subfields

On the other hand, I’m only vaguely embarrassed by lacunae in subfields outside my own: continental theory, international relations, American politics.

The Literary Lacunae Meme 2005

So now “all people are created equal” = “all people have the same level of training and understanding of complex scientific subfields?”

The Volokh Conspiracy » 4. On a Bus in Kiev 2010

The fact is that amateurs do a LOT of very good science in the world and in some fields (astronomy for a great example) the amateurs have largely taken over all advancements and data collection in particular subfields because to pros can't devote the instruments for the time involved.

Discourse.net: Public Service Announcement 2009

But computer science departments continue to draw boundaries around computer science and its subfields in a way that justencourages the fragmentation of knowledge that is so endemic of modern universities.

2009 April 13 | Serendipity 2009

Finally they suggest that the technical content of problems spans the various, existing, subfields of computing.

More on whether ICT4D fits into CS? « Beki's Blog (there's an original name) 2009

Anonsters: So now “all people are created equal” = “all people have the same level of training and understanding of complex scientific subfields?”

The Volokh Conspiracy » 4. On a Bus in Kiev 2010

So, one has to have “the same level of training and understanding of complex scientific subfields” to discuss scientific ideas?

The Volokh Conspiracy » 4. On a Bus in Kiev 2010

Mongolian Mining has one of six mining subfields in the country's Tavan Tolgoi coal field, one of the world's largest undeveloped hard-coking coal mines.

Mongolia Miner Raises $650 Million in IPO Nisha Gopalan 2010

She successfully hired numerous top scholars in many subfields, and from across the political spectrum.

The Volokh Conspiracy » A Great Law School Dean Doesn’t Have to be a Great Scholar 2010

Most graduate programs in American universities produce a product for which there is no market (candidates for teaching positions that do not exist) and develop skills for which there is diminishing demand (research in subfields within subfields and publication in journals read by no one other than a few like-minded colleagues), all at a rapidly rising cost (sometimes well over $100,000 in student loans).

To Save the University We Must Destroy It « Gerry Canavan 2009