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Janice VanCleave's crazy, kooky, and quirky astronomy experiments / by VanCleave, Janice Pratt,author.(CARDINAL)178647; Carroll, Jim,illustrator.(CARDINAL)676776;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Shifting -- The Dipper -- North Star -- Sky compass -- Above the horizon -- In line -- Spreading -- Cover-up -- Brighter -- Light out -- Light separator -- Star heights -- Star finder -- The dark trail -- Dirty snowball -- Fly away -- Circling -- Lineup -- Back and forth -- Planet size -- Together -- How cold? -- More or less -- Sunrise-sunset.Students will reach for the stars without having to leave their own backyards when performing astronomy experiments from Janice VanCleave's new crazy, kooky, and quirky collection. They will find the North Star, demonstrate the path of a satellite, and even build their own astronomical tools using household items. Engaging analyses of experiment results will inspire readers to expand their thinking and to understand astronomy from practical, mathematical, and historical angles alike. Featuring color illustrations and safe, simple step-by-step instructions, students will love learning just how much fun science can be with these twenty-four astronomy experiments. -- Grades 5-8.
Subjects: Astronomy;
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Singer distance / by Chatagnier, Ethan,author.;
"In December 1960, Rick Hayworth drives his genius girlfriend, Crystal, and three other MIT grad students across the country to paint a message in the desert. Mars has been silent for thirty years, since the last time Earth solved one of the mathematical proofs the Martian civilization carved onto its surface. The latest proof, which seems to assert contradictory truths about distance, has resisted human understanding for decades. Crystal thinks she's solved it, and Rick is intent on putting her answer to the test--if he can keep her from cracking under the pressure on the way. But Crystal's disappearance after the experiment will set him on a different path than he expected, forever changing the distance between them. Filled with mystery, wonder, and life-changing discoveries, Ethan Chatagnier's Singer Distance is a novel about ambition, loneliness, friendship, exploration, and love--about how far we're willing to go to communicate with a civilization on Mars, and the great lengths we'll travel to connect with each other here on Earth" --
Subjects: Mathematical fiction.; Science fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Alternative histories (Fiction); Novels.; Graduate students; Disappeared persons; Martians;
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The knowledge machine : how irrationality created modern science / by Strevens, Michael,author.(CARDINAL)836720;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-329) and index.Introduction: the knowledge machine -- I. The great method debate -- Unearthing the scientific method -- Human frailty -- The essential subjectivity of science -- II. How science works -- The iron rule of explanation -- Baconian convergence -- Explanatory ore -- The drive for objectivity -- The supremacy of observation -- III. Why science took so long -- Science's strategic irrationality -- The war against beauty -- The advent of science -- IV. Science now -- Building the scientific mind -- Science and humanism -- Care and maintenance of the knowledge machine."A paradigm-shifting work that revolutionizes our understanding of the origins and structure of science. Captivatingly written, interwoven with tantalizing illustrations and historical vignettes ranging from Newton's alchemy to quantum mechanics to the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy, Michael Strevens's wholly original investigation of science asks two fundamental questions: Why is science so powerful? And why did it take so long, two thousand years after the invention of philosophy and mathematics, for the human race to start using science to learn the secrets of nature? The Knowledge Machine's radical answer is that science calls on its practitioners to do something irrational: by willfully ignoring religion, theoretical beauty, and, especially, philosophy-essentially stripping away all previous knowledge-scientists embrace an unnaturally narrow method of inquiry, channeling unprecedented energy into observation and experimentation. Like Yuval Harari's Sapiens or Thomas Kuhn's 1962 classic, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, The Knowledge Machine overturns much of what we thought we knew about the origins of the modern world"--
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Creative nonfiction.; Science; Science; Science; Irrationality (Philosophy); Knowledge, Theory of.; Practical reason.;
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The master algorithm : how the quest for the ultimate learning machine will remake our world / by Domingos, Pedro.(CARDINAL)551458;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The machine learning revolution -- The master algorithm -- Hume's problem of induction -- How does your brain learn? -- Evolution : nature's learning algorithm -- In the church of the Reverend Bayes -- You are what you resemble -- Learning without a teacher -- The pieces of the puzzle fall into place -- This is the world on machine learning."Describes the quest to find the Master Algorithm, which will take machine learning to the next level, allowing computers to learn how to solve not just particular problems but any problem, "--Novelist.Algorithms increasingly run our lives. They work by learning from the trails of data we leave in our newly digital world; they observe us, imitate, and experiment. And in the world's top research labs and universities, the race is on to invent the ultimate learning algorithm: one capable of discovering any knowledge from data, and doing anything we want, before we even ask. Domingos gives us a peek inside the learning machines that power Google, Amazon, and your smartphone, and discusses what it means for you, and for the future of business, science, and society.
