Accelerating scientific discovery through computation and visualization [[electronic resource] /] / James S. Sims ... [and others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Gaithersburg, MD : , : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Technology Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology, , [2001] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (47 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Altri autori (Persone) | SimsJames S |
Collana | NISTIR |
Soggetto topico |
High performance computing
Parallel processing (Electronic computers) Visualization Discoveries in science |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910698547703321 |
Gaithersburg, MD : , : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Technology Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology, , [2001] | ||
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Artificial Intelligence for Scientific Discoveries : Extracting Physical Concepts from Experimental Data Using Deep Learning / / Raban Iten |
Autore | Iten Raban |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2023] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations |
Disciplina | 006.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Artificial intelligence
Discoveries in science |
ISBN |
3-031-27019-3
9783031270192 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Machine Learning Background -- Overview of Using Machine Learning for Physical Discoveries -- Theory: Formalizing the Process of Human Model Building -- Methods: Using Neural Networks to Find Simple Representations -- Applications: Physical Toy Examples -- Open Questions and Future Prospects. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910698653503321 |
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Biological sciences : notable research and discoveries / / Kyle Kirkland |
Autore | Kirkland Kyle |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY, : Facts on File, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 224 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
Disciplina | 610.72 |
Collana | Frontiers of science |
Soggetto topico |
Medical sciences
Biology Discoveries in science |
ISBN |
1-282-79176-1
9786612791765 0-8160-7439-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1: Brain Imaging: Searching for Sites of Perception and Consciousness""; ""2: The Human Genome in Health and Disease""; ""3: Protein Structure and Function""; ""4: Biodiversity�The Complexity of Life""; ""5: The Biology and Evolution of Viruses""; ""6: Regeneration�Healing by Regrowing""; ""Final Thoughts""; ""Glossary""; ""Further Resources""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910698532103321 |
Kirkland Kyle
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Caroline's comets : a true story / / Emily Arnold McCully |
Autore | McCully Emily Arnold |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Holiday House, 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina |
520.92
B |
Soggetto topico |
Women astronomers - Great Britain
Astronomers - Great Britain Women scientists - Great Britain Scientists - Great Britain Discoveries in science Comets |
ISBN | 0-8234-3796-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910160326803321 |
McCully Emily Arnold
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A century of nature [[electronic resource] ] : twenty-one discoveries that changed science and the world / / edited by Laura Garwin & Tim Lincoln ; with a foreword by Steven Weinberg |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
Disciplina | 500 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GarwinLaura
LincolnTim |
Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Science - Social aspects - History Discoveries in science Science and civilization |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-53802-0
9786612538025 0-226-28416-6 |
Classificazione | TB 2385 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | A Century of Nature -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chronology of twentieth-century science -- 1925 -- ONE. Raymond Dart and our African origins -- 1925. Australopithecus africanus: the man-ape of South Africa -- 1927 -- TWO. Electrons make waves -- 1927. The scattering of electrons by a single crystal of nickel -- 1932 -- THREE. The atom completed -- 1932. Possible existence of a neutron -- 1938 -- FOUR. Superfluidity: a new state of matter -- 1938. Viscosity of liquid helium below the λ-point -- 1939 -- FIVE. From nuclear physics to nuclear weapons -- 1939. Disintegration of uranium by neutrons: a new type of nuclear reaction -- 1953 -- SIX. The double helix -- 1953. A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid -- 1958 -- SEVEN. Dawn of structural biology -- 1958. A three-dimensional model of the myoglobin molecule obtained by X-ray analysis -- 1960 -- EIGHT. The first laser -- 1960. Stimulated optical radiation in ruby -- 1963 -- NINE. The quasar enigma -- 1963. 