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by J. R. M'Culloch ; Volltext // Exemplar mit der Signatur: Augsburg, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek -- Stw 4754

For the first time in the history of the French Academy of Science, founded about 300 years ago, its doors have been opened to receive a woman. The new member is Mme. Yvonne ChoquetBruhat, a mathematician specializing in relativity ,elected to this distinguished academy on Mav 18, 1979.

Castellanos A. S. Missionaries of science in Mexico: bringing science to mexican schools / Castellanos A. S. // Матеріали Міжнародної науково-практичної конференції «Методика навчання природничих дисциплін у середній та вищій школі» (XXІI КАРИШИНСЬКІ ЧИТАННЯ) (м. Полтава, 21-22 травня 2015 р.) / За заг. ред. проф. М. В. Гриньової. – Полтава, 2015. – С. 84-86. ; The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) of the Organization for Economic CoOperation and Development (OECD) define scientific literacy as "The capacity to use scientific knowledge, to identify questions and to draw evidence-based conclusions in order to understand and help make decisions about the natural world and the changes made to it through human activity." Scientific illiteracy is a worldwide problem. Without basic science knowledge we are utterly dependent on others to form opinion about decisions made by the government and people, like construction of factories contaminating seas and rivers, uncontrolled consumption of species causing their extinction, street littering, tree felling, etc. Specific indicators of scientific illiteracy in our country, besides given above, are the poor results on PISA examinations obtained by the Mexican students, mainly in scientific culture.

There is an unwritten and unformulated, but none the less coercive principle that governs the conduct of learned societies when assembled in full council which imposes certain limitations upon the president's address. One of these limitations is that the address shall deal in broad outline with some comprehensive or fundamental topic rather than attempt a detailed examination of a special subject. It is in conformity with this requirement that I have selected my subject for this evening. I shall speak of the various interpretations which the relation of the individual to the state has received.This topic has furnished material for political and social speculation since the time when men began to be curious regarding their own rights and responsibilities. It may seem, therefore, futile to attempt to shed any new light upon such an ages-old inquiry. In truth, however, new conditions of life and new modes of thought give an altered significance to the question, and, therefore, justify, from time to time, its fresh examination.