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Unit 4: Science

 

Galileo

The Galileo Project: http://galileo.rice.edu/

 

Newton

“The Mind of Isaac Newton” http://www.ltrc.mcmaster.ca/newton/home.htm

 

Einstein

E=mc2 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4144497206440839046

 

Exploratorium: How Do We Know What We Know? [Macromedia Flash Player]

 http://www.exploratorium.edu/evidence/index.html 

 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/hotpolitics/ 

 

evolution...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090317.wgoodyear16/BNStory/politics

follow up article

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090317.wevol0317/BNStory/politics/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20090317.wevol0317

David Attenborough on Darwin's "tree of life"

http://www.wellcometreeoflife.org/interactive/

Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science

 http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/evolution98/contents.html 

 

Nick Bostrom, a philosopher and director of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2007/08/could-our-lives.html

 

Dennis Overbye comments on President Obama's pledge to "“restore science to its rightful place”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/science/27essa.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

 

NY Times Magazine: Steven Pinker’s genome

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/magazine/11Genome-t.html?_r=1

 

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVjF_7ensg

 

A letter by Albert Einstein

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/science/17einsteinw.html

 

DNA as Art

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=N1yIyOpNfFo

 

Website description: "The Daily Galaxy - News from Planet Earth & Beyond, is an eclectic text and video presentation of fascinating, often irreverent, news and insights on science, space exploration, technology, and popular culture."

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/

 

Chris Mooney NPR Interview: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5008303

 

global warming

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62A3TG20100311

 

climate change.  podcasts  http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/index.html.  Just click on 'Past Shows'

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/genetics_reproduction/cloning.html (cloning)

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/07/f-stemcells.html (stem cells)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/genetics_modification (GMOs)

 

World Water Council [pdf, Macromedia Flash Player]

 http://www.worldwatercouncil.org