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  Science fiction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Science fiction is a form of fiction which deals principally with the impact of imagined science and/or technology upon society or individuals.
Soft science fiction is the subgenre where plots and themes tend to focus on philosophy, psychology, politics and sociology while de-emphasizing the details of technological hardware and physical laws.
The European brand of science fiction proper began, however, toward the end of the 19th century with the scientific romances of Jules Verne, whose science was rather on the level of invention, as well as the science-oriented novels of social criticism by H.G. Wells.
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 Science fiction
Science fiction is a form of fiction which deals principally with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society or individuals.
Soft science fiction is science fiction whose plots and themes tend to focus on philosophy, psychology, politics and sociology while de-emphasizing the details of technological hardware and physical laws.
Science fiction became international, extending into the Soviet Union and other eastern European nations, where it was frequently used as a vehicle for political commentary that could not be safely published in other forms.
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 1656 in science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The year 1656 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
Dubois, Guillaume A French cardinal and statesman, born at Brive, in Limousin, 1656; died at Versailles, 1723.
Herrera, Francisco A Spanish painter, etcher, medallist, and architect; born in Seville, 1576; died in Madrid, 1656.
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 Science Timeline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In 1656, John Wallis, in Opera mathematica, made the transition from the geometry of lines to the arithmetic of numbers where he made the first use of the category 'infinity' in the field of arithmetic and invented its symbol.
In 1678, Huygens, in a communication to the Academie des Science, propounded a wave theory of light propagated through 'aether,' and held that every point on a wave is itself a source of new waves.
Thus the connections which science establishes are "entirely arbitrary," and the "utmost effort of human reason is to reduce the principles, productive of natural phenomena, to a greater simplicity" (Hume 1738:30).
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 Encyclopedia: 1659
1656 1657 1658 - 1659 - 1660 1661 1662
Science - State leaders - Literature - Music
The year 1659 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
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 Top 10 inventions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
But more important than all that, the steam engine inspired the science of thermodynamics, broadening and deepening the understanding of the world as expressed in Isaac Newton's laws of nature.
For science, lasers enable measurements of incredible precision, permit manipulation of individual atoms and living cells, and help control chemical reactions.
The mechanical clock (13th-century) and its pendulum driven version (Christiaan Huygens, 1656) provided science with the tool it needed to quantify changes in natural phenomena, leading ultimately to Newton's conception of the clockwork cosmos.
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 Science fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Science fiction is a form of fiction which deals principally with the impact of actual or imagined science (and/or technology) upon society or individuals.
, of Astounding Science Fiction (founded in 1930), and with the publication of stories and novels by such writers as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and Robert Heinlein, science fiction began to gain status as serious fiction.
A second generation of original and popular science fiction films begin to appear, among the most significant of which were 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), THX 1138 (1969) Close Encounters of the Third Kind, (1977), and Star Wars, (1977).
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 Biographies, The Scientists: A List.
Ampère, a teacher at Paris, has his permanent place in the history of science because it was his name that was given to the unit by which we measure electrical current.
Humanist, atheist and science popularizer, Julian Huxley, a Professor of Zoology, was the brother of Aldous Huxley and grandson of Thomas H. Huxley.
In 1772 he was appointed to the French Academy of Sciences; and, in 1780, the St. Petersburg Academy.
www.blupete.com /Literature/Biographies/Science/Scients.htm   (4497 words)

  
 The Science Bookstore - Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Two papers, Baade (Ph.D. Goettingen, 1919), from 1931-1948 was at Mt. Wilson and astronomer at Mt. Palomar from 1948-1958, and recipeint of the RAS Gold Medal and ASP Bruce Medal.
Visual Observations of the Solar Atmosphere”, Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #97, vol 12, pp 286-295, 1926.
Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #80, vol 8, pp 168-170, 1922.
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 1657 in science - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The year 1657 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1656 in science, other events of 1657, 1658 in science and the list of years in science.
William Harvey, English physician who discovered the circulation of blood (born 1578)
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 Nonduality Salon Highlights, #1656
The God that science has thus eliminated is called "the God of the gaps" - the God that was needed to explain the gaps in human knowledge.
The essence of science is to gain knowledge through careful observation of the natural world.
When it comes to understanding the cosmos, science and spirituality are describing two complementary aspects of reality: one the nature of the material world we observe around us, the other the nature of the mind observing this world.
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 Science Museum | Huygens' clocks | The 1656 clock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The first pendulum clock was produced in December 1656 and was far more accurate than any previous clock.
This clock could run for about three hours with an error of only one second whereas clocks with foliot balances would gain or lose that much every few minutes.
Second hands did not become common until the anchor escapement further improved clock accuracy.
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk /on-line/huygens/page4.asp   (312 words)

