Monthly Archives: March 2020

2019 Novel Coronavirus – 2020 New Challenge!

Posted on March 31, 2020 by sisuka

New coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV), was discovered due to Wuhan, Hubei, China, virus pneumonia cases in 2019, and was named by the World Health Organization on January 12, 2020. [1] Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are known to … Continue reading →

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Classics in Time of Pandemic: Lock-down Reflections from the Ivory Tower by Michiel Meeusen

Posted on March 29, 2020 by limala

Western literature starts with a disease. At the beginning of the Iliad, Homer sings of an “evil pestilence” (1.10) sent by the Olympic god Apollo to devastate the camp of the Greeks during their siege of Troy. Apollo, the god … Continue reading →

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Pascal’s Wager for Climate Denialist by Hemmo Laiho

Posted on March 20, 2020 by limala

Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), a famous French mathematician, is also famous for a philosophical slash theological slash game-theoretical thought experiment known as Pascal’s wager. You can find the thought experiment in the section §233 of the collection of his notes titled … Continue reading →

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Where has winter gone !?…..Is climate crisis knocking at our doors? by Lokesh Kesavan

Posted on March 6, 2020 by kaihak

By this time, most of us realized that, something is abnormal in the environment and in the climate due to absconding snowy, cold, sub 0 ℃ weather, which is hallmark condition of Finland during the months, December-March. This raises everyone’s … Continue reading →

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