Presents an essay in which the author contends that avoiding the use of metaphors in scientific
prose was, virtually impossible. The metaphor and its cousins simile, personification and …

General rules and procedures for keeping a laboratory notebook.

At least two companies now sell software to universities and other institutions that captures
the words of classroom lectures and syncs them with the digital images used during the talk—…

One option is for students to travel to regional testing centers at exam time. But reaching
such centers is next to impossible for many students, whether working adults who can ‘t take …

The idea of social networks is prevalent in everyday vernacular language, ranging from the
game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” where players identify how any one actor is linked to the …

That is the goal of Progressive Auto Insurance, which is testing a system that uses Global
Positioning Satellite technology to track when, where and how much its auto insurance …

Looks at scientists' criticism of other scientists' ideas and works. Isaac Newton's attacks on
Robert Hooke and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz; Herman Kolbe's comment on Jacobus Henricus …

EDUCATORS EXPRESS THEIR concerns about the changing dynamics of college classrooms
in a number of different forums, from sessions held at professional meetings to articles in …

Examines the causes of a widespread disenchantment with the Internet. Involvement of the
World Wide Web in the Heaven's Gate mass suicide; Guesting of amateur astronomer Chuck …

European sociology serves as an interesting contrast to American sociology in terms of theory
and theoretical development, as exemplified by Pierre Bourdieu's writings and particularly …