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Scholarly Books: Their Production, Use and Evaluation in South Africa Today
Get PDFCite: Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2010). Scholarly Books: Their Production, Use and Evaluation in South Africa Today. [Online] Available at: DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf/0035This consensus study addresses the world of book publishing in and from South Africa. It explores the special scholarly virtues of these works and the contributions they make to ‘the literature’ and to the general advancement of scholarship and science. It sets out to do this in a form that will be useful to practitioners and policy-makers alike, answering the many questions that have arisen in relation to such issues as optimal research practice, training, planning and resourcing.Academy of Science of South Afric
Quest Volume 5 Number 3
No full textCharles Darwin at the Cape: On his voyage around the world in the Beagle Darwin singled
out the Cape in his notebooks; Charles Darwin: Reluctant hero of science?: Charles Darwin was a modest, self-taught biologist living at home with his family; Darwin at home - His love of science: Darwin's great-great-grandson looks at how Darwin pursued his love of science with his family; Darwin as a geologist: Few people realise that Darwin's first love was geology; The many colours of Galaxies: Astronomers use light to see galaxies providing an array of astonishing effects; You, me and UV - Under the sun Just how harmful are the rays that make us 'sunny South Africa'?; Managed Cape honeybee colonies and conservation: There is more to the production of honey than we realise; How might drought affect biodiversity in South Africa?: Will climate fluctuations affect the biodiversity of the succulent Karoo?; Young concerns: How one small clinic is responding to the
challenge of increasing HIV prevalence young people; A year-long celebration of life and survival: How the University of the Free State is celebrating Darwin's life; Gateways to the West: Understanding the ocean circulation at the Mascarene Plateau Research in a remote part of the Indian Ocean gives us important information about the biological and oceanographic effects of the currents in the area; Teaching and learning about evolution: Part 2 Dealing with the controversies;Department of Science and Innovatio
Quest Volume 4 Number 3
No full textContents: Discovering the deep African past at Wonderwerk Cave - Archaeological dating points to the birth of human technology and culture right here in southern Africa: Storing and restoring plant-life from seeds - How to store genetic material once considered unstorable: Nutrition - you are what you eat: Diet and lifestyle for good health - From molecules to society: Micronutrients for healthy living -Eating and exercise: How blood clots form and disintegrate: Treating children with HIV/AIDS: Careers: Why maths counts
Opening the door to a future in science, technology, and engineering - Getting back to basics: Girls doing science (maths is the key)
Conditioning - Notes from TIMSS-R Girls and boys on a par: Reading, maths, and gender equality: Maths and environmental science - Out of the classroom, into the field - The why (and how) of biomaths: Viewpoint - How bad is 'child labour'? - What's really best for the children?: Watching whale-tusks grow - Measuring the amazing tusk of the Arctic narwhal - Diamond and mammography screening: Improved measurement of X-ray doses: The drinking habits of sunbirds - A taste for sugary nectars: Drug-resistant TB in South Africa The struggle continues: Fact files - More on the Arctic narwhal Bird nectars in flowers - TB facts and stats - Science news - Spider webs for hungry times; Brain food -Energy options: How smoke affects cloud cover and climate; Fact and fiction - The case for early antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS: Your questions answered Life on planet Earth? - Reducing greenhouse gases: Boiling water: The S&T tourist Not just elephants at Addo: QUEST the first four years; Wind power; People on
the move; On teaching evolution:The Department of Science and Innovation: Academy of Science of South Afric
Quest Volume 4 Number 4
No full textContents: HIV in South Africa - 2008 - The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation is a key research facility in South Africa. Members of the Foundation discuss the epidemic in South Africa: Taking the pain out of testing -The Tutu Tester has been drawing the crowds around Cape Town - including members of the band Freshlyground: HIV in South Africa - the numbers - Understanding the epidemiology of HIV infection in South Africa is a critical first step in any attempt to address the epidemic. Taking the medicine - Antiretroviral treatment can
