder’s notion of “biography as method,” this paper examines the geographical endeavours of James Mackintosh Bell, Director of the New Zealand Geological Survey from 1905 to 1911, in New Zealand and Canada. Canadian born, Harvard trained, Bell has a significant place in the history of geology in New Zealand and mining geology in Canada, yet much of his writing was explicitly geographical in orientation. This essay analyses this body of work and its significance and limitations in adding to and disseminating knowledge of the geography of NZ, particularly. Bell credentialed himself geographically as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS). The FRGS were important builders of geographical knowledge in NZ from the 1850s up to the establishment of university geography in the 1930s when formal geographical research commenced. Geologists were a numerically significant group amongst the NZ FRGS, distinctive in that they held university qualifications, and Bell was particularly wide ranging in his geographical interests.

scholarly journals Book Review : Filsafat Ilmu dan Logika : Dialektika Perubahan (Philosophy of Science and Logic Dialectic of Change)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Safin Karunia Rojuli ◽  
Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
Know How ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Introductory Discussion

This book was written based on the question "What and Why is the Philosophy of Science?". Until now, it seems that no one can stop the rapid progress of science. Recent history records science as a form of rational human thought with the results of various scientific disciplines and sub-disciplines. Accompanied by suitable methodological materials and buildings, it is well preserved in libraries or scientific institutions such as universities. The progress of science cannot be separated from every discovery that is useful for the advancement of human life. The book is perfect for a beginner who wants to study the philosophy of science and wants to know the basics of logic. Very helpful for someone who wants or will study philosophy of science. The content of the discussion that contains the history of philosophical thought to the history of methodology in modern science is beneficial for ordinary people who want to know how to develop science. By studying philosophy of science, we try to look again at a more radical and critical view of the history and development of this book. The book presents several philosophers in several periods and discusses the essays that have been written. This book contains seven chapters beginning with an introductory discussion of philosophy, several branches of science, the history of the development of philosophy, which has been packaged. In the following chapters, this book discusses the basics of logic, how to present the philosophy of science, to discuss the influence of philosophical thought on modernity.Reviewing the book entitled "Filsafat Ilmu dan Logika: Dialektika Perubahan (Philosophy of Science and Logic: Dialectics of Change)", the reviewer has several reasons he chose this book. Books are by the provisions and themes given by the philosophy of science lecturers. The purpose of reviewing this book is to provide a brief description based on the author's reading experience of the contents in the book. This paper is addressed to someone who will read this book.

Tadeusz Tomaszewski and His Theory of Action

1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Materska
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Action ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
History Of

Tadeusz Tomaszewski, born in 1910, graduate of the Jan Kazimierz University, Lvov, doctor honoris causa of Marja Sklodowska-Curie University, Lublin, is an exceptional figure in the history of Polish psychology. His scientific accomplishments and organizational talents, multipled by the achievements of his students, had a decisive impact on the shape and prestige of Polish psychology among other scientific disciplines and determined the rank of Polish psychology in the international arena.

Challenges facing the farmers of Central Otago

2014 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 25-28
Author(s):  
D.R. Stevens ◽  
J.P. Garden
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Valley Floor ◽  
History Of ◽  
Iconic Status

The Central Otago region, with its cold winters and hot summers, and valley floors with uplift mountains is definitely "a world of difference". At the NZGA conference in Alexandra in 1966 John Hercus stated "Central Otago has a lure which sets it apart from the rest of New Zealand. Its characteristics of geology, topography and climate, its history of occupation and exploitation, its scenery at once forbidding and yet strangely fascinating - these features combine to cast a spell which few who have been exposed, can ever fully escape" (Hercus 1966). The region and its high country have an iconic status epitomised by the "Southern Man" stereotype. This places Central Otago deep in the psyche of the nation. With this goes a unique and significant set of conditions under which farming must take place. Not only does the region have the biophysical challenges of soils, water and climate to contend with, but a wider set of values, often imposed from elsewhere. Fifty years after that first conference we remain challenged. What are the opportunities in front of us and how should we best accommodate the challenge of maintaining a viable enterprise and at the same time, respecting the intense public and customer interest in our use of land and livestock? Central Otago and the associated high country of the Lakes district and McKenzie basin can be divided into three farming types. These are the valley floor irrigable type, the flat and downland dryland regions, and the high country. Each of these has challenges that are at times unique, but often overlap with problems faced in other regions.

The status of Gideon Mantell's “first” Iguanodon tooth in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1997 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN C. YALDWYN ◽  
GARRY J. TEE ◽  
ALAN P. MASON
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Charles Lyell ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
Gideon Mantell

A worn Iguanodon tooth from Cuckfield, Sussex, illustrated by Mantell in 1827, 1839, 1848 and 1851, was labelled by Mantell as the first tooth sent to Baron Cuvier in 1823 and acknowledged as such by Sir Charles Lyell. The labelled tooth was taken to New Zealand by Gideon's son Walter in 1859. It was deposited in a forerunner of the Museum of New Zealand, Wellington in 1865 and is still in the Museum, mounted on a card bearing annotations by both Gideon Mantell and Lyell. The history of the Gideon and Walter Mantell collection in the Museum of New Zealand is outlined, and the Iguanodon tooth and its labels are described and illustrated. This is the very tooth which Baron Cuvier first identified as a rhinoceros incisor on the evening of 28 June 1823.

LET'S GO TO FRENZY A Brief History of New Zealand Music TV and Music Video

Perfect Beat ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 111-121
Author(s):  
Bruce Sheridan ◽  
Philip Hayward
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Music Video ◽  
History Of
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