Book Reviews


[Day Permalink] Friday, January 14, 2005

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What will you do with the Mac Mini? "Already, the blogosphere is buzzing with suggestions for turning the tiny device into everything from an inconspicuous home entertainment server to a home-made personal video recorder and even a hands-free, mobile PC for the car."


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Folding knowledge: "Efforts to understand protein folding and unfolding could lead to treatments for a wide range of misfolding diseases."


[Item Permalink] Educational global climate models (GCMs) -- Comment()
Teach and learn global climate modeling: "EdGCM permits teachers and students to explore the fundamentals of climate science utilizing tools identical to those used in major climate research programs. Many simple climate experiments are possible (e.g. How does the sun warm the planet?), but, it is also possible to conduct in-depth investigations of current events, in near real-time, as they are being studied by climate scientists."