transform an infected person's life, but it must be taken for life: A double burden - HIV and TB - Current tuberculosis control measures are failing - mainly because of the epidemic of HIV: Prevention is key - With clinical trials of HIV currently stalled, the focus is now on all forms of prevention: What can genes tell us about invasive species? - Genetics can help us to identify alien invasive plants accurately - which is crucial to their management: Antarctic science for the next generation - The Antarctic region is changing faster than anywhere else on the planet, so Antarctic science provides a sensitive indicator of environmental change in a unique environment: Alien species -reptiles and amphibians - South Africa does not yet have a problem with invasive alien species, but without the correct management this could change: Climate change - Taking the initiative - The British Council Climate Change Champions are actively seeking solutions within their own local communities: Conserving the Timbuktu manuscripts - South Africa is actively contributing to helping - Mali conserve its important and ancient manuscripts: Fact files - Climate change - Taking the initiative - The British Council Climate Change Champions are actively seeking solutions within their own local communities: Conserving the Timbuktu manuscripts South Africa is actively contributing to helping Mali conserve its important and ancient manuscripts. HIV vaccines - Antarctica - More on South African Reptiles: Viewpoint - Organophosphates are common in the environment so it is important to avoid poisoning:The Department of Science and Innovation: Academy of Science of South Afric
Quest Volume 4 Number 1
No full textContents: International Polar Year - The South African National Antarctic Programme - Addressing the global issues: The 730-day International Polar Year - The history behind IPY: Southern Ocean hotspots - Underwater disturbances and ocean currents: Predicting South African rainfall - It's not easy!: Polar convergence of art and science - A common mission in Antarctica: STIAS - a centre for
African solutions- How to build a creative space for the mind: Historical memory and healing? - Looking to the future: Grappling with
complexity - Facing diversity - Seeking a common language of life: Biology examines its interactions - The Mostertsdrift experimental vineyard Pinotage gets better all the time: Viewpoint - Bridging the digital divide - In search of cheap, reliable bandwidth: Science news- Meditation go-ahead; Fine-tune those precision instruments - Communication for Africa - Telephone access; EASSy does it; A wireless option - Carbon emissions worse than expected; Computer users be warned; Red List alert; The good news
B Careers interview Work in electrical engineering and in space physics - talks with Pierre Cilliers: Biotechnology and Health: The S& T tourist Travelling companions - Getting around with books: Your questions answered - Understanding planets & beating addictions: The quest for high-temperature superconductivityThe Department of Science and Innovation: Academy of Science of South Afric
Quest Volume 3 Number 4
No full textContents: Ancient artifacts, adornment, and archaeology - Mapungubwe's precious beads and figurines reveal Africa's distant past: Hidden worlds behind the Milky Way - The Zone of Avoidance, where galaxies have hidden since time began: The state of our environment - Monitoring South Africa's natural resources: Life in estuaries - Pipefish survival: Vulnerable organisms indicate - ecosystem health: Fish larvae smell their way to safety - Discovering what signals attract fishes to their nurseries: What's that brown haze over Cape Town?: Urban air pollution that's dangerous to health: Colour without colour -new generation cosmetics: Photonics and optics light up the way forward: The vitamin B12 story - The pioneering science of Dorothy Hodgkin; Special feature: Science for the Classroom: The search for the missing carbon sink - Max Planck Society: Fact files Environmental facts for South Africa - Some Mapungubwe facts - X-ray crystallography and vitamin 812: Science news -Fighting junk food; Talking heads - How elephants run - Ozone threatens carbon sinks; Beware iPods in a thunderstorm - Tips for decision-makers: QUEST interviews Women in engineering Two prominent civil engineers and their road to success: The S& T tourist Mapungubwe National Park - Repository of natural and human heritage: Careers Working with heritage - Studying astrophysics for related careers: Viewpoint Women in science - cresting the wave
or wiped out?: Your questions answered - Gums, badgers, and economics: Top woman researchers newly elected to ASSAf:The Department of Science and Innovation: Academy of Science of South Afric
Quest Volume 4 Number 2
No full textContents: IYPE Out of Africa - South African National Committee for the International Year of Planet Earth - The world celebrates and the Earth sciences get down to business Features: African landscapes from remote sensing - Clear views in 3D: Climate: past changes & future uncertainties - Reading the rock record helps: Megacities - Coping with urbanization: Viewpoint Mineral resources - wealth at a frightening price People and planet pay up: Earth: gigantic recycling machine: How the planet sustains life Africa Array - Seismic stations and geoscientists Ocean crossroad at the tip of Africa: Where the waters move and meet DNA clocks for dating landforms - Animals and landscapes evolve together: Groundwater: managing dwindling reserves - Finding and caring for precious water Geohazards: the risks beneath our feet - Staying safe: Nurturing soil - It's payback time: Healthy foods from Mother Earth - Pioneering dietary guidelines: Art and map-making - Seeing the world in different ways: Africa Alive Corridors - Our continent - our heritage: Fact files - Urban facts -What is soil? - Malnutrition in South Africa: Your questions answered - Why does oceanography matter? What makes oceans salty?: The S&T tourist Water in the iSimangaliso - Wetland Park: Careers Work in geology:The Department of Science and Innovation: Academy of Science of South Afric