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  Department of Natural Philosophy, Faculty of Science - Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne Unit entry
Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne
Natural Philosophy was taught at the University of Melbourne from the 1860s, and became a department within the Faculty of Medicine in 1882 before transferring to the Faculty of Science in 1903.
Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne (1903 -) [
www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au /umfs/biogs/UMFS263b.htm   (159 words)

  
 THE HOLOCAUST PROJECT - Timebase 1944
1944 June 6 All 1,800 Jews on the island of Corfu, in the Ionian Sea, are seized by the Gestapo.
1944 August 1 The Polish uprising in Warsaw, generally known as the Warsaw Uprising, is begun by the underground anti-German resistance movement, as elements of the Soviet army approach the city.
1944 December 31 Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens is sworn in as regent and Papendreou resigns.
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  1945 in science - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The year 1945 in science and technology had many significant events, including those listed below.
High-altitude west-to-east winds across Pacific, discovered by Japanese in 1942 and by Americans in 1944, are dubbed "jet stream"
July 16 - Nuclear testing: The Trinity test, the first test of an atomic bomb, using 6 kilograms of plutonium, succeeds in detonating, unleashing an explosion equivalent to that of 20 kilotons of TNT.
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 Science Quotes
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.
Science is facts; just as houses are made of stone, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house, and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.
Poetry is opposed to science, and prose to meter.
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 Science Fair Projects - 1944
November 7 - U.S. presidential election, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt wins reelection over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey to become the only U.S. president to be elected to a fourth term.
Science kits, science lessons, science toys, maths toys, hobby kits, science games and books - these are some of many products that can help give your kid an edge in their science fair projects, and develop a tremendous interest in the study of science.
Science Fair Projects for students of all ages
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 Science/AAAS | Science Magazine: Previous Issues
Science, January 1997 to present -- abstracts/summaries, full-text HTML, and full-text PDF.
Science Classic, July 1880 to December 1996 -- full-text PDF access to all issues of Science before December 1996 (separate institutional subscription may apply).
How to access: The full text of Science issues since January 1997 is available online to AAAS members, to users at subscribing institutions, and on a pay-per-article basis.
www.sciencemag.org /archive   (1597 words)

  
 SSA - Science and Social Problems
During the past 150 years, as is well known, the sciences of matter, the mechanical, physical, chemical and biological sciences, have progressed - under social and economic pressure - at an unprecedented rate.
Vaguely apprehensive that the old solutions in their traditional form can no longer be squared with the facts, we either wistfully amplify the intellectual carminatives of the past, or strive to accommodate some morbific phantom which we conjure up to screen us from the abyss.
After some years of hard work and patient research his investigations were eventually to lead to his discovery of the Demos [footnote 2] and the mechanisms of its development.
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 1944 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar).
The number 1944 is a triple factorial, being equal to 12!!!
November 3 - Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1944   (3911 words)

  
 1944 in science
The prinicipal focus of the Science Library's collection, one of the largest among college science libraries, is the support of the curriculum in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Exercise and Sport Studies, Geology, History of Science, Mathemaics, Physics, and Psychology.
Science and Society is split into two parts: the Evolution of Science and Human Culture and the Interaction of Science and Modern Society.
Volitional science is the attempted integration of cognitive science with the structure of society.
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 Speakers - Images of Science
She is a member of the Estonia Steering Committee on Women and Science, the European Astronomical Society, and of the Republic of Estonia Science Award Committee, a prize she was awarded herself in 2002 for her contributions to the exact sciences.
He is a member of science policy committees of various kinds and has advised on science policy in the United Kingdom, France, Australia and South-Africa and served as the Chairman of the Panel on Economic and Social Sciences in the HCM and TMR Programmes of the European Union.
In his current work, two clusters of themes can be distinguished: ongoing changes in modes of knowledge production, in national research systems, and in policy instruments in context; and processes of technology development and their sometimes controversial embedment in society, and ways to influence or at least modulate them "for the better".
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 On-line Book: Science Speaks, by Peter Stoner (Peter W. Stoner)
Science Speaks is an enlightening comparison of Biblical truth and the established scientific data.
The manuscript for Science Speaks has been carefully reviewed by a committee of the American Scientific Affiliation members and by the Executive Council of the same group and has been found, in general, to be dependable and accurate in regard to the scientific material presented.
Science is ever advancing, and during the last few years there has been a tremendous acceleration.
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 05-06 Undergraduate Catalog--COE Computer Science Course Descriptions
The department offers a bachelor of science program to prepare specialists in the area of computer science itself, a minor in computer science, and individual courses directed to the needs of non-majors who will be using computers as tools in their chosen career areas.
The curriculum in computer science is designed to provide a broad general computer science background that will prepare a student either to enter a professional career as a computer scientist or to continue training at the graduate level.
In all, a minimum of 37 credit hours of computer science is required: 1705, 1706, 2204, 2604, 2704, 3204, 3604, (3304 or 3414), (3704 or 3724), (4104 or 4114 or 4124), six credits in two other 4000-level courses, and an approved technical elective.
www.undergradcatalog.registrar.vt.edu /0506/eng/cs.html   (3143 words)

