Niwot Ridge Resources
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Niwot Ridge Resources A Source of Information for Mission Critical Software Systems, Management Processes, and Strategies
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Science ResourcesThese are sites useful in the discussion of physics and science topics. Much of today's chatter is about science and how science impacts our lives. Along with this chatter is very little real information. These links should help keep everyone focused. International Space Station tracking application Post Normal Science and Chaos and Emergent Systems Global Warming Global warming is a "hot" topic these days. Much mis–information is circulating in the press and cocktail parties. Here's some starting points for the real science. Climate Prediction Center – if there are questions about global warming, the coming hot summer, any weather related urban legend, start with this site. Environmental Protection Agency's Global Warming information site. National Academy of Sciences global warming information site. The New Scientist provides a rational look and many issues including global warming Web Sources of Current Physics, Engineering, and Science Information The Engines of Our Ingenuity is a radio program that tells the story of how our culture is formed by human creativity. Engineers Toolbox is a computer-aided engineering package that features a unique, platform-independent, web-based design. This site also contains links to other engineering and scientific tools. Los Alamos National Laboratories pre–print library contains may interesting papers on physics as well as computer science. ALibrus is a site for locating out of print and rare books. Econmagic is a source of economic statistics. This is a very important site. It contains actual facts that can be used to counter all the "pseudo" facts bandied around in the press and cocktail parties. United States Copyright Office has many useful items for anyone involved in web site development Philosophy of Science There are numerous issues associated with the philosophy of science. Many of these issues have spilled over into the domain of software development. Theory making, "what can be known," how does one "prove" a concept, are all part of the philosophy of science. There are many uninformed onions on the topic, so here's a starting point for the discussion based on credible sources. Criticism of Popper by Anthony O'Hear Remembering Karl Popper from the Hoover Institute at Stanford University Physics Resources is a set of pages found to be useful in discussing popular physics topics. They're moved to a separate page to make room for more information. (bad web design I know). Science Fair Resources is a collection of site useful for Middle and High School science fair ideas. These sites are bias toward physics and mechanics, because I was never good at biology and other non–math based areas Physics Electronic Magazines, Preprint sites, and Organizational Sites Isis and Osiris are publications of the History of Science Society. Federation of American Scientist conducts analysis and advocacy on science, technology and public policy, including national security, nuclear weapons, arms sales, biological hazards, secrecy, education technology, information technology, energy and the environment. FAS provides useful information on military subject as well at their Military Analysis Network. Nuclearfiles.org is a project of the nuclear peace foundation.
NIST Time and Frequency Division has many interesting pages Quantum Logic and Coherent Control Relativity on the Web is a list of sites compiled by John Baez Science Daily is an online magazine and Web portal devoted to science, technology, and medicine. Science News is an Internet headline science news service focused on technology, science, and medicine. Genome Sites These sites are just the tip of the iceberg for web based Genome research Ensembl is a joint project between EMBL - EBI and the Sanger Centre to develop a software system which produces and maintains automatic annotation on eukaryotic genomes. Ensembl is primarily funded by the Wellcome Trust. History of Computing Sites Hewlett Packard Calculator Museum History of Innovation records the milestones of Texas Instruments innovative contributions to computing. Math Sites Hyperstat Text Book Online is hosted by the Rice Virtual Laboratory in Statistics |