Subjects: Knowledge representation (Information theory); Artificial intelligence; Artificial intelligence; Cognitive science; Algorithms.; Computer algorithms.;
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Flying free : my victory over fear to become the first Latina pilot on the US Aerobatic Team / by Aragon, Cecilia Rodriguez,author.(CARDINAL)838397;
The daughter of a Chilean father and a Filipina mother, Cecilia Rodriguez Aragon grew up as a shy, timid child in a small midwestern town during the 1960s. Targeted by school bullies and dismissed by many of her teachers, she worried that people would find out the truth: that she was INTF. Incompetent. Nerd. Terrified. Failure. This feeling stayed with her well into her twenties when she was told that ٢girls can't do science٣ or ٢women just don't know how to handle machines.٣ Yet in the span of just six years, Cecilia became the first Latina pilot to secure a place on the United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team and earn the right to represent her country at the Olympics of aviation, the World Aerobatic Championships. How did she do it? Using mathematical techniques to overcome her fear, Cecilia performed at air shows in front of millions of people. She jumped out of airplanes and taught others how to fly. She learned how to fund-raise and earn money to compete at the world level. She worked as a test pilot and contributed to the design of experimental airplanes, crafting curves of metal and fabric that shaped air to lift inanimate objects high above the earth. And best of all, she surprised everyone by overcoming the prejudices people held about her because of her race and her gender.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Aragon, Cecilia Rodriguez.; Air pilots; Stunt flying.; Acrophobia.;
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Critical links : learning in the arts and student academic and social development / by Deasy, Richard.(CARDINAL)292814; Catterall, James S.(CARDINAL)292813; Hetland, Lois,1953-(CARDINAL)287264; Winner, Ellen.(CARDINAL)292812; Arts Education Partnership (U.S.)(CARDINAL)292811;
Includes bibliographical references.[Part 1.] Dance -- Teaching cognitive skill through dance: evidence for near but not far transfer -- The effects of creative dance instruction on creative and critical thinking of seventh grade female students in Seoul, Korea -- Effects of movement poetry program on creativity of children with behavioral disorders -- Assessment of high school students' creative thinking skills: a comparison of the effects of dance and non-dance classes -- The impact of Whirlwind's Basic Reading Through Dance program on first grade students' basic reading skills: study II -- Art and community: creating knowledge through service in dance -- Motor imagery and athletic expertise: exploring the role of imagery in kinesthetic intelligence -- Informing and reforming dance education research -- [Part 2.] Drama -- The effects of creative drama on the social and oral language skills of children with learning disabilities -- The effectiveness of creative drama as an instructional strategy to enhance the reading comprehension skills of fifth-grade remedial readers -- Role of imaginative play in cognitive development -- A naturalistic study of the relationship between literacy development and dramatic play in five-year-old children -- An exploration into the writing of original scripts by inner-city high school drama students -- A poetic/dramatic approach to facilitate oral communication -- Drama and drawing for narrative writing in primary grades -- Children's story comprehension as a result of storytelling and story dramatization: a study of the child as spectator and as participant -- The impact of Whirlwind's Reading Comprehension Through Drama program on 4th grade students' reading skills and standardized test scores -- The effects of thematic-fantasy play training on the development of children's story comprehension -- Symbolic functioning and children's early writing: relations between kindergarteners' play and isolated word writing fluency -- Identifying causal elements in the thematic-fantasy play paradigm -- The effect of dramatic play on children's generation of cohesive text -- Strengthening verbal skills through the use of classroom drama: a clear link -- "Stand and unfold yourself": a monograph on the Shakespeare & Company research study -- Nadie papers no. 1, drama, language, and learning: reports of the Drama and Language Research Project, Speech and Drama Center, Education Department of Tasmania -- The effects of role playing on written persuasion: an age and channel comparison of fourth and eighth graders -- "You can't be Grandma, you're a boy": events within the thematic fantasy play context that contribute to story comprehension -- The flight of reading: shifts in instruction, orchestration, and attitudes through classroom theatre -- Research on drama and theater in education -- [Part 3]. Multi-Arts -- Using art processes to enhance academic self-regulation -- Learning in and through the arts: the