  
 Importance of Effective Elementary Science Programs
For many years, NSTA has recommended that "science be a basic in the daily curriculum of every elementary school child at every grade level." Early experiences in science help children develop problem-solving skills and motivate them toward a lifelong interest in the natural world.
Founded in 1944, the National Science Teachers Association is the world's largest organization dedicated to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all.
Its 53,000-plus members include science teachers of all grade levels, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in science education.
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 NSTA - Survey Finds Science Teachers Optimistic National Science Education Standards Will Foster Change   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In conjunction with the Annenberg/CPB Math and Science project, NSTA is also directing the production of a standards awareness kit that science teachers, teacher educators, and prospective teachers can use when making presentations about the Standards to others.
That science is a subject for all students is a basic principle of the Standards.
Founded in 1944, the National Science Teachers Association is the world's largest professional organization dedicated to improving science teaching at all levels - preschool through college.
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 Microsoft Launch New Science Web Site
The materials are linked to the National Science Education Standards recently developed by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences.
Science teachers who download and use the nearly 2,000 pages of free materials also can provide feedback to help improve the curriculum.
Founded in 1944, the National Science Teachers Association, based in Arlington, Va., is the world's largest professional organization dedicated to improving science teaching at all levels -- preschool through college.
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 Human Intelligence: James McKeen Cattell
One of Cattell's goals was to have psychology viewed as a science on par with the physical and life sciences.
In the struggle for existence that obtains among the sciences psychology is continually gaining ground....
Psychology is a required subject in the undergraduate curriculum..., and among university courses psychology now rivals the other leading sciences in the number of students attracted and in the amount of original work accomplished.
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 1944 - Slider
1941 1942 1943 – 1944 – 1945 1946 1947
1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar).
November 7 – U.S. presidential election, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt wins reelection over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey to become the only U.S. president to be elected to a fourth term.
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 Felix Ehrenhaft: Magnetic Current --- 9 articles
In 1944, at a conference at Columbia University, where he had a lab, he revealed his various theories.
Ampere stated that a single magnetic pole would whirl around a wire carrying an electric current, the intensity of which was measured by the work done by carrying a unit magnetic pole once around the entire electric current.
Science writer John W. Campbell, Jr, however, envisioned magnetic charges with mutual attraction forces equivalent to millions of volts operating in small practical machines.
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 Web of Science - Backfiles - Thomson Scientific   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Web of Science backfiles provide access to hundreds of thousands of additional source items and cited references -- plus cited reference searching for the entire database.
Download the PDF and see how Web of Knowledge backfiles deliver the best research information of the past...so you can create your vision for the future.
To learn more about Web of Science backfiles, contact us.
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 1944   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
1941 1942 1943 - 1944 - 1945 1946 1947
November 7 - U.S. presidential election 1944 : Franklin D. Roosevelt wins reelection over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey to become the only U.S. president be elected to a fourth term.
At the center of this unbelievable group of overachievers was the author of that expression, Tug McGraw.
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 Learn more about 1944 in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Learn more about 1944 in the online encyclopedia.
February 10 - Vernor Vinge (science fiction novelist)
December 17 - Jack L. Chalker science fiction novelist
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 History: Department of Political Science: Institute Archives & Special Collections: MIT
Early courses in political science were taught as part of Course IX, General Studies, until 1903 when the Department of Economics, Statistics, and Political Science was established.
In 1907 the department was reorganized as the Department of Economics and Statistics, and political science became part of the Department of History and Political Science.
In 1965 the political science section became Course XVII, the Department of Political Science.
libraries.mit.edu /archives/mithistory/histories-offices/polsci.html   (179 words)

  
 1944 in science Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
1944 in science Info - Bored Net - Boredom
The year 1944 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed bleow.
See also: 1843 in science, other events of 1944, 1945 in science and the list of years in science.
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 Science & Technology Briefs - Daily Nexus Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Science & Technology Briefs - Daily Nexus Online
The December issue of Discover magazine was recently published, containing the company's picks for the top 100 science stories of the year.
Four of the stories focused on research done by UCSB scientists.
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 1944-1945: Graduate Schools of The University of Virginia
Education focused on the basics like math and science in 1944, and thus the largest graduate school at UVa in 1944 was the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences also offered a Masters in Science degree for mathematics and natural science, though it was usually for medical science students.
Generally, for graduation the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences required twelve hours of foreign language (reading knowledge of French and German for the Ph.D.), successful completion of the major's Program of Studies, the "preparation and submission of a thesis," and a comprehensive exam after the thesis was approved.
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 1944 in science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944-August 1944 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War II (Paperback))
This volume describes the action which took place in and around the Marianas Islands in the summer of 1944.
The islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Guam were successfully captured and turned...
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 Former Animal Science Chair Dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ensminger was known around the world for his educational programs and publications on animal husbandry.  He joined the Washington State University faculty 1941 and became chair of the animal science department in 1944.  Ensminger served as chair until 1962.
The animal science department later merged in 1965 with the poultry and dairy departments to form the current animal sciences department.
Ensminger was born May 28, 1908 at Stover, Missouri.  He received bachelor of science and master's of arts degrees from the University of Missouri and received his doctorate from the University of Minnesota.
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 Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies -- Pacala and Socolow ...
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Science Introduction to special issue by Coontz and Hanson
Climate change: Conflict of observational science, theory, and politics: Discussion.
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 Faculty Recommended Reading in Science
Jonathan Weiner, The Beak of the Finch (1944)
The (Catholic) Church, in the relationship with science, is still presented as responsible for the "darkness".
Highlighted for this term is a recent article in Physics Education (January 2003, volume 38(1):pages 67-70), "Recommended reading of science fiction" in its opinions section.
www.library.yale.edu /science/help/recommend.html   (4019 words)

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