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| firm believer in stem romanticism | future biophys undergrad

“In 1964 United States Steel called upon the nation’s electric utility companies to reconsider the current look of our power stations and transmission towers to be both functional and beautiful. Two years later, Henry Dreyfuss and Associates were commissioned to investigate possible design alternatives, and I believe they were documented in a book entitled “Power Styling” which was produced by United States Steel in the mid-to-late 1960s.”

вита ностра меня больше поразила чем тайная история нот гонна лай

книга идеальна и для гуманитариев, и для технарей. учеба - значит войти в смысл каждой мысли, в процесс, не зубрить поверхностно а думать и жить этим

не покидает ощущение, что понять один из слоев книги будет сложно, для тех кто не жил в снг. это та самая "российская академия", наполненная горечью, и тем не менее вся книга о решимости, о том что надо вставать, продолжать и двигаться. иначе никак

как человек, которого последний семестр выбил из колеи именно страх, парадокс слов "не бойся" был особенно грустный. нельзя не боятся. не получается

но нет ничего невозможного

из минусов только размусоленные любовные линии, а так 9/10

Medical Terminology: Latin and Greek Roots - Quantity and Position

Some more Greek and Latin roots today! LEARN THINGS! Two important subjects in medicine that are often used in terminology are quantity (both relative and specific) and position. These obviously tell you how much of something is being referred to and where something is happening…you could probably figure out what they all mean, but they’re good to know the exact definition of!

Quantity:

Iso-/Equi-: Equal (ex: isomer - chemical compounds with different structures, but the same molecular formula, equivalent - very similar or exactly the same in value)

Poly-/Multi-: Many, much, multiple (ex: Polyester - a fabric whose polymers [a multiple-unit chemical chain] are linked together by ester bonds, multicolored - having many colors)

Hemi-/Semi-/Demi-: Half, roughly half, incomplete (ex: Hemisphere - one half of a sphere [such as the earth], semi-aquatic - a species that spends at least half of its time in the water, demitasse - the half-cup that strong black coffee is served in after meals)

Olig(o)-/Pauc(i)-: “Few”, small amount (ex: Oligarchy - a government run by just a few people, paucity - a scarcity or small amount of something)

Dipl(o)-/Dupli-: Double (ex: diploid - a cell with two of each type of chromosome in it - body [somatic] cells of humans are all diploid)

Haplo-: Single (ex: haploid - a cell with one of each type of chromosome - sex cells [gametes] have one of each chromosome, they need to meet up with another sex cell in order to become diploid and become able to form body cells)

Position:

Peri-/Circum-: Around, surrounding (circumcision - to cut around, pericardium - around the heart)

Sinstr-/Laev(o)-/Levo-: Left, to the left of

Medi-/Mes(o)-: Middle, median

Dextr(o)-/Dexi-: Right, to the right of

Cata-: Down, downward (ex: catarrh - a flowing down/inflammation of the mucus membranes)

Dia-: Through, completely, across (ex: diagnosis - knowing completely - determining the cause of a disease, diarrhea - flowing through- downward fluid discharge)

En-/Em-: Within, in (ex: encephalon - in the head - refers to the brain, embolism - thrown in - refers to a plugging of a vessel by an object travelling through the blood stream, usually a clot)

Palin-: Back, backwards, repeat, again (ex: Palindrome - something [usually a word or number] the same both backward and forward, palinesthesia - the return of sensation)

Further Reading/Sources:

And, of course, Antiquus Morbis

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hey i have a favor to ask from astronomers, can y'all put little krakens on the edges of maps of the observable universe to denote that we don't know what's past that

oh this is a great idea, I’ll bring it up at the next conference

stem/науч. академия.

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