question of transfer -- Involvement in the arts and success in secondary school -- Involvement in the arts and human development: extending an analysis of general associations and introducing the special cases of intensive involvement in music and in theatre arts -- Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE): evaluation summary -- The role of the fine and performing arts in high school dropout prevention -- Arts education secondary schools: effects and effectiveness -- Living the arts through language and learning: a report on community-based youth organizations -- Do extracurricular activities protect against early school dropout? -- Does studying the arts engender creative thinking?: evidence for near but not far transfer -- The arts and education reform: lessons from a four-year evaluation of the A+ Schools Program, 1995-1999 -- Placing A+ in a national context: a comparison to promising practices for comprehensive school reform -- The A+ Schools Program: school, community, teacher, and student effects -- The Arts In the Basic Curriculum Project: looking at the past and preparing for the future -- Mute those claims: no evidence (yet) for a causal link between arts study and academic achievement -- Why the arts matter in education, or Just what do children learn when they create an opera? -- SAT scores of students who study the arts: what we can and cannot conclude about the association -- Promising signs of positive effects: lessons from multi-arts studies -- [Part 4.] Music -- Effects of an integrated reading and music instructional approach on fifth-grade students' reading achievement, reading attitude, music achievement, and music attitude -- The effect of early music training on child cognitive development -- Can music be used to teach reading? -- The effects of three years of piano instruction on children's cognitive development -- Enhanced learning of proportional math through music training and spatial-temporal training -- The effects of background music on studying -- Learning to make music enhances spatial reasoning -- Listening to music enhances spatial-temporal reasoning: evidence for the "Mozart effect" -- An investigation of the effects of music on two emotionally disturbed students' writing motivations and writing skills -- The effects of musical performance, rational emotive therapy and vicarious experience on the self-efficacy and self-esteem of juvenile delinquents and disadvantaged children -- The effect of the incorporation of music learning into the second-language classroom on the mutual reinforcement of music and language -- Music training causes long-term enhancement of preschool children's spatial-temporal reasoning -- Classroom keyboard instruction improves kindergarten children's spatial-temporal performance: a field experiment -- A meta-analysis on the effects of music as reinforcement for education/therapy objectives -- Music and mathematics: modest support for the oft-claimed relationship -- An overview of research on music and learning -- [Part 5.] Visual arts -- Instruction in visual art: can it help children learn to read? -- The arts, language, and knowing: an experimental study of the potential of the visual arts for assessing academic learning by language minority students -- Investigating the educational impact and potential of the Museum of Modern Art's visual thinking curriculum: final report -- Reading is seeing: using visual response to improve the literary reading of reluctant readers -- Reflections on visual arts education studies -- [Part 6.] Overview -- The arts and the transfer of learning.
Subjects: Arts; Art; Academic achievement.; Cognition.;
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Math on trial : how numbers get used and abused in the courtroom / by Schneps, Leila.(CARDINAL)384176; Colmez, Coralie,1988-(CARDINAL)402594;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Math error number 1 : multiplying non-independent probabilities : the Clark case : motherhood under attack -- Math error number 2 : unjustified estimates : the case of Janet Collins : hairstyle probability -- Math error number 3 : trying to get something from nothing : the case of Joe Sneed : absent from the phone book -- Math error number 4 : double experiment : the case of Amanda Knox : media versus justice -- Math error number 5 : the birthday problem : the cold case of Diana Sylvester -- Math error number 6 : Simpson's paradox : the Berkeley sex bias case -- Math error number 7 : "the incredible coincidence" : the case of Lucia de Berk : carer or killer? -- Math error number 8 : underestimation : Charles Ponzi : American dream, American scheme -- Math error number 9 : choosing a wrong model : the case of Hetty Green : a battle of wills -- Math error number 10: mathematical madness : the Dreyfus case : spy or scapegoat?.
Subjects: Forensic statistics.;
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Everything's relative : and other fables from science and technology / by Rothman, Tony.(CARDINAL)736449;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-256) and index.
