The Reference Shelf: The Sciences
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EurekAlert!
"An online, global news service operated by AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science). EurekAlert! provides a central place through which universities, medical centers, journals, government agencies, corporations and other organizations engaged in research can bring their news to the media... EurekAlert! features news and resources focused on all areas of science, medicine and technology. |
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Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Read about the lives of scientists, from Alfred Adler (the "inferiority feeling") to James Van Allen (the Val Allen belt). |
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| Science Cafe: A Weekly Conversation About the Culture, Conduct, and Community of Science.
"So often when telling the story of science, we frame it as a straightforward march to discovery. The details and the context, the circuitous path of research, the process and sometimes the people themselves are neglected." |
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ScienceDaily
"Breaking news about the latest discoveries and hottest research projects in everything from astrophysics to zoology... The magazine's articles are selected from news releases submitted by leading universities and other research organizations around the world. Each news release is posted in its original form, with a link to the organization's home page, to aid journalists and others interested in finding up-to-date and relevant background information for a particular story." |
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Scientific American.com
The site includes articles from current and past issues, online-only features, daily news, trivia and weekly polls. |
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Visual Interpretation of the Table of Elements
"Murray Robertson has produced a striking new representation of the chemical elements drawing on the symbolism that surrounds them from the commonplace, nickel in baked beans, to the mythological, Oppenheimer's invocation of Shiva as the genie behind the destructive power of the element plutonium...The importance of this collection of images is that it tells a story, science is not just something remote practised in laboratories but is our modern mythology-we use it to interpret our world and it is a story that continues to unfold. To this end it is very important that art and science are not viewed as separate." |
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WebElements: Perdiodic Table of the Elements Scholar Edition
"The WebElements scholar edition aims to be a high quality source of information on the WWW about the periodic table for students. You will find many pictures showing element structures and periodic properties." |
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Physics Central: Learn How Your World Works From the American Physical Society.
"The American Physical Society represents some 45,000 physicists, and most of our work centers on scientific meetings and publications-the primary ways that physicists communicate with each other. With Physics Central, we communicate the excitement and importance of physics to everyone. We invite you to visit our site every week to find out how physics is part of your world. We'll answer your questions on how things work and keep you informed with daily updates on physics in the news. We'll describe the latest research and the people who are doing it and, if you want more, where to go on the web." |
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