Journal: Free to the Public is new Services Science

Library Digitization for Free November 30, 2010 November 30, 2010 – Treasures of Connecticut Libraries allows libraries to digitize, for free, up to 100 items in their collection, and then to upload their collection to a CONTENTdm site managed by the state library in Hartford. This collaboration is providing a relatively inexpensive model for libraries …

Life & Death by Medicine: The Science & Politics of the Vaccine Wars

For a look into the vaccine conflict, see Frontline’s “The Vaccine War“. For counter-vaccine viewpoints,  Vaccineinitiative.org hosts white papers, articles, opinion pieces, scholarly reports from scientists, physicians, activists, who are offering constructive challenges to the belief of the safety and efficacy of vaccines. Gary Null Speaking Out at the NYS Assembly Hearing | 10-13-2009 | …

Reference: Earth System Science for Global Sustainability–Grand Challenges

The International Council for Science (ICSU) is spearheading a consultative Visioning Process, in cooperation with the International Social Science Council (ISSC), to explore options and propose implementation steps for a holistic strategy on Earth system research. Five Grand Challenges were identified during step 1 of the process. If addressed in the next decade, these Grand …

Worth a Look: Science Daily

Sample Articles: Brain’s Journey from Early Internet to Modern-Day Fiber Optics: Computer Program Shows How Brain’s Complex Fiber Tracks Mature Physicists Develop a Quantum Interface Between Light and Atoms Science struggling to track destruction of nature Tip of the Hat toLynn Wheeler at LinkedIn.

Review (Guest): Science, Strategy and War–The Strategic Theory of John Boyd

Frans P.B. Osinga 5.0 out of 5 stars “Hell of an Engineer” October 24, 2010 By Retired Reader (New Mexico) – See all my reviews Phi Beta Iota: This is the long review provided directly to Phi Beta Iota.  A shorter review can be read at the Amazon Page. I have just completed a first read …

Reference: Science 2.0 by Ben Shneiderman

Click on Image to Enlarge Read Source Article, Science 2.0 (2008-07-03) Phi Beta Iota: Eugene Garfield gave us citation analysis via the Institute for Scientific Information, and Dick Klavans and company have given us the (fragmented) web of knowledge.  Top commercial intelligence practitioners have long known that published experts can lead to unpublished experts without …

Review (Preliminary): Atlas of Science–Visualizing What We Know

Katie Borner MIT Press to release 31 October 2010 On sale for just under $20–this is a BARGAIN. Review “Science is a voyage of discovery and Katy Börner has provided its first atlas. This excellent book offers a compendium of all that is best in explaining visual maps of our scientific knowledge.” —Michael Batty, University …