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Science; Technology;
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Particles and waves : Southern California abstraction and science 1945-1990 / by Duncan, Michael,1953-editor,contributor.(CARDINAL)270850; Iqbal, Sharrissa,editor,contributor.(CARDINAL)899984; Frémontier-Murphy, Camille,contributor.(CARDINAL)899985; Malina, Roger,contributor.(CARDINAL)899986; McCray, W. Patrick,1967-contributor.(CARDINAL)349185; Simms, Matthew Thomas,contributor.(CARDINAL)337249; Weems, Jason D.,1973-contributor.(CARDINAL)899987; Lerner, Adam,1966-writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)206914; Brendel, Bettina,1922-The influence of atomic physics on my paintings.; Malina, Frank J.Electric light as a medium in the visual fine arts: a memoir.; Bassler, Robert,1935-2022.Lenticular polyester resin sculpture: transparency and light.; California State University, Long Beach.Library, Special Collections and University Archives,contributor.; Palm Springs Art Museum,host institution.(CARDINAL)277171; PST ART: Art & Science Collide (Project)(CARDINAL)899619;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Particles and Waves examines how concepts and technologies from the realms of advanced scientific research impacted the development of abstract (or non-figurative) styles of artwork in postwar Southern California. Beginning in the 1920s and 1930s, scientists at institutions near Los Angeles including Mount Wilson Observatory, the California Institute for Technology, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, generated groundbreaking experimental research in astronomy and particle physics. During and after World War II, the region remained at the forefront of scientific inquiry in theoretical physics and its applications within aerospace engineering, industrial manufacturing, and communications technologies. Between 1945 and 1990, many artists in Los Angeles produced visually abstract artworks while closely engaging with scientific ideas, mathematical theories, and materials or processes derived from physics and engineering. The exhibition unites several generations of artists working in diverse materials and styles to examine how subfields of scientific investigation inspired a range of non-figurative artworks by practitioners concerned with light, energy, motion, and time. By drawing interdisciplinary connections between the work of early abstractionists and contemporary practitioners, the exhibition considers abstract artwork from Southern California in a new way. Particle and Waves is among more than 50 exhibitions and programs presented as part of Pacific Standard Time. Returning in September 2024 with its latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is a Getty initiative"--"Particles and Waves: Southern California Abstraction and Science, 1945-1990 exhibition held at the Palm Springs Art Museum, September 14, 2024- February 23, 2025"-- host institution website.
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Art, Abstract; Art, American; Art and science; Science in art; Light and space (Art movement); Art; Art and science; Art, American;
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Pairing STEAM with stories : 46 hands-on activities for children / by McChesney, Elizabeth M.,author; Nicholas, Brett,author.; Chicago Public Library,author.(CARDINAL)140494; Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, Ill.),author.(CARDINAL)166110;
Foreword / by Aaron Dworkin -- Introduction: Are we reaching everyone? -- Float your boat -- Slime time -- Flying gyroscope -- See cool patterns with a kaleidoscope -- Wacky wobbler -- Balance bird -- Circle spinners -- Toothpick tops -- Straw pipes -- Sound sandwich -- Marker tie-dye -- Freaky foam -- Rain sticks -- Far, far away -- Water filter -- Weather station: anemometer -- Weather station: barometer -- Weather station: rain gauge -- Weather station: wind vane -- Blown over -- Helping hands -- On your mark, get set, blow! -- Mind reader card trick -- DIY cloud -- Amped-up energy -- Egg-stronaut -- Original reaction -- Up, up, and away -- Forget to water your plants -- Two scoops of science -- Insulation engineering challenge -- Newspaper fortress -- Seas the day -- Look out below! -- pH rainbow -- Topsy-turvy world -- Recycled seed paper -- Summer slopes -- Reach for the skyscrapers -- Solar snacks -- Stomp rockets -- Bridging the gap -- Bubble blowout -- Signal the superhero -- Cool under pressure -- Outta this world."This book provides 46 hands-on STEAM activities that librarians and museum educators can implement"--High-quality summer programs can change lives. They can help close the achievement and opportunity gaps between lower and higher income students by promoting innovation and experimentation with new ideas. And the effect is cumulative, helping kids catch up, keep up, and propel forward into the school year ahead. McChesney and Nicholas showcase STEAM activities, paired with childrens' stories, that will help you harness summer as a time of growth for your patrons. -- adapted from Foreword.
Subjects: Case studies.; Children's libraries; Children's libraries; Libraries and museums; Science; Technology; Engineering; Mathematics; Science and the arts;
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