3C 273: a star-like object with large red-shift -- 1963 -- TEN. Seafloor magnetism and drifting continents -- 1963. Magnetic anomalies over oceanic ridges -- 1968 -- ELEVEN. Stellar timekeepers -- 1968. Observation of a rapidly pulsating radio source -- 1970 -- TWELVE. Viruses reverse the genetic flow -- 1970. RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in virions of RNA tumour viruses -- 1973 -- THIRTEEN. Images of body and brain -- 1973. Image formation by induced local interactions: examples employing nuclear magnetic resonance -- 1974 -- FOURTEEN. Journey to the T cell -- 1974. Restriction of in vitro T cell-mediated cytotoxicity in lymphocytic choriomeningitis within a syngeneic or semiallogeneic system -- 1976 -- FIFTEEN. Molecular switches for "animal electricity" -- 1976. Single-channel currents recorded from membrane of denervated frog muscle fibres -- 1977 -- SIXTEEN DNA. sequencing: the silent revolution -- 1977. Nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage ΦX174 DNA -- 1980 -- SEVENTEEN. The blueprint of animals revealed -- 1980. Mutations affecting segment number and polarity in Drosophila -- 1985 -- EIGHTEEN. A hole in Earth's shield -- 1985. Large losses of total ozone in Antarctica reveal seasonal ClOx/NOx interaction -- 1985 -- NINETEEN. Carbon cages and carbon tubes -- 1985. C60: buckminsterfullerene -- 1995 -- TWENTY. Seeking other solar systems -- 1995. A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star -- 1997 -- TWENTY-ONE. Dolly! -- 1997. Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458914903321 |
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 | ||
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A century of nature [[electronic resource] ] : twenty-one discoveries that changed science and the world / / edited by Laura Garwin & Tim Lincoln ; with a foreword by Steven Weinberg |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
Disciplina | 500 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GarwinLaura
LincolnTim |
Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Science - Social aspects - History Discoveries in science Science and civilization |
Soggetto non controllato | natural world, outdoors, discovery, science, scientific, scientist, life changing, international, global, worldwide, history, historical, breakthrough, magazine, journalism, journalist, publishing, publication, essay collection, essays, nobel prize, context, culture, cultural, explained, easy to understand, africa, origins, electron, wave, atom, matter, nuclear, laser, t cell, dna |
ISBN |
1-282-53802-0
9786612538025 0-226-28416-6 |
Classificazione | TB 2385 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | A Century of Nature -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chronology of twentieth-century science -- 1925 -- ONE. Raymond Dart and our African origins -- 1925. Australopithecus africanus: the man-ape of South Africa -- 1927 -- TWO. Electrons make waves -- 1927. The scattering of electrons by a single crystal of nickel -- 1932 -- THREE. The atom completed -- 1932. Possible existence of a neutron -- 1938 -- FOUR. Superfluidity: a new state of matter -- 1938. Viscosity of liquid helium below the λ-point -- 1939 -- FIVE. From nuclear physics to nuclear weapons -- 1939. Disintegration of uranium by neutrons: a new type of nuclear reaction -- 1953 -- SIX. The double helix -- 1953. A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid -- 1958 -- SEVEN. Dawn of structural biology -- 1958. A three-dimensional model of the myoglobin molecule obtained by X-ray analysis -- 1960 -- EIGHT. The first laser -- 1960. Stimulated optical radiation in ruby -- 1963 -- NINE. The quasar enigma -- 1963. 3C 273: a star-like object with large red-shift -- 1963 -- TEN. Seafloor magnetism and drifting continents -- 1963. Magnetic anomalies over oceanic ridges -- 1968 -- ELEVEN. Stellar timekeepers -- 1968. Observation of a rapidly pulsating radio source -- 1970 -- TWELVE. Viruses reverse the genetic flow -- 1970. RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in virions of RNA tumour viruses -- 1973 -- THIRTEEN. Images of body and brain -- 1973. Image formation by induced local interactions: examples employing nuclear magnetic resonance -- 1974 -- FOURTEEN. Journey to the T cell -- 1974. Restriction of in vitro T cell-mediated cytotoxicity in lymphocytic choriomeningitis within a syngeneic or semiallogeneic system -- 1976 -- FIFTEEN. Molecular switches for "animal electricity" -- 1976. Single-channel currents recorded from membrane of denervated frog muscle fibres -- 1977 -- SIXTEEN DNA. sequencing: the silent revolution -- 1977. Nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage ΦX174 DNA -- 1980 -- SEVENTEEN. The blueprint of animals revealed -- 1980. Mutations affecting segment number and polarity in Drosophila -- 1985 -- EIGHTEEN. A hole in Earth's shield -- 1985. Large losses of total ozone in Antarctica reveal seasonal ClOx/NOx interaction -- 1985 -- NINETEEN. Carbon cages and carbon tubes -- 1985. C60: buckminsterfullerene -- 1995 -- TWENTY. Seeking other solar systems -- 1995. A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star -- 1997 -- TWENTY-ONE. Dolly! -- 1997. Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792325603321 |
