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===Select Books===
Bauer, Susan Wise. 2015. The Story of Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory. W. W. Norton.
Nielsen, Michael. 2011. Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
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===Select Databases===
Science On a Sphere Datasets. 2015. [http://sos.noaa.gov/Datasets/ Science On a Sphere Datasets]. sos.noaa.gov/Datasets/ .
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===Select References===
2014 : WHAT SCIENTIFIC IDEA IS READY FOR RETIREMENT?. 2014. [http://www.edge.org/responses/what-scientific-idea-is-ready-for-retirement 2014 : WHAT SCIENTIFIC IDEA IS READY FOR RETIREMENT?]. edge.org.
Amos, Jonathan. 2010. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11988466 Voyager near Solar System's edge]. December 13. San Francisco, CA: BBC.
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Chakravartty, Anjan. 2011. [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-realism/ Scientific Realism. Stanford, CA: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Child, William. 2014. [https://www.academia.edu/8390515/Wittgenstein_Scientism_and_Anti-Scientism_in_the_Philosophy_of_Mind Wittgenstein, Scientism and Anti-Scientism in the Philosophy of Mind]. academia.edu/8390515/Wittgenstein_Scientism_and_Anti-Scientism_in_the_Philosophy_of_Mind.
Drew, Christopher. 2011. [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/education/edlife/why-science-majors-change-their-mind-its-just-so-darn-hard.html Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (It’s Just So Darn Hard)]. November 4. New York, NY: The New York Times.
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Johnson, Caroline. 2012. [http://articles.boston.com/2012-09-03/business/33547143_1_online-games-high-school-students-show-teens MIT uses reality TV, online games to show science’s appeal]. September 3. Boston, MA: Boston Globe.
knwny. 2014. [http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/04/25/1559211/siphons-work-due-to-gravity-not-atmospheric-pressure-now-with-peer-review Siphons Work Due To Gravity, Not Atmospheric Pressure: Now With Peer Review]. April 25. science.slashdot.org/story/14/04/25/1559211/siphons-work-due-to-gravity-not-atmospheric-pressure-now-with-peer-review.
Lehrer, Jonah. 2010. [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/13/101213fa_fact_lehrer The Truth Wears Off: Is there something wrong with the scientific method?]. December 13. New York, NY: The New Yorker.
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timothy. 2011. [http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/20/1515228/superannuated-scientists-still-productive Superannuated Scientists Still Productive]. December 20. science.slashdot.org.
Trafton, Anne. 2014. [http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/francis-collins-compton-lecture-1029 Francis Collins: Scientists must engage with the world: In Compton Lecture, NIH director details the importance of reaching out to others]. October 29. Cambridge, MA: MIT News Office.
Van Noorden, Richard. 2013. [http://www.nature.com/news/us-science-to-be-open-to-all-1.12512 US science to be open to all: Government mandates that taxpayer-funded research be freely available within 12 months]. February 26. nature.com.
Walsh, Colleen. 2013. [http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/02/a-clarion-call-for-science/ A clarion call for science: Faust urges widespread efforts to prevent U.S. cuts in funds for sustained research]. February 15. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Gazette.
Winther, Rasmus Grønfeldt, Ryan Giordano, Michael D. Edge, and Rasmus Nielsen. 2014. [https://www.academia.edu/10222704/The_Mind_the_Lab_and_the_Field_Three_Kinds_of_Populations_in_Scientific_Practice The Mind, the Lab, and the Field: Three Kinds of Populations in Scientific Practice]. Santa Cruz, CA: academia.edu/10222704/The_Mind_the_Lab_and_the_Field_Three_Kinds_of_Populations_in_Scientific_Practice .
Wired Science Staff. 2010. [http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/12/top-scientific-discoveries/ Top Scientific Breakthroughs of 2010]. December 30. wired.com/wiredscience.
Ynnerman, Anders. 2011. [http://www.ted.com/talks/anders_ynnerman_visualizing_the_medical_data_explosion.html Anders Ynnerman: Visualizing the medical data explosion]. Göteborg, Sweden: TED Talk.
'''Matlab'''
Modelling and Simulation using MATLAB®. 2013. [https://iversity.org/courses/modelling-and-simulation-using-matlab Modelling and Simulation using MATLAB®]. iversity.org/courses/modelling-and-simulation-using-matlab.
Onur. 2013. [http://www.linkedin.com/groups/As-you-know-Introduction-in-2426452.S.5820486089172873219 As you know Introduction in MATLAB available in MIT OpenCourseWare, but this one is very useful for develop your MATLAB knowledge. https://iversity.org/courses/modelling-and-simulation-using-matlab]. LinkedIn.
