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New UOW Sciences Teaching Building on the Main Campus.State of the art teaching facility for students.
Near the end of the summer, I was asked by the publishers of Popular Science magazine to produce a visualization piece that explored the archive of their publication. PopSci has a history that spans almost 140 years, so I knew there would be plenty of material to draw from. Working with Mark Hansen, I ended up making a graphic that showed how different technical and cultural terms have come in and out of use in the magazine since it's inception.
The Russians invaded Science World and used it as their pavilion to promote the next winter Olympics, Sochi 2014, which they host.
Using Arduino to get the cost of probeware down (for science education).
Vernier's cheapest interface is $61 and handles one sensor: www.vernier.com/mbl
Arduino Uno is $30 and has 6 analog inputs: www.sparkfun.com/products/9950
Our goal is to interoperate with this curriculum: www.concord.org/activities/research-focus/probeware
1. Homenage a Patrick O'Brian, 2. Gods of Mars, 3. Spike Milligan memorial?, 4. DSC00292, 5. Richard Dawkins on Wooing People with Science, 6. Tock (The Phantom Tollbooth), 7. Too tired to... (Day 209/365), 8. Flashman in the Great Game, 9. The Da Vinci Code, 10. Natural History Museum HDR, 11. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, 12. bruce pennington-1968-A_Princess_of_Mars
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1. Favorite author: Patrick O'Brian
2. Favorite book: 'Gods of Mars' by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The image I chose is one of my favourite book covers ever.
3. Favorite poem OR poet: Spike Milligan
4. Favorite genre: Hornblower-style Napoleoinic naval fiction.
5. Favorite non-fiction category: Evolutionary biology.
6. Favorite book as a child OR first book you remember from childhood: 'The Phantom Tollbooth' by Norton Juster.
7. What book are you reading now?: 'Watching The English' by Kate Fox. One of the images that came up when I searched for this was of me reading this book :-)
8. Favorite fictional character: Flashman. He's a rogue, a bully a womaniser and a coward. But he's utterly endearing, and an infallible guide to Victorian history.
9. Worst book you ever read: 'The Da Vinci Code'. I read it all of the way through because I wanted to know what happened next. But it's such a badly written book. Utterly awful.
10. A book that changed your life: 'The Oxford Junior Encyclopedia Volume 2 - Natural History' - it started my interest in biology that led to my choice of degree and my current career in ... ermmmm ... IT. Ooops. However I still have the interest in life sciences that this book inspired when I was about 5.
11. A movie that's BETTER than the book: 'The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe' - not because the book is bad, but because the scale of the battles in the film are how they should have been in the book. I think I may be one of the few people to have read the Narnia Chronicles just so that I could excise all of the military bits for wargames army lists :-)
12. The most disappointing movie adaptation from a book (you know - you love the book and HATE the movie): 'A Princess of Mars' by Edgar Rice Burrough - disappointing because a film adaptation has been promised for years, but never seems to get made.
Frankly, its embarrassing just how many takes it took me to get this shot. I originally wanted the gyroscope spinning on top of the books, but it kept spinning off by the time I'd lined up the camera and the flash. It also took an age to get the angle of the flash correct - it was attached to the hotshoe on the camera via a cable - no pop up flash on the 5DIII to fire a slave :(
I can't say I'm delighted with this, but after the effort that went into taking it, there's no way its not getting posted.
Physics Professor C.D. Hoyle, who was recently recognized by the SPS Observer for his organization of the Science on Tap informal lecture series, will be featured in Meet Humboldt. Be sure to check out his story as well as meet other great people from Humboldt.
Completed in 1985, the geodesic dome served as 'Expo Centre' before and during Expo 86. After the fair, the Arts, Sciences & Technology Centre moved here from downtown and the building became known as Science World. During the 2010 Olympics it served as Russky Dom (Russia House).
I took a free tour of the Science Barge, a not-for-profit enterprise which is trying to prove that NYC's food needs could be met using renewable energy.
Science Homework: Diffusion Practical - The glass on the left started with clear water, and the glass on the right a coffee solution. Coffee solution was gradually added to the clear water.
Airspeed AS57 Ambassador aka Elizabethan in BEA service. First flight 10 July 1947. Gained notoriety on 6 Feb 1958 with the crash of BEA Flt 609 coming from Belgrade to London via Munich. The aircraft, G-ALZU 'Lord Burghley' was slowed down on takeoff by snow and slush and crashed shortly after. 23 passengers died, 8 of them ManU players. Some recovered from their injuries to play again, but most not. Harry Gregg, goalkeeper, rescued a pregnant woman and her daughter from the wreckage. He met all three later. Manager Matt Busby recovered after receiving last rites twice, and returned to the club.
Niccole Wandelear measuring lengths of rainbow trout during a SLICE field efficacy study.
Rachel Carson Award for Scientific Excellence (Group) – 2013
Photo credit: AADAP Program/USFWS
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md. hosted a special Webb Family Science Night on Wednesday, July 25, 2012.
Participants partook in hands-on activities to see what light looks like after it passes through lenses. By putting one lens in front of another, they made a telescope. Although Webb is not a telescope that will use a lens to collect its light, participants were able to build a telescope of similar ability to that of Galileo’s.
This special Webb Family Science Night was a hands-on and inquiry-based program designed for middle school students and their families, intended to increase STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) engagement, interest, and understanding. The Webb Family Science Night was a collaboration between NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Goddard’s Office of Education. The educational materials supporting this event were donated by SPIE – the International Society for Photonics and Optics.
Image credit: Pat Izzo
An architectural rendering by T.A. Scott Architecture + Design for a $22-million investment in Acadia's Science Complex through a partnership with Acadia and the federal and provincial governments.
The Middle School Science Fair was held on May 28 in the Great Hall of the Center for Well-Being. The exhibits ranged from a lava lamp and lemon battery to a water powered grist mill and a study on which brand of diaper is most absorbent.
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During an Arctic sunrise on board the U.S. NavyÕs attack submarine USS Pogy (SSN 647), Jay Simpkins (far left), a scientist with the Oregon State University, collects water samples, while Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Mark Cronley (foreground) stands watch as a safety observer on boats deck.
The U.S. NavyÕs attack submarine USS Pogy (SSN 647) returned to Hawaii, on Tuesday, November 12, after a 45-day research mission to the North Pole. The second of five planned deployments through the year 2000, Pogy embarked a team of researchers led by Mr. Ray Sambrotto of Columbia University. During the several thousand mile trek, the submarine collected data on the chemical, biological, and physical properties of the Arctic Ocean, and conducted experiments in geophysics, ice mechanics, pollution detection, and other areas. For the purposes of this voyage, a portion of the submarineÕs torpedo room was converted into laboratory space. However at no time was the ship ever removed as a front-line warship. U.S. Navy Photo by PhotographerÕs Mate Second Class Steven H. Vanderwerff (Released)
Here are some new political science titles that have been purchased over the past couple of months. Place your cursor over a book's cover to receive more information. Click on the "Check for availability" link in the note to see a book's status in the Library's online catalog.