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Evolving Systems: May/June Core Group Meeting

The Emergence of Form, Meaning, and Aesthetics

 

May/June 2009 Core Group Meeting Summaries
and Continuing Discussion

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Evolving Systems: In Depth Analysis

The Emergence of Form, Meaning, and Aesthetics

In Depth Analysis

Paul Grobstein
9 June 2009
(with thanks to the Evolving Systems core group for ideas and to Laura Cyckowski for graphics assistance)

Several different ideas talked about during the first meeting of the Evolving Systems core group are brought together in the image to the right.

2009 Science Horizons Projects

 

Alisha Pradhan

(Mentor: Dr. Victor Donnay, Bryn Mawr College)

Research Project: Energy sustainability is an important issue in our world today. As the energy needs of the world is increasing, more and more people are trying to reduce their environmental footprints by trying to become sustainable in terms of energy usage. One of the prominent ways of resorting to sustainable energy is by using the most powerful energy sources of all—solar energy. One of the research projects that I focused on this summer was related to solar energy and solar panels.

 The opportunity cost of switching to solar energy is different for different people. It mostly depends on where we are located and what our needs are. Most people are likely to switch to solar energy due to environmental concerns. However, there are various factors that affect the payback of switching to solar energy.

There are many things one needs to be mindful of when deciding to install solar panels. The placement (solar array must be placed at an angle that will best capture the most direct sunlight), the sunlight intensity (which is highly affected by the weather), the latitude (how close the place is from the equator), technology (how efficient the solar panel is) and temperature are some very important factors to take into consideration.

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Evolving Systems: Home Page

The Emergence of Form, Meaning, and Aesthetics

The Evolving Systems project is an exploration of  the idea that form, meaning, and esthetics are interdependent emergent characteristics of an ongoing evolutionary process originally lacking any plan, intention, of purpose.  And of the implications of such an idea for both intellectual and practical life. 

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Evolution and story telling, in and beyond science

Updating (in progress) an older resource list (additional suggestions welcome in forum below):

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Evolving Systems: Starting Positions

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Evolving Systems: Core Group

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Evolving Systems: Background

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Evolving Systems: Overview

The Emergence of Form, Meaning, and Aesthetics

Overview

An inquiry into emergent relationships among randomness and form, meaning, and aesthetics (see Background), with particular attention to

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The Brothers Bloom: cons, and how to avoid them

Yep,  The Brothers Bloom is a con-man movie of sorts, and yep, it's (Roger Ebert) "lively at times ...lovely to look at, and the actors are persuasive ...

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