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http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/05/06/got-a-computer-get-a-degree/with-online-courses-what-about-the-lab-work
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/07/28/596601/reddit-as-a-science-outreach-tool/
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/08/12/1354231/breakthrough-in-drawing-complex-venn-diagrams-goes-to-11
http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/climate_science_as_culture_war
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/08/21/0256250/near-universal-mexican-healthcare-coverage-results-from-science-informed-changes
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/12/08/22/057241/a-call-for-science-policy-debate-among-presidential-candidates
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/12/09/04/1943209/obama-and-romney-respond-to-sciencedebateorg-questionnaire
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/12/09/07/1235224/science-wins-over-creationism-in-south-korea
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/09/13/841881/arctic-warning-as-the-system-changes-we-must-adjust-our-science/
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/09/13/0240222/scientists-themselves-play-large-role-in-bad-reporting
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/09/17/857261/symphony-of-science-climate-change-our-biggest-challenge/
http://sciencewatch.com/nobel/2012-predictions
http://www.psmag.com/navigation/nature-and-technology/scientific-publishing-killing-science-75694/
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/09/can-project-based-learning-close-gaps-in-science-education/
http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/11/05/0045219/too-many-kids-quit-science-because-they-dont-think-theyre-smart
http://service-science.info/archives/2558
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA2oRwnn7E8
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Searle, John. 2013. [http://www.ted.com/talks/john_searle_our_shared_condition_consciousness.html John Searle: Our shared condition -- consciousness]. Meyrin, Switzerland: TEDxCERN.
Strohl, Carrie. 2011. [https://www.academia.edu/5165255/Historical_Representations_of_Moon_Travel_in_Childrens_Literature Historical Representations of Moon Travel in Children's Literature]. Davis, CA: University of California, Davis.
===Select Video Conferences===
===Select Videocasts and Podcasts===
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Galaxy Zoo. 2013. [http://www.galaxyzoo.org/ Galaxy Zoo]. (Experience a privileged glimpse of the distant universe, observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and Hubble Space Telescope. Classify Galaxies: To understand how galaxies formed we need your help to classify them according to their shapes. If you're quick, you may even be the first person to see the galaxies you're asked to classify.). galaxyzoo.org.
Steps of the Scientific Method. 2015. [http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_scientific_method.shtml Steps of the Scientific Method]. sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_scientific_method.shtml .
Useful Science. 2014. [http://usefulscience.org/ Useful Science]. usefulscience.org.
===Select Wikidata Queries===
===Select Wikis===
WikiBase (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Wikibase_Client)
WikiData (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata)
===Select Workshops===
===Select Writers, Researchers, etc.===
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===Tutoring===
===Wikimedia Commons===
Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
===Wikipedia===
Wikipedia: https://www.wikipedia.org/
===Wikiquotes===
Wikiquotes: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page
===Wikisource===
Wikisource: https://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page
===Wikivoyage===
Wikivoyage: https://www.wikivoyage.org/
===World University and School Links===
Ahimsa - Nonviolence - Pacifism - To avoid harming: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ahimsa_-_Nonviolence_-_Pacifism_-_To_avoid_harming
Animal Behavior: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Animal_Behavior
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Biochemistry: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Biochemistry
Biodiversity Studies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Biodiversity_Studies
Biological Anthropology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Biological_Anthropology
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Experimentation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Experimentation
Gaming - Digital: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Gaming_-_Digital
Genetics: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Genetics
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Health Sciences and Technology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Health_Sciences_and_Technology
Holography: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Holography
Hydrology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hydrology
Hydropower: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hydropower
Industrial_Engineering: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Industrial_Engineering
Laboratory courses online at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Laboratory_courses_online_at_World_University_and_School
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Mobile Technologies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Mobile_Technologies
Modeling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Modeling
Molecular Biology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Molecular_Biology
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==WUaS Navigation==
New WUaS in MediaWiki:
http://worlduniversityandschool.org/mediawiki-1.24.1/index.php?title=Main_Page
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Flyer seeking degree-oriented, WUaS students: 'Quaker-informed World University & School seeks friendly, undergraduate students for free, online, Greatest Universities-centric, bachelor’s degrees to apply in the autumn of 2013, for matriculation in autumn 2014' - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSFriendsFlyerforProspectiveStudentApplicants.pdf - and accessible here, also - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSNoticeArchive.html. WUaS holds open, electronically-mediated, hour-long, monthly business meeting on the second Saturdays at 9 am Pacific Time, in the manner of Quakers - email worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com if you'd like to participate.
Digital and Print catalog
===Assistive Technologies===
WUaS plans to anticipate numerous developing assistive technologies for sight-impaired, hearing-impaired, and similar -
Assistive Technologies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Assistive_Technologies
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===Calendar (Schedule what you'd like to teach)===
Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/
Join the World University and School Google + Group to add to its wiki-like calendar to teach an open, free class or course, converse about ideas, and jam (e.g. musically or theater improvisation): https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/ .
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===Coordinates===
Geodetic datums such as WGS84 or GPS
Geohash keys
... in a virtual world
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Broadcast to radio
Broadcast to TV / television
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Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?)
