Dec

9

String Theory Books Reviewed by Joseph Polchinski

December 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment

All Strung Out?. ‘The 1970s were an exhilarating time in particle physics. After decades of effort, theoretical physicists had come to understand the weak and strong nuclear forces and had combined them with the electromagnetic force in the so-called Standard Model. Fresh from this success, they turned to the problem of finding a unified theory, [...]

Nov

24

The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance by Eric Scerri

November 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Did a Frenchman beat Mendeleev to the periodic table? ‘Credit for the periodic table of the elements generally goes to Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, but a specialist in the history and philosophy of chemistry says the Russian chemist probably peeked at the work of predecessors.
In his new book, “The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance,” [...]

Nov

21

Discover Poll: What’s the Greatest Science Book of All-Time?

November 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Discover Poll: What’s the Greatest Science Book of All-Time?. ‘In the December 2006 issue, DISCOVER assembled The All-Time Essential Reading List—the 25 greatest science books ever written. But what do DISCOVER editors know, anyway? Would you choose a different (and, no doubt, better) book for your #1?
Here’s your chance to tell us—along with the rest [...]

May

28

Book: Theory and Practice of Online Learning

May 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Theory and Practice of Online Learning, edited by Terry Anderson and Fathi Elloumi, is concerned with assisting providers of online education with useful tools to carry out the teaching and learning transactions online. It presents, in an easily readable form, the theory, administration, tools, and methods of designing and delivering learning online. By doing so, [...]

Apr

18

The Open Research Web

April 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment

The Open Research Web: A Preview of the Optimal and the Inevitable. Abstract: ‘Further development of GNU EPrints and Citebase, together with the growing webwide database of Open Access (OA) articles, and the data we will collect and analyse from it, will allow us to do several things for which the unique historic moment has [...]

Mar

21

Poisonous Elements

March 21, 2006 | 1 Comment

Reviewers’ Corner: The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison, by John Emsley. ‘Some mystery authors write their stories based on days of the week or letters of the alphabet, but John Emsley has a potentially richer source of inspiration: the periodic table. Emsley, who was a chemistry lecturer at London University, and is now [...]