3.4.1 Land use
Water is arguably the most important physical resource as it is the one that is essential to human survival. Understanding the global water cycle and how we use water is essential to planning a sustainable source of water for the future. In the UK there area areas where water supplies are limited, shown by recent droughts. Globally, there are many areas that do not have enought water to support the currently population adequately. Decisions will have to be made on the best way to use water in a
Il laboratorio
Il laboratorio connota una tendenza democratizzante dell’educazione: suo valore strategico per il suo legame con le scienze, le tecniche, la partecipazione attiva dei soggetti.,The laboratory implies a democratic tendency on education: its strategic value thanks to its connection with sciences, techniques, the active partecipation of learners.,Istituzione universitaria di secondo e terzo livello (ciclo II e III) per la formazione degli insegnanti e/o dei formatori,Spiegare,Illustrare,Alta form
The Inner History of Devices
Contemporary science has done a great disservice to Sigmund Freud, suggests Sherry Turkle, who believes the psychoanalytic tradition can teach us much about the often concealed connections between physical objects and our thoughts and feelings. On the occasion of the publication of her latest book, The Inner History of Devi
MIT Alumni Leadership Conference 2010 - MIT’s 150th Anniversary—Honoring the Past and Envisionin
David Mindell PhD ’96, chair of the MIT150 Steering Committee, and Judy Cole, EVP and CEO of the Alumni Association, shared information on the plans for MIT’s sesquicentennial and how alumni can become involved.
Ensuring Longevity
some of the efforts to ensure that the "Geograph Archive" is available for a long time
6.094 Introduction to MATLAB (MIT)
This course provides an aggressively gentle introduction to MATLAB®. It is designed to give students fluency in MATLAB, including popular toolboxes. The course consists of interactive lectures with students doing sample MATLAB problems in real time. Problem-based MATLAB assignments are given which require significant time on MATLAB. This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the e
Moynihan v. Garofalo
A debate preview.
Gilles Noghes
Ambassador from the Principality of Monaco
6.035 Computer Language Engineering (MIT)
This course analyzes issues associated with the implementation of higher-level programming languages. Topics covered include: fundamental concepts, functions, and structures of compilers, the interaction of theory and practice, and using tools in building software. The course includes a multi-person project on compiler design and implementation.
Computer Networking Tutorial - 3 - Network Topology
Introduction to computer networking.
Why This Gigantic "Intelligence" Apparatus? [From the Beacon blog of the Independent Institute (2010).] On July 19, 2010, the Washington Post published the first of three large reports by Dana Priest and William M. Arkin on the dimensions of the gigantic US apparatus of "intelligence" activities
Video: “Motivation, Creativity and (Not) Writing”
Watch video of Paul Silvia speaking about “Motivation, Creativity, and (Not) Writing,” Nov. 4 at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. Silvia, associate professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, is the author of How to Write A Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing, Exploring the Psychology ofkeep reading »
Writing books at the push of a button
INSEAD professor Phil Parker has been granted a US patent for his software programme that writes books. It took him seven years to get the patent, and while the registered patent name is decidedly scholastic: Method and Apparatus for Automated Authoring and Marketing, the implications for the information age are not. It?s not "creative intelligence." It?s "reverse engineering" - deconstructing books into "genres" and then writing software programmes to fit those genres.
Ice strands air passengers in Paris
Around five thousands travellers are stranded at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport, as winter weather continues to disrupt flights.
8 Americans die in Egypt bus crash.
Eight American tourists are killed in a bus crash in Egypt. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Herhalingsoefeningen : Metend Rekenen Je vindt hier een bordles met herhalingsoefeningen rond klokrekenen, eenvoudige herleidingen en het meten van lijnstukken, aansluitend bij week 13 van de methode Kompas van uitgeverij Die Keure.
How To Find Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple
Here is a simple method for finding the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) and the Least Common Multiple (LCM) without doing any calculation. Instead, you draw and you figure out the answers graphically. This simple example demonstrates the concept. (02:41)