Google Glass
MIT OCW Mirror Site Instructions: http://ocw.mit.edu/about/mirror-site-program/mirror-site-instructions/
Oculus Rift
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WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme
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(beginning with United Nations' languages - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)
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===In Virtual World===
(Search on the word 'lists' here, too: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds)
3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/
Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com
Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/
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ISTE – SIGMS. 2013. http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/secondlifeplayground2010
Kaneva. 2014. http://www.kaneva.com/
Open Cobalt. 2013. http://www.opencobalt.org/
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Second Life - Harvard's virtual island. 2012. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 - and teach, learn and share ideas - in group voice chat, or in group type chat, and via building.
SmallWorlds. 2014. https://www.smallworlds.com/
There.com. 2014. http://www.there.com/
Twinity. 2014. http://www.twinity.com/en/choose-your-free-avatar
Unity3D. 2012. http://unity3d.com/
WiloStar3D. 2013. https://www.wilostar3d.com/
World of Warcraft in School. 2014. http://wowinschool.pbworks.com/w/page/5268731/FrontPage
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Teach and Learn using free Social Networking software to share what courses, etc., you find edifying, what you enjoy learning ....
About Me - World University and School -
http://about.me
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Twitter.com's World University and School - http://twitter.com/WorldUnivandSch
Wer Kennt Wen - World University and School - http://www.wer-kennt-wen.de/
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Yahoo Groups' World University and School: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worlduniversityandschool/
===Linked Open Data===
Linked Open Data, Linked Data for artificial intelligence and machine learning, with a focus on privacy and security.
===List of Wikipedias===
List of Wikipedias. 2015. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias List of Wikipedias]. meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias .
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===Save this page for download in the following formats===
atom
GeoJSON
csv.csvm
map.html
csv
xls
rdf
klm
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Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com
MIT UnHangouts - https://unhangout.media.mit.edu/
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AnyMeeting - http://anymeeting.com/homepage/
Google + Hangout - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/hangoutplugin - http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/
Meeting Burner - http://www.meetingburner.com/index?page=signup-v2 – up to 15 connection
ooVoo - http://www.oovoo.com/home.aspx
Paltalk - http://www.paltalk.com
sifonr - free communication - http://www.sifonr.com/
Tokbox | OpenTok - API - http://tokbox.com/opentok
Vyew - http://vyew.com/
Web Huddle - https://www.webhuddle.com/homepage.jsp - http://sourceforge.net/projects/webhuddle/
Zoom.us - Cloud HD Video Meetings - http://zoom.us/
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'''Select Translators'''
Babelxl. 2015. [http://babelxl.com/ Babelxl: the best translator]. http://babelxl.com/ .
Babylon Online Translation. 2015. [http://translation.babylon.com/ Babylon Online Translation]. (Offering hundreds of dictionaries and translation in more than 800 language pairs). translation.babylon.com/ .
Free-translator.com. 2015. [http://free-translator.com/ Free-translator.com]. free-translator.com/ .
Google Translate. 2015. [https://translate.google.com/ Google Translate]. translate.google.com/ .
SDL Free Translation. 2015. [http://www.freetranslation.com/ SDL Free Translation]. freetranslation.com/ .
Word Lingo Free Translation Tools. 2015. [http://www.worldlingo.com/en/products/ Word Lingo Free Translation Tools and Machine Translation Products]. worldlingo.com/en/products/ .
'''Select Video with Subtitles for Translation'''
Amara.org. 2015. [http://www.amara.org/en/ Amara.org: Captions, subtitles, and translations simplified]. (Amara makes video globally accessible: Captions, subtitles, and translations simplified). amara.org/en/
TED Open Translation Project. 2015. [https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-open-translation-project TED Open Translation Project]. (See - https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-open-translation-project - and - https://www.ted.com/participate/translate/get-started). ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-open-translation-project .
===The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School===
[[The "Universitian" Newspaper at
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Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.
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===World University and School Licensing===
World University and School - like Wikipedia with Greatest Universities' OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit effective April 2010 and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, educational organization charity.
World University & School is a community of learners and teachers who value — and are themselves strengthened by — the rich diversity of its participants. In order to cultivate a flourishing teaching, learning and creating conversation in a diverse and complex world, WUaS welcomes all languages, students, families, faculty, board members, and staff with differences based on (but not limited to) race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, family structure, and economic background.
All content on this site is freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation
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LANGUAGE TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/LANGUAGE_TEMPLATE
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MUSEUM TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/MUSEUM_TEMPLATE
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NATION STATE TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/NATION_STATE_TEMPLATE
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SUBJECT TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE
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Volunteers at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers
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For questions, or help editing a page, email: worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com
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WUaS's Guidestar.org listing -
https://www.guidestar.org/organizations/27-3105368/world-university-school.aspx .
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Please donate through PayPal to tax-exempt - 501 (c) (3) - World University and School at
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