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 | ||
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Christmas at the Royal Institution [[electronic resource] ] : an anthology of lectures / / by M. Faraday, J. Tyndall ... [et al.] ; editor, Frank A.J.L. James |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | xxxiii, 366 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 500 |
Altri autori (Persone) | JamesFrank A. J. L. <1955-> |
Soggetto topico | Discoveries in science |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-91167-4
9786611911676 981-277-110-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface / Susan Greenfield -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Frank A. J. L. James -- Biographical notes on lecturers -- The correlation of the physical forces / Michael Faraday -- Carbon or charcoa, Coal gas, Respiration and its analogy to the burning of a candle, Conclusion / Michael Faraday -- The forms of water in clouds and rivers, ice and glaciers / John Tyndall -- Lessons in electricity / John Tyndall -- Stars / Robert Stawell Ball -- Ro $1 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458446603321 |
Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2007 | ||
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Christmas at the Royal Institution [[electronic resource] ] : an anthology of lectures / / by M. Faraday, J. Tyndall ... [et al.] ; editor, Frank A.J.L. James |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | xxxiii, 366 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 500 |
Altri autori (Persone) | JamesFrank A. J. L. <1955-> |
Soggetto topico | Discoveries in science |
ISBN |
1-281-91167-4
9786611911676 981-277-110-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface / Susan Greenfield -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Frank A. J. L. James -- Biographical notes on lecturers -- The correlation of the physical forces / Michael Faraday -- Carbon or charcoa, Coal gas, Respiration and its analogy to the burning of a candle, Conclusion / Michael Faraday -- The forms of water in clouds and rivers, ice and glaciers / John Tyndall -- Lessons in electricity / John Tyndall -- Stars / Robert Stawell Ball -- Ro $1 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784769903321 |
Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2007 | ||
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Communicating certainty and uncertainty in medical, supportive and scientific contexts / / edited by Andrzej Zuczkowski, University of Macerata [and three others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (421 p.) |
Disciplina | 501/.4 |
Collana | Dialogue studies |
Soggetto topico |
Science in mass media
Communication in science Communication in psychology Communication in medicine Discoveries in science Science - Social aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 90-272-6921-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Communicating Certainty and Uncertainty in Medical, Supportive and Scientific Contexts; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; I. Theoretical and general models; 1. Subjectivity in modality, and beyond; 1. Introduction; 2. The 'traditional' analysis of subjectivity in modality; 3. Subjectivity vs. intersubjectivity, in modality and beyond; 4. The cognitive status of (inter)subjectivity; 5. Conclusion; References; 2. Certainty and uncertainty in assertive speech acts; 1. Introduction; 2. What is an assertion?; 3. A more comprehensive speech-act theoretical view
4. From assertion to the expression and communication of certainty/uncertainty5. Expression and communication of certainty/uncertainty in the "Stamina case"; 6. Concluding remarks; References; Appendix; 1. Our formal discourse-semantic framework: ReALIS; 3. Ideal and deviant interlocutors in a formal interpretation system; 2. Formalization; 3. Communication situations; 4. Sentences with adverbs or auxiliaries of certainty; 5. Lying while saying the truth; 6. Conclusions and loose ends; Acknowledgments; References; 4. On being certain whether. A puzzle about indirect interrogatives 1. Introduction2. The factivity hypothesis; 3. Direct and indirect interrogatives and exclamatives; 4. A pragmatic hypothesis; 5. Wh-clauses that are not interrogative; 6. Huddelston's criticism of the Elliott-Grimshaw analysis; 7. Conclusion; References; 5. Uncertainty as integrated part of meaning and understanding; 1. Introduction; 2. Setting the scene: Dialog; 3. Meaning-in-use; 4. Cross-cultural dialog and expert-layperson communication; 5. Inner voices: Dialog within; 6. Conclusion; References; 6. Epistemic stance: Knowing, Unknowing, Believing (KUB) positions; 1. Introduction 2. Akio Kamio: The theory of territories of information3. John Heritage: The epistemic management of conversational interactions; 4. The epistemic management of conversational interactions: Our perspective; 5. Conclusion; References; II. Medical and supportive interactions; 7. Requesting help with null or limited knowledge: Entitlements and responsibility in emergency call; 1. Introduction; 2. Emergency calls; 3. Analysis; 4. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 8. The journey to advice: Balancing certainty and uncertainty in doctor delivery of expert opinion; 1. Introduction 2. The meaning of evidences in medical practice: The EBM3. Advice giving in doctor-patient interactions; 4. Data and methodology; 5. Discussion and conclusion; References; Appendix; 9. Diagnostic news delivery: A microanalysis of the use of shields; 1. Introduction; 2. Breaking bad news: The SPIKES protocol; 3. Diagnostic news delivery: The use of shields; 4. The study: Aim, corpus and method; 5. Findings: Sample cases; 6. Conclusions; References; 10. Epistemic struggles in addiction therapeutic community meetings; 1. Introduction; 2. Therapeutic Community Monday meetings; 3. Data 5. Pursuing information on a client's experience |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459916803321 |
Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2014] | ||
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Communicating certainty and uncertainty in medical, supportive and scientific contexts / / edited by Andrzej Zuczkowski, University of Macerata [and three others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (421 p.) |
Disciplina | 501/.4 |
Collana | Dialogue studies |
Soggetto topico |
Science in mass media
Communication in science Communication in psychology Communication in medicine Discoveries in science Science - Social aspects |
ISBN | 90-272-6921-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Communicating Certainty and Uncertainty in Medical, Supportive and Scientific Contexts; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; I. Theoretical and general models; 1. Subjectivity in modality, and beyond; 1. Introduction; 2. The 'traditional' analysis of subjectivity in modality; 3. Subjectivity vs. intersubjectivity, in modality and beyond; 4. The cognitive status of (inter)subjectivity; 5. Conclusion; References; 2. Certainty and uncertainty in assertive speech acts; 1. Introduction; 2. What is an assertion?; 3. A more comprehensive speech-act theoretical view
4. From assertion to the expression and communication of certainty/uncertainty5. Expression and communication of certainty/uncertainty in the "Stamina case"; 6. Concluding remarks; References; Appendix; 1. Our formal discourse-semantic framework: ReALIS; 3. Ideal and deviant interlocutors in a formal interpretation system; 2. Formalization; 3. Communication situations; 4. Sentences with adverbs or auxiliaries of certainty; 5. Lying while saying the truth; 6. Conclusions and loose ends; Acknowledgments; References; 4. On being certain whether. A puzzle about indirect interrogatives 1. Introduction2. The factivity hypothesis; 3. Direct and indirect interrogatives and exclamatives; 4. A pragmatic hypothesis; 5. Wh-clauses that are not interrogative; 6. Huddelston's criticism of the Elliott-Grimshaw analysis; 7. Conclusion; References; 5. Uncertainty as integrated part of meaning and understanding; 1. Introduction; 2. Setting the scene: Dialog; 3. Meaning-in-use; 4. Cross-cultural dialog and expert-layperson communication; 5. Inner voices: Dialog within; 6. Conclusion; References; 6. Epistemic stance: Knowing, Unknowing, Believing (KUB) positions; 1. Introduction 2. Akio Kamio: The theory of territories of information3. John Heritage: The epistemic management of conversational interactions; 4. The epistemic management of conversational interactions: Our perspective; 5. Conclusion; References; II. Medical and supportive interactions; 7. Requesting help with null or limited knowledge: Entitlements and responsibility in emergency call; 1. Introduction; 2. Emergency calls; 3. Analysis; 4. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 8. The journey to advice: Balancing certainty and uncertainty in doctor delivery of expert opinion; 1. Introduction 2. The meaning of evidences in medical practice: The EBM3. Advice giving in doctor-patient interactions; 4. Data and methodology; 5. Discussion and conclusion; References; Appendix; 9. Diagnostic news delivery: A microanalysis of the use of shields; 1. Introduction; 2. Breaking bad news: The SPIKES protocol; 3. Diagnostic news delivery: The use of shields; 4. The study: Aim, corpus and method; 5. Findings: Sample cases; 6. Conclusions; References; 10. Epistemic struggles in addiction therapeutic community meetings; 1. Introduction; 2. Therapeutic Community Monday meetings; 3. Data 5. Pursuing information on a client's experience |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787129203321 |
Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2014] | ||
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