  
 Science, antiquariaat Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The second letter, dated Padova 1.7.1607 to Valerio Martini and the third by Martini to Joannes Praevocius, dated Venice 18.8.1607, are devoted to the same subject.
The "Keys" to find a given day, month and year by means of mathematical tables, fully described and explained by Joahnn Volbrachten, professor in Mathematics and Physics at the University of Ehrfurt.
The second work is here in first edition and presents some extra exercises for the use of the first work, the "Clavis Ephemeridum" or "Key of Journals", which consequently must first have been published before 1656.
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 Medicine and Science
From 1863 to 1867 he taught chemistry and natural science at Queen's University, but it was his connection with the Geological Survey of Canada, one which went back as far as 1857, which dominated his professional life.
Their scope in terms of dates, geographical areas and subjects are inevitably broad, reflecting the collector's intent to cover the whole of the history of medicine (forming the largest section), and the history of science (being only scantily represented).
This journal is published by the Bureau of Science of the Government of the Philippine Islands and its first issue was published in 1906.
www.archives.mcgill.ca /resources/guide/vol2_3/gen04.htm   (13910 words)

  
 UAH: Science Monthly Newsletter
Will McCarty, a graduate student in atmospheric science at UAH, and his NASA advisor are developing new techniques for sifting through billions of bits of data collected every day by NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS).
McCarty and his advisory, Dr. Gary Jedlovec, a NASA atmospheric scientist in the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) and an adjunct professor in UAH's Atmospheric Science Department, are looking at infrared data that comes from air above low-lying clouds, where the cloud tops are no higher than about 10,000 feet above sea level.
McCarty, who will finish his M.S. in atmospheric science this fall, says the fellowship (which can be renewed for up to three years) will support him through his doctoral program.
www.uah.edu /News/sciindex.php   (1313 words)

  
 Science News
The Dutch physicist whiled away the hours of his confinement by closely observing and pondering the odd behavior of two pendulum clocks he had recently constructed.
Huygens had obtained a patent on the first pendulum clock in 1656.
Huygens noticed that the pendulums of the two suspended clocks, hanging side by side from a common support, were swinging together.
www.phschool.com /science/science_news/articles/staying_in_step.html   (688 words)

  
 Opportunities in Ocean Science
Expanding Opportunities in Ocean Sciences: Strengthening the links between HBMSCU undergraduates and oceanic graduate studies--Proceedings of a Conference: 11-12 September 1995, Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia.
It is important to note that unprecedented shifts in federal policy and appropriations for graduate programs over the last five years forced higher education and states to take on greater fiscal responsibilities for graduate programs and student assistance.
In the face of severe budget cuts at the national and state level, prospects become even dimmer for minorities and particularly minorities in the sciences.
www.nefsc.noaa.gov /opportunities/APPi-z.htm   (885 words)

  
 Faculty of Science - Courses - Bridging courses
Bridging Courses are short intensive courses designed for students about to enter a degree, where they do not meet the assumed knowledge requirements, or where they feel uncomfortable with their preparation for university study.
Students entering tertiary study in 2006, who do not have the recommended knowledge in a particular areas should consider doing a bridging course.
Students come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and are enrolled in a wide range of courses including engineering, business, architechture, nursing, health science, science and information technology.
www.science.uts.edu.au /courses/bridging.html   (164 words)

  
 COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE
The Subcommittee on Energy and Environment will consider the Administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 request for the Department of Energy’s Offices of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Fossil Energy and; Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology.
DOE’s FY 2001 budget authorization request for its programs are included in the Science, Energy Supply, and Non-Defense Environmental appropriation accounts of the Energy and Water Development Appropriation Bill; and in the Fossil Energy RandD, Energy Conservation RandD, and Clean Coal Technology appropriation accounts of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill.
As shown in Table 1 below and detailed in Appendix A, DOE’s total FY 2001 budget authorization request is $5,156,515,000.
www.house.gov /science/ee_charter_031000.htm   (289 words)

