کتابی به عربی تالیف محمد بن احمد بیرونی ۳۶۲ ۴۴۰ دانشمند ایرانی بیرونی نخستین تحریر این کتاب را به سال ۳۹۱, هنگامی که درگرگان و در خدمت امیر شمس المعالی قابوس بن وشمگیر زیاری ۳۸۸ ۴۰۳ به سر می برده, به نام او نوشته, سپس تحریری دیگر از آن را با اضافاتی پرداخته است
Общество скептиков посвящено распространению критического мышления, популяризации научного метода и оппонированию паранормальным, эзотерическим, псевдонаучным и любым другим бездоказательным дисциплинам, феномены которых могут быть объяснены с точки зрения науки и рациональной мысли.
"Changes to student support within existing arrangements; efficiency savings and prioritisation across universities, science and research; some switching of modes of study in higher education; and reductions in budgets that do not support student participation."
Alf Eaton stellt in HubLog ein Skript vor, daß er für Google Texte & Tabellen (kurz Google Docs) geschrieben hat. Nach Installation des Skripts innerhalb der Google-Dienste durchsucht es auf Anforderung ein Dokument nach DOIs, ermittelt anhand dieser DOIs gleichförmig aufgebaute, gut lesbare Quellenangaben, erstellt aus diesen Quellenangaben eine Bibliographie im Anhang des Dokuments, und…
Yuval Noah Harari speaks with Impact Theory host, Tom Bilyeu. Yuval and Tom explore the potential implications of hacking humans, both the benefits and the r
Besides in science fiction, Herbert George Wells was a prolific writer in many other genres including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games. Together with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback, Wells has been referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction".
On the importance (in research) of being able to keep contradictory things in mind. - Also see the Youtube clip from a BBC tv-program " The Problem of Consciousness" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFbrnFzUc0U
As we yawn and open our eyes in the morning, the brain stem sends little puffs of nitric oxide to another part of the brain, the thalamus, which then directs it elsewhere. Like a computer booting up its operating system before running more complicated
As we yawn and open our eyes in the morning, the brain stem sends little puffs of nitric oxide to another part of the brain, the thalamus, which then directs it elsewhere. Like a computer booting up its operating system before running more complicated
Maintaining a blog can be a boon to your career, increasing your profile in the scientific community, connecting you to collaborators, and helping you land new grants or jobs.
The Ministry of Health, Brazil has reported a total of 48 cases of yellow fever including 13 deaths. This outbreak of yellow fever follows an epizootic outbreak in monkeys that started in April 2007 and has since spread to 80 municipalities.
xd3d is a simple scientific visualization tool designed to be easy to learn. It can plot 2d and 3d meshes, with shadowing, contour plots, vector fields, iso-contour (3d), as well as 3d surfaces z=f(x,y) defined by an algebraic expression or a cloud of points. It generates high quality vector PostScript files for scientific publications and still or animated bitmap images. It includes the graph plotter xgraphic.
DataCite is focused on improving the scholarly infrastructure around datasets. There will be a set of activities around establishing and sharing best-practices, identifying and solving some of the unique issues that arise with datasets.
the Wuppertal Institute focuses its work on application-oriented sustainability research, addressing the major challenges related to sustainable development, such as climate change or resource shortages.
"In some extreme cases, this theory that culture shapes the way science is conducted is right. In the mid-19th century, physicians discovered that slaves suffered from drapetomania, or the uncontrollable urge to escape from slavery..."
EX: Turning off Depression: Profile of a Neurologist; A Revealing Reflection: Mirror Neurons Talk, Walk, and Culture; Trial and Error: How Scientific-Journal Peer Review Allows Fraud, Error, and a Bit of Hubris...
J. Trautner. Journal of Engineering Education, (January 1996)The issue of women in engineering is important to the profession as a whole and climate issues that discriminate against/exclude women faculty in engineering need to be addressed..