An historical compendium of the people, departments, schools, research centres and affiliated organisations that make up the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne, with references to archival materials and a bibliography of historical published literature.
What is a polymerase? A polymerase is a naturally occurring enzyme, a biological macromolecule that catalyzes the formation and repair of DNA (and RNA). The accurate replication of all living matter depends on this activity -- an activity scientists have learned to manipulate. In the 1980s, Kary Mullis at Cetus Corporation conceived of a way to start and stop a polymerase's action at specific points along a single strand of DNA.
This site covers the history of a critical technology for modern genetic and biological research. Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, is a method for manipulating, splicing and replicating, in vast amounts, sequences of DNA and RNA. The author of the site, a professor at UCLA, has written an overview essay on the history of PCR in which he points to a wide array of advances and scientists who contributed to its creation. Supporting this essay is a bibliography linked to many of the groundbreaking articles relating to PCR from the latter part of the twentieth century, as well as its first uses in genome mapping, evolutionary biology and medical treatments. The site also includes an interview with Arthur Kornberg, a key figure in the history of recombinant DNA and biotechnology, and it asks for additional recollections from those who have been a part of the development of PCR and its many applications.
Karolinska Institutet is one of Europe's largest medical universities. It is also Sweden´s largest centre for medical training and research, accounting for 30 per cent of the medical training and 40 per cent of the medical academic research that is conducted nationwide.
Welcome to the ENIAC Museum Online
Today the ENIAC is only 1/10th of its original size. It was announced on February 14th, 1946.
This site is organized into the following sections:
Three Preceeding Technologies
There were three existing technologies that led to the development of ENIAC.
Mauchly and Eckert
Learn about the inventors of the ENIAC.
The ENIAC in Action
Find out about the different parts of the ENIAC and more.
Speed and Money
That means the ENIAC was faster by a factor of 1,440. The cost to run a computer has dropped even faster.
Dawn of a New Age of Information
The success of Mauchly and Eckert inspired others to build improved computers. Every year, computers became smaller and less expensive.
We Love Computers
Explore the many ways computers help us become more productive, meet new friends, and have fun!
This paper deals with the English rejection of the Gregorian calendar in 1583, seeking to set this episode in its cultural, political and intellectual context. It concentrates particularly upon the work of John Dee, whose treatise of advice to the queen on the calendar reform is almost the only one of his major writings which has not (as far as I am aware) been studied in any depth in published writings.
This web site is an online gateway to the extraordinary library resources of Harvard University and serves as an important research tool for Harvard's current students, faculty, staff, and researchers who hold Harvard IDs and PINs. The site also provides practical information on each of the more than 90 libraries that form the Harvard system. Visitors and guests should consult the Library's Frequently Asked Questions before navigating the sit
ArXiv is an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science and computer science. The contents of arXiv conform to Cornell University academic standards. arXiv is owned, operated and funded by Cornell University, a private not-for-profit educational institution. ArXiv is also partially funded by the National Science Foundation.
Plimpton 322 is part of a baked clay tablet made in Babylon between 1900 and 1600 BC, probably found at Senkereh in the 1920's,and now in the G.A. Plimpton Collection in Columbia University Library, New York. It is the oldest preserved document on number theory. It is written in cuneiform script using sexagecimal notation. It was first deciphered by Neugebauer and Sachs in 1945. It lists 15 Pythagorean triples and is the complete classification of such triples under certain hypotheses. The lecture will describe the tablet and explain the underlying mathematics.
Eötvös Loránd munkái és méltatása (Válogatás Eötvös Loránd tudományos és tudománypolitikai munkáiból, Eötvös Loránd és Eötvös József levelezése, versek, kinevezési dokumentumok, Eötvös Loránd méltatása, bibliográfiák)
Sherry Turkle is Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT and the founder (2001) and current director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self, a center of research and reflection on the evolving connections between people and artifacts in the co-construction of identity http://web.mit.edu/sturkle/techself. The Initiative looks at a range of technologies including robotics, psychopharmacology, video games, and simulation software and their effects on human development. Dr. Turkle has written numerous articles on psychoanalysis and culture and on the "subjective side" of people's relationships with technology, especially computers. She received a joint doctorate in sociology and personality psychology from Harvard University, and is a licensed clinical psychologist. She is the author of Psychoanalytic Politics: Jacques Lacan and Freud's French Revolution (Basic Books, 1978; MIT Press paper, 1981; second revised edition, Guilford Press, 1992);The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit (Simon and Schuster, 1984; Touchstone paper, 1985; second revised edition, MIT Press, forthcoming); and Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet (Simon and Schuster, November 1995; Touchstone paperback, 1997).