  
 Breathtaking Saturn
Adams recalls her own first look: "It was Nov. 1969, and I was a volunteer at the Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta.
We were tracking the Apollo 12 spacecraft for an NBC news crew using the center's 36 inch telescope.
The coming and going of Saturn's rings puzzled researchers for many years thereafter, and indeed it wasn't until 1656 that Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens figured out the correct explanation.
science.nasa.gov /headlines/y2002/13dec_saturn.htm   (1045 words)

  
 Baroque Science Grids
The Galileo Project (Rice) -- A "hypertext source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time" -- well done.
The Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective (Joseph W. Dauben) -- A collection of essays and images; nicely done.
The Galileo Project (Rice) -- "The Galileo Project is a hypertext source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time." An impressive archive.
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 Richard Phillips science
There might well be group discounts if we can get enough people going (don't know exactly how many people we need for that though).
For those of you who are unfamiliar with it picocon is not a convention about the editor pico (as someone did ask) but a small (one day) science fiction convention run by the students of imperial college science fiction society.
Phillip Garth Law Guide to Records Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Phillip Garth Law Guide to Records Contents Series List Provenance Index Listed by Helen Morgan with Oscar Manhal and Gavan McCarthy Dr Phillip Law is one of the more prominent and active members of the Australian scientific and academic community.
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 Fish 522—Classical Literature of Fisheries Science and Aquaculture
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100:12223-12228.
Mills, Thomas J. Position advocacy by scientists risks science credibility and may be unethical.
When government ignores the science, scientists should speak up.
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 Shakespeare and Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Galileo found guilty of heresy in "Dialoghi delle nuove scienze"; he confessed and was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Inquisition.
Galileo's "Discourses on the Two Sciences," described as "the cornerstone of modern physics," was smuggled out of Italy and published in Leyden.
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli investigated the microscopic structure of red blood cells and accurately noted the regularity of stomatal movements.
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 Biology of Tropical Birds seminar
Species diversity - historical factors: "Generation and maintenance of gradients in taxonomic diversity" Stehli et al., 1969, Science 164: 947-949; "Climate and evolutionary rate" Van Valen, 1969, Science 166: 1656-1658; "Historical factors and bird species richness" Pearson, 1982, pp.
441-452 in "Biological diversification in the tropics" (Prance, ed.); "Speciation in Amazonian forest birds" Haffer, 1969, Science 165: 131-137; "Avian biogeography in the Amazon Basin and the biological model of diversification" Beven et al., 1984, J. Biogeogr.
Nectarivory: "Coadapted competitors: the flowering seasons of hummingbird-pollinated plants in a tropical forest" Stiles, 1977, Science 198: 1177-1178; "Community organization among Neotropical nectar-feeding birds" Feinsinger and Colwell, 1978, Amer.
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 Science -- Sign In   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Kledal et al., A Broad-Spectrum Chemokine Antagonist Encoded by Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated..., Science 1997 277: 1656-1659
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 OTWR/ Science Bowl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Science Bowl is a weekly game show in which students from different schools compete against each other to test their science IQ.
If you have never seen Science Bowl or would like to take a look at the Science Bowl program, the Office of TelevisionResources has placed a 5 minute clip of one of its playoff matches from the 2000 Elementary season.
In order to view The Science Bowl Matchups, you may need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.
www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us /~otr/otwr_science_bowl.htm   (114 words)

  
 Nat' Academies Press, National Collaboratories: Applying Information Technology for Scientific Research (1993)
The Excitement and Fascination of Science: Reflections by Eminent Scientists, Vol.
Interdisciplinary Research: Promoting Collaboration Between the Life Sciences and Medicine and the Physical Sciences and Engineering.
Unpublished report of an invitational workshop held at the Rockefeller University, March 17-18, 1989 (Joshua Lederberg and Keith Uncapher, co-chairs).
www.nap.edu /books/0309048486/html/78.html   (1688 words)

  
 Science in Christian Perspective
This paper considers the soteriological issue of Adam and the Fall in a manner that is faithful to the Bible and science.
Isaac, "Chronology of The Fall," Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 48 (1996): 34–42, at p.
It is possible that due to the relatively flat nature of the terrain here, with only gradual contours down towards to sea level, that the flood water could have accumulated and simply taken a long time to flow out through the Gulf of Oman.
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