On-line web-journal <Crossroads> is published to show the vision for Science, Future and Humanity by the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics. The web-journal aims to build up a network for scientist in the Asia-Pacific region and expand the base of science, lead popularization of science through communication among scientist, the public and various journals. The <Crossroads> consists of Science Feature Articles, Science Essays, Science Fiction and various genre of writings. The journal is published monthly and available online both in English and in Korean.
     
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The New High School Physics Curriculum: Features and Issues
Chungbuk National University
In the period between Korea's liberation from Japanese rule in 1945 and the year 2009, the national educational curriculum for elementary and middle school students was promulgated or amended a total...
Vol. 7 Issue 12 (Dec, 2011) |
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The New High School Physics Curriculum: Features and Issues (2)
Chungbuk National University
Issues in Convergence ScienceDespite the significant changes that accompanied the 2009 science education curriculum, with its emphasis on convergence science and the role of cutting-edge science in mo...
Vol. 7 Issue 12 (Dec, 2011) |
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Physicists Respond to Fukushima
journalist
The Fukushima Disaster, Six Months LaterOn March 11, 2011, a tsunami that wreaked unimaginable devastation was triggered by a massive earthquake in northeastern Japan. This, in turn, resulted in a nuc...
Vol. 7 Issue 10 (Oct, 2011) |
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On the Occasion of the Partial Crossroads Revamp
Member of the APCTP Science Culture Committee/Professor, Kyungwon University |
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I Am a Scientist
Member of the APCTP Science Culture Committee/Professor, Pusan National University |
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Catching up on SNS
Member of the APCTP Science Culture Committee/Professor, Kyungwon University |
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Three Stories about Limits
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
1During my junior year of college, I had the opportunity to see a radio telescope. It was located at Daeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory (DRAO) of the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute. The d...
Vol. 7 Issue 8 (Aug, 2011) |
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Looking at the Finger That Points to the Moon
Professor, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, POSTECH
1. The Name 'UFO' Stories about UFOs draw a lot of interest. Even people who have otherwise shown no real interest in science, the scientific imagination, or science fiction are likely to turn their a...
Vol. 7 Issue 8 (Aug, 2011) |
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The Modern Myth and the Fall of Humankind
Kyungpook National University
The possibility has been raised that the 21st century will be the last in which Homo sapiens sapiens reigns over the Earth as a dominant species. There is a paradox present in this claim. The argument...
Vol. 7 Issue 7 (Jul, 2011) |
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About Temperature
School of Physics at Konkuk University
Giacomo Puccini's fourth opera, "La Boh... |
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Higgs, the Obscure
School of Physics at Konkuk University
On December 13th of this year, the ATLAS and CMS groups announced the results of the searches for the Higgs boson with the 2011 data collected at the LHC in the public seminar at CERN [1]. Worldwide i... |
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A Tale of Two Geniuses
School of Physics at Konkuk University
It was October 1945, right after the end of the Second World War, when the two men first met at Bell Laboratories.John Bardeen was a native of Madison, Wisconsin. His father had helped to found the me... |
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2011 Crossroads Student Reporters Selected
In line with its vision for science, the future, and humanity, the web journal Crossroads has selected its 2011 group of undergraduate and graduate student reporters. The student reporter program was...
Vol. 7 Issue 5 (May, 2011) |
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2010 Asia Pacific Network Evening
Crossroads Graduate Student Reporter
The Asia Pacific Network Evening took place on Dec. 10, 2010, at the Pohang headquarters of the Asia-Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics. This event was organized by APCTP to introduce its 2010 aca...
Vol. 7 Issue 1 (Jan, 2011) |
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