A Unity of Knowledge

  In terms of creative non-fiction writing it helps if a story is used to launch the deeper narrative               Also known as narrative non-fiction, it generally means  describing or telling a true story, events or experiences—and doing so creatively in a narrative way, or through literary or even poetic description . It usually recounts and reflects on a personal narrative, event or experience. This is my attempt at it below.  So whilst lying in my deckchair in the sun with the sun’s radiation heating my face up and with an ant running around on a  slab which is soaked with the same radiation my thoughts whilst my eyes are shut wonder if  both of us as living creatures are experiencing the same warming effect of the radiation. Whilst my conscienceness as a salient living thing is analysing the why, what is the ant thinking. Does the ant have any free thoughts ? Or are all its thoughts pre-programmed into its tiny brain ? ...

  The Royal Society and the Royal Institution are both historic scientific organisations in the UK, but they are very different in purpose, structure, and influence. Here is the clearest, simplest comparison: 1. PURPOSE Royal Society (RS) Purpose: National academy of science • Promotes scientific excellence. • Funds research. • Advises government. • Publishes top-tier research journals (e.g., Philosophical Transactions ). • Elects elite scientists as Fellows (FRS). • Similar to: the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Royal Institution (RI) Purpose: Public science education and communication • Makes science accessible to the public. • Famous for its Christmas Lectures. • Hosts demonstrations, talks, and events. • Historically a place where key discoveries were demonstrated. 2. TYPE OF ORGANISATION Royal Society • A learned society . • Membership is earned via scientific achievement. • Highly prestig...

  Here is a clean, authoritative list of the Top 10 scientific book–publishing powerhouses — organisations that publish the largest volume , most influential , or most widely distributed scientific books today. This list focuses specifically on science , not general academia. (Not ranked by absolute number because the exact counts vary by year, but the top 3 are universally the biggest.) Top 10 Scientific Book Publishing Powerhouses 1. Springer Nature • By far the largest science-book publisher in the world. • Thousands of new scientific books every year (monographs, textbooks, reference works). • 300,000+ scientific titles in its digital library. • Industry leader in open-access scientific books. 2. Elsevier • World’s biggest scientific journal publisher and also a major science-book publisher. • Publishes large numbers of medical, engineering, and scientific monographs and textbooks. • Very strong in life sciences and medical science...