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The genre of autobiography or Why write about yourself?

Duration: 0:34:59

"The Life of Archpriest Avvakum, written by himself" is the first example of the autobiographical genre in Russian literature . Svetlana Pogodina, Doctor of Philology, Associate Professor at the Department of Russian Studies and Slavic Studies of the University of Latvia, will be on the program of the Latvian Radio 4 “The Nature of

Language: Russian
Topics: HumanitiesPhilologyAutobiographyRussian studies

Paradigm and paradoxes of physics

Duration: 0:35:00

Physics is the science of the world, in general, but now, according to some scientists, physics is going through ambiguous times . More and more phenomena are being discovered that cannot be explained using the laws known to us . We are talking about this today in the Nature of Things program with theoretical physicist Professor of the University of Latvia Vyacheslav Kashcheev .

Language: Russian
Topics: PhysicsMario BungeThomas KuhnEinstein

Berger's rhythm: what secrets are revealed by the biocurrents of the brain?

Duration: 0:32:35

Russian scientists have invented a device built into a cap - by reading the electroencephalogram of the brain, it will react in time if the driver wearing the cap starts to fall asleep at the wheel . Latvia is also studying the data that can be obtained using an electroencephalogram . Konstantin Pudovsky, one of the center's specialists, talks about this in

Language: Russian
Topics: BrainBerger's rhythm

State constitution. Is it possible to do without it?

Duration: 0:35:49

Is it possible to do without the main law of the country - the constitution, as we usually understand it? The question seems rhetorical, but practice shows that it is still possible . Contrary to popular belief, the Constitution is not a set of immutable rules and concepts, but legal norms that are constantly being improved .

Language: Russian
Topics: the University of Latviathe Department of Theory and History of Law of the Faculty of LawLawConstitution

Tactics of "bears" and "bulls": behind the scenes of the stock exchange and currencies

Duration: 0:35:51

The price of Latvian grain, for example, is determined not by the farmers themselves, but by exchange quotations . The weather in our country is far from the most important of them, one might say, it is not taken into account at all . Today's conversation with Vents Udris, a stock broker from Luminor Bank, who has been involved in this business for 20 years, is about this .

Language: Russian
Topics: LatviaAgricultureFarming
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