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Line 1: <!-- ---------- Start of left-column - title, contents, help - dynamic width --> [[Image:AphiloWorldUniversitySchool5Sep07.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|World University and School {in a virtual world}]] Line 104 ⟶ 103: \| \|} Line 142 ⟶ 140: ===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. Line 164: ===Select Databases=== Science On a Sphere Datasets. 2015. [http://sos.noaa.gov/Datasets/ Science On a Sphere Datasets]. sos.noaa.gov/Datasets/ . Line 272 ⟶ 274: 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. Line 281 ⟶ 285: 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. Line 312 ⟶ 316: 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. Line 327 ⟶ 335: 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. '''Add to this page''' 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 Line 388 ⟶ 433: 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=== Line 402 ⟶ 459: ===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/ Line 493 ⟶ 575: 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 Line 623 ⟶ 707: Zoology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Zoology Line 640 ⟶ 715: ==WUaS Navigation== New WUaS in MediaWiki: http://worlduniversityandschool.org/mediawiki-1.24.1/index.php?title=Main_Page Line 663 ⟶ 741: 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 Line 702 ⟶ 791: ===Coordinates=== Geodetic datums such as WGS84 or GPS Geohash keys ... in a virtual world Line 723 ⟶ 816: Broadcast to radio ~~frequency~~frequencies Broadcast to TV / television Line 733 ⟶ 826: 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 Line 779 ⟶ 878: WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme </br /> (beginning with United Nations' languages - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish) Line 914 ⟶ 1,013: 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 . ===RSS Feed=== ===Save this page for download in the following formats=== atom GeoJSON csv.csvm map.html csv xls rdf klm Line 935 ⟶ 1,064: Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com MIT UnHangouts - https://unhangout.media.mit.edu/ Line 987 ⟶ 1,119: Region: '''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 . 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