Populism into the Twenty‐first Century

Electrically conducting polymers: Materials of the twentyfirst century

The paper critically reviews some recent developments in the field of electrically conducting polymers which have grown very rapidly since the discovery that there is a very sharp increase in conductivity when intrinsically insulating organic conjugated polymers such as, polyacetylene are doped with oxidizing or reducing agents. These polymers, also called synthetic metals, combine the electric...

The Art of Negotiation: What the TwentyFirst Century Business Student Should Know

Into the 20th Century

At the beginning of the 20th century descendants of the early European settlers who first colonized the coasts of Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia were established throughout the region. Most all of the native people had been displaced. Cotton was king. The mature forests were being . the southern world, wavered and then toppled. Demand for the South’s cotton declined due to new competition...

AI into the 21st century

range of subjects. This year’s offerings inanew technology...Retrospectiveassessments are undertaken in the hope of improving eluded a series of lectures entitled “In the ~ Year 2025: Forecasting for the Future,” ~ the anticipatory assessment of technologies emerging today and in the future.’ coordinated by two professional futurists: Joseph Coates. founder of a research company that specialize...

Plague into the 21st century.

As an ancient scourge, plague caused deadly epidemics in medieval Europe, and in the 20th century, it caused extensive mortality in India and Vietnam. Crossing into the 21st century, it has attracted particular attention as a potential bioweapon, for which a new vaccine needs to be developed. Human plague syndromes are mainly bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic, all caused by the bacterium Yersi...