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The Future Polar Bear
The impact of the vanishing sea ice on an arctic ecosystem
2019 || Paperback || Louis Beyens e.a. || VUBPRESS
The spotlight is on the Arctic region. Crumbling glaciers, thawing permafrost and the vanishing sea ice cover are phenomena frequently discussed in the media. They are clear signs of the intense warming of the Arctic ecosystem. The dramatic decline in sea ice has consequences not only for the microorganisms, plants, animals and peoples that live there, but also for the climate at the middle latitudes. Inspired by their years of scientific research and experience in the field, the authors pres...
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Homo Roboticus
30 questions and answers on man, technology, science & art
2019 || Paperback || An Jacobs e.a. || VUBPRESS
Are robots smarter than people? Will you end up with a robot as a workmate? Will you fall head over heels in love with a robot? Will robots be given a license to kill? Do robots make good surgeons? What if athletes become robots? Would you let a robot put your grandmother to bed? Won’t household robots wash your dirty linen in public?
Thanks to cutting-edge technology, our living environment is changing rapidly. The combination of robotics and artificial intelligence has opened up a seeming...
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Looking Back to Look Forward
Organized Humanism in the World: Belgium, Great Britain, the Netherlands and the United States of America, 1945-2005
2019 || Paperback || Niels De Nutte e.a. || VUBPRESS
The number of secular people has increased substantially over the past several decades, and research on secularism and non-religion has been on the rise these past years. Yet, until today, no publication had examined the evolution of organised freethought and subsequent secular humanism as it emerged in different Western countries in a comparative perspective. In this book, a team of historians brings together the histories of secular humanism in some pioneer countries. They examine how organ...