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What Do Scientists Really? Their Work Matters? What Are They Looking For? What Do They After? Lessons For The 21st Century, Bringing 15 Years Science To A Wider Audience. A Look At The Themes Shows Immediately That No Subject Is Too Hot Or Too Bright To Communicate About: The Evolution Debate Or The Welfare, Learning Machines Or Happiness, Sports Pennies Or Ecology In China. The Texts In This Book Are The Result Of The Public Classes Organized. Annually At Ku Leuven Who Wants To Know How Biologists, Philosophers, Sociologists, Doctors, Lawyers Or Doctors Think Their Concerns And How They Try To Draw An Audience, Their Activities Will Find In This Publication A Reliable Guide. The Texts In This Book, Each One Providing Information First Hand, Are Accessible And Inviting To Continue Exploring. Voorwoord -- De Crisis En De Toekomst Van De Welvaartsstaat / Bea Cantillon -- Over Machines Die Leren / Luc De Raedt -- Wat Is Zien? / Lutgarde Arckens -- Ethos, Retoriek En Marketing / Bart Pattyn -- Een Wetenschap Van Het Geluk? / Antoon Vandevelde -- Nature En Nurture / Koen Devriendt -- Hoe Sterk Gelijken We Op Wormen En Insecten?: Een (r)evolutionaire Blik In De Hersenen / Liliane Schoofs -- Hoe Zwart Is Obama? / Theo D'haen -- Is Er Nog Voldoende Water Om Ons Voedsel Te Produceren? / Dirk Raes, Sam Geerts En Eline Vanuytrecht -- Willen Voetbalclubs Winnen Of Winst Maken?: En Maakt Dit Enig Verschil? / Stefan Kesenne -- China's Milieuproblemen Vanuit Een Globaliserings-perspectief / Hans Bruyninckx -- Hersenen, Neuronen En Evolutie: Wat Is Er Met De Ziel Gebeurd? / Taede A. Smedes -- Lijst Van De Auteurs. Redactie, Bart Raymaekers. Issued As Part Of Upcc Book Collections On Project Muse. Includes Bibliographical References. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.