Categories
- Conferences (3)
- education (10)
- Fun (58)
- Meta (12)
- Open Access (10)
- Open Data (13)
- open science (34)
- Policy (48)
- Science (135)
- Software (633)
- Acoustics (3)
- Engineering (1)
- Physical (1)
- Speech Communication (2)
- Structural (1)
- Anthropology and Archaeology (3)
- Artificial Life (9)
- Astronomy (21)
- Aviation and Aeronautics (2)
- Chemistry (131)
- Analytical (4)
- Atmospheric (1)
- Biochemistry (6)
- Biophysical (3)
- Chemical Information (3)
- Crystallography (2)
- Electrochemistry (1)
- Molecule Viewers and Editors (39)
- Organic (2)
- Synthesis (1)
- Periodic Tables (3)
- Physical (1)
- Kinetics (1)
- Polymers (1)
- Spectroscopy (9)
- NMR (5)
- Surfaces (1)
- Theoretical and Computational (45)
- Cognitive Science (3)
- Neural Networks (2)
- Complex Systems (2)
- Computer Science (22)
- Algorithms And Computational Theory (2)
- Artificial Intelligence (4)
- Data Communication (4)
- Information Retrieval (1)
- Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (3)
- Languages (1)
- Fortran (1)
- Measurement and Evaluation (1)
- Simulation and Modeling (2)
- Software Engineering (2)
- Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation (1)
- Earth Sciences (19)
- Geology and Geophysics (5)
- Hydrology (5)
- Meteorology (1)
- Oceanography (3)
- Energy (3)
- Engineering (24)
- Forensics (2)
- Geography (12)
- Information Technology (1)
- Life Sciences (60)
- Bioinformatics (34)
- Ecology (5)
- Evolution and Population Genetics (3)
- Statistical (1)
- Theoretical (1)
- Genetics (9)
- Population (1)
- Medical Sciences (7)
- Physiology (2)
- Linguistics (2)
- Mathematics (108)
- Abstract Algebra (9)
- Combinatorics (1)
- Differential Equations (17)
- Fluid Dynamics (7)
- Ordinary (3)
- Partial (7)
- Dynamical Systems (4)
- Education (1)
- Geometry (3)
- Linear Algebra (26)
- Number Theory (6)
- Numerical Methods (5)
- Optimization (12)
- Probability (1)
- Set Theory (1)
- Statistics (8)
- Topology (1)
- Measurements and Units (3)
- Nanotechnology (2)
- Physics (30)
- Astrophysics (1)
- Atomic and Molecular (1)
- Computational (2)
- Condensed Matter (4)
- Dynamics (2)
- Fluid (1)
- High Energy (4)
- Magnetism (1)
- Materials (1)
- Nuclear (4)
- Optics (5)
- Plasma (1)
- Required Reading and Other Sites (25)
- Space (3)
- Tools (56)
- Numerical Libraries (8)
- Random Number Generators (2)
- Visualization (18)
- 2D Plotting (8)
- 3D Plotting (2)
- Acoustics (3)
- Uncategorized (4)
OpenScience / education
The Tyranny of Pi day
March 14th is -day in the US (and perhaps day in Europe). The idea of a day devoted to celebrating an important irrational number is wonderful — I’d love to see schools celebrate e-day as well, but February 71st isn’t on … Continue reading
Posted in education, Science
Leave a comment
The Up-Goer Five Research Challenge
I thought this was silly at first, but after struggling to do it for my own research, I now think it can be a profound exercise that scientists should attempt before writing their NSF broader impact statements. Here’s the challenge: … Continue reading
Posted in education, Fun, Science
2 Comments
Heat Capacity of Water
It is no secret to my students, family and friends that I’m now completely obsessed by the odd properties of water, including the anomalously high heat capacity. Here’s a neat parlor trick involving this water anomaly that is masterfully explained … Continue reading
Posted in education, Fun, Science
2 Comments
A physics teacher begs for his subject back
I used to think that math and physics education in US secondary schools was worse than in any other industrialized country. Expectations and standards seem to have fallen so low that some of our best students are showing up at … Continue reading
Posted in education, Policy, Science
3 Comments
Scratch! Open source programming for kids
I spent about 2 hours last night playing around with a new programming language called Scratch, which was designed for kids. You snap together programs from logical building blocks that you can drag over from a programming palette. There’s also … Continue reading
Posted in education, Fun, Software
10 Comments
Engineering Science Blog
Our friends Geoff Davis and Peter Fiske over at PhDs.org have started a new blog called Engineering Science. The first few posts have been very good, including these excellent posts on writing effective grant proposals and the stereotype threat. Go … Continue reading
NA_WorkSheet
The NA_WorkSheet is a collective aggregation of algorithms coded in Java that implements various Numerical Analysis solutions/techniques in one easy to use opensource tool. The app. may be used for graphing, root finding, differentiation, integration, interpolation, linear systems solving, and … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Leave a comment
Scientific Expert or Not. Does it matter?
Slate Magazine is running an article about a Sociologist who posed as a physicist. Harry Collins (the sociologist) studies “expertise” in his day job, but has a strong interest in experiments for detecting gravitational waves. He and his colleagues collected … Continue reading
Posted in education, Science
7 Comments
Software Carpentry Course
Greg Wilson pointed me to a new version of the Sofware Carpentry course at (www.swc.scipy.org); it’s all open source, and they’re actively looking for corrections and contributions. Reading through the online course materials, I can say that it is a … Continue reading
Where’s the Fun in Home Experiments?
Wired magazine has an article called “Don’t Try This at Home” which starts by describing a recent CPSC raid on the house of the family that runs United Nuclear. We’ve mentioned UnitedNuclear before. They’re one of the few companies still … Continue reading
Posted in education, Fun, Policy, Science
2 Comments