Albrecht Dürer and his legacy : the graphic work of a renaissance artist This site is a British Museum online exhibition devoted to the life and work of Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), the famous German artist who was born in Nuremberg. The site provides an overview of the recent exhibition at the British Museum, the first to focus on Dürer in Britain in over thirty years. The site describes Dürer's exploitation of the new technology of printing in his time which brought mass production to artistic images. Although he worked with various artistic media, Dürer is remembered above all in relation to his innovative prints and engravings. A link to the Britis From New Humbul Resources on November 6, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
The Antebellum South Flirts With the One-Drop Rule Short lecture/presentation suitable as supplemental reading for a course on the history of U.S. racialism. This essay suggests that between 1830 and slaveryÂ’s end in 1865 the South was in transition. Early in this period, which side of the endogamous color line you were on depended on the rule of blood fraction as modified by the rule of physical appearance and the rule of association. Eston Hemings, like his wife Julia Isaacs and her uncle James West, were accepted as White despite slight Black ancestry. But in the decades after 1830, after the North had accepted the notion of invisible Blac From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on November 6, 2004 at 1:30 p.m..
PestNet PestNet is an email network that helps people in the Pacific and South East Asia obtain rapid advice and information on plant protection, including the identification and management of plant pests. It links the Pacific and South East Asian regions with plant protection specialists worldwide and is free to members. Topics include pest identifications from digital images, pest outbreak alerts, pest management (biological, cultural, and chemical), and quarantine interceptions. From Recent Items on November 6, 2004 at 2:30 a.m..
Alola Foundation The Alola Foundation is working for the advancement of the women of East Timor in areas such as: advocacy, economic empowerment, education and literacy, maternal and child health and humanitarian assistance. The Friendship School Project links schools, children and communities. There are improved learning and educational opportunities for children in East Timor and Australia through these partnerships. From Recent Items on November 6, 2004 at 2:30 a.m..
Measurements: drawing conclusions from data The bell-shaped curve, confidence intervals, using statistical tests of make conclusions, how to lie with statistics. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on November 6, 2004 at 1:30 a.m..
Measurements: can you believe them? Reliability of a measurement; an introduction to simple statistics for science students. Average, mean, deviation from the mean, standard deviation, systematic and random error. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on November 6, 2004 at 1:30 a.m..
Chem1 Concept Builder Instructional shareware providing guided, interactive and in-depth instruction in General Chemistry at the college and advanced high school levels.These materials are suitable for home study or for inclusion in a formal course. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on November 6, 2004 at 1:30 a.m..
"Life in Extreme Environments: The Universe May Be More Habitable Than We Thought" “Life in Extreme Environments: The Universe May Be More Habitable Than We Thought” is the ideal website for beginners in microbiology. The site is geared specifically for readers without previous knowledge of the subject. The writers for this site take the time to define technical terms. This works to make the information more readable for beginners. The site is also written in an interesting tone that drives readers to see what comes next. Scientific experiments are used to back up the belief that extreme microorganisms can survive in the harshest of climates on earth. The author makes a ve From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on November 6, 2004 at 1:30 a.m..
Significant figures and rounding off Digits, significant and otherwise; rules for rounding off and the reasoning behind them; some special cases such as crossing power-of-10 boundaries. Elementary but thorough treatment suitable for beginners in science. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on November 6, 2004 at 1:30 a.m..
Scientific units and dimensions The SI base units and decimal prefixis, derived units dimensions, graphical depiction of practical ranges of units in chemistry. An in-depth treatment intended to supplement or replace a standard textbook. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on November 6, 2004 at 1:30 a.m..
What is Pseudoscience? How to recognize pseudoscience and distinguish it from science; pathological science, junk science, and "bad" science. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on November 6, 2004 at 1:30 a.m..
The meaning of a measurement: accuracy and precision How to deal with error and scatter in measured values; absolute and relative uncertainty. An elementary but thorough treatment suitable for beginners in science. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on November 6, 2004 at 1:30 a.m..
Millennium Indicators Statistical Databases Statistical databases and data sets from the United Nations Statistics Division including: Demographic Yearbook system, Statistics on population size and composition, births, deaths, marriage and divorce; Distat, the United Nations Disability Statistics Database; Good practices database; InfoNation: global learning project for middle and secondary students; Millennium Indicators Database: indicators to measure progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Declaration development goals; National Accounts Main Aggregates Database; Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more From Recent Items on November 5, 2004 at 11:44 p.m..
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