The complex and abstract nature of Science makes the subject difficult to understand. But complexity is not the only barrier to our understanding Science. The subject is made much more difficult by the presence of numerous misleading "Science Myths" which circulate in the popular culture, which are handed down from parents to children, and which have become so common and widespread that they appear widely in science textbooks and are taught as facts in grade school.
Little appreciated outside the world of academia, there are literally thousands of .edu sites bursting with incredibly useful and interesting information and resources. Most of these sites won't pop up to the surface of the average search engine quest, and so they wait, neglected and underused...until now. Keep reading for a quick tour through the mysterious underground world of .edu.
Connexions is a rapidly growing collection of free scholarly materials and a powerful set of free software tools to help * authors publish and collaborate * instructors rapidly build and share custom courses * learners explore the links among concepts, co
"First-generation Electronic Computers (1937-1953)" This is the second chapter of a textbook I wrote and used to teach computer science at the Prospect Hill Academy Charter School. It covers the development of binary math through the cryptographic machines of WWII and into ENIAC and the UNIVAC.
"Up to and Including the Mechanical Generation." This is the first chapter of a textbook I wrote and used to teach computer science at the Prospect Hill Academy Charter School.
The Citizendium (sit-ih-ZEN-dee-um), a "citizens' compendium of everything," is an experimental new wiki project. The project, started by a founder of Wikipedia, aims to improve on that model by adding “gentle expert oversight†and requiring contributors to use their real names.
It looks like Slate's Explainer has a fun list of leftover questions from throughout the year. Reading through them, I can't resist the urge to try to answer, so here's my best guesses and/or smart-ass replies. Let me know how wrong I am about any of these in the comments.
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The complex and abstract nature of Science makes the subject difficult to understand. But complexity is not the only barrier to our understanding Science. The subject is made much more difficult by the presence of numerous misleading "Science Myths" which circulate in the popular culture, which are handed down from parents to children, and which have become so common and widespread that they appear widely in science textbooks and are taught as facts in grade school.
Little appreciated outside the world of academia, there are literally thousands of .edu sites bursting with incredibly useful and interesting information and resources. Most of these sites won't pop up to the surface of the average search engine quest, and so they wait, neglected and underused...until now. Keep reading for a quick tour through the mysterious underground world of .edu.
Connexions is a rapidly growing collection of free scholarly materials and a powerful set of free software tools to help * authors publish and collaborate * instructors rapidly build and share custom courses * learners explore the links among concepts, co
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