... education, or interest in it. Science writers and editors needn’t start off knowingmuch science. Some ofthe best of them do, but some of the best of them don’t. They must, though, be able to ... intelligentquestions, and shake off the high intimidation quotient of adense, jargon-laden article in the Proceedings ofthe National Acad-emy of Sciences. Elise was a member of this breed; she was ... one way or the other, sitting beside her at her desk, the manuscript on the sliding desk tray between us, I learned.I can attest to the wisdom ofthe writerly injunctionsyou’ll find in these pages...
... systematic and consistent manner. With the inclusion ofThe Book Citation Index in Web of Science, Thomson Reuters has expanded the scope of its presentation of citation coverage to include this ... Citation Index (1990 to present). These indexes are characterized by the quality ofthe publications covered in them. Their content has been developed over decades of time employing well-defined ... . THE BOOK SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE BOOK CITATION INDEXINTRODUCTION: Web of Science SM is well known for its coverage of top tier international and regional journal literature in the Science...
... calculated all kinds of things with this theory. The firstthing I calculated was the rate of disintegration of the muon and the neutron. They should be connected to-gether, if this theory was right, ... off by 7 percent.”Then I remember the 9 percent. It was like a predictionfor me: I went home and got this theory that says the neu-tron decay should be off by 9 percent, and they tell me the next ... going to be all of them, or al-most all. This is going to be awful!—an old-fashioned epi-demic like none of us has ever seen!” The better the scien-tist, the larger the scruple and the more he...
... trigger their adrenaline. So they oftenthrive as staff, goaded on by the rest ofthe group (not tomention the boss). Gregarious types may not need goad-ing but wilt in a life that leaves them ... and fer-tilize and weed. There is work to be done. But the work paysoff biggest when the plants are right for the soil and micro-climate ofthe particular garden.Is there some subject or writing ... of us tenseup when we sit down to write. But fortunately, the How of writing is not the heart ofthe matter, and we all once knew it.Since you are reading this book, you were probably one of those...
... off by 7 percent.”Then I remember the 9 percent. It was like a predictionfor me: I went home and got this theory that says the neu-tron decay should be off by 9 percent, and they tell me the next ... part, the best scientists agree on the currentbest theory, which they recognize because, well, it fits. It an-swers the most questions with the greatest precision and the fewest loose ends. There’s ... “un-sure,” even when they are sure (in the ordinary sense), becausetheir idea of truth is so lofty. Also, they feel responsible notto scare the public.I well remember from the early 1980s not...
... be.Back to the taxi. The first thing a personmight do is flag down the taxi. The driverstops, gets out and opens the door. The ridersenter. Then the driver wants to know whereto? They point the ... wire-walkers, the clownsran into the Big Top and did their acts. The audience waskept busy watching their antics, while the other work wasgoing on. The moment the rigging was finished, the clowns ... through the situation to the punch line (here’s a tip ) or the gag (a sucker on the line). Lead themstraight to the gag with funny developments (falling out ofthe taxi, missing the chair the waiterpulls...
... date, the zone of gap #2 has halted a further decline in the share price of MRK. However, it is not certain as to whether or not MRK can resume its prior uptrend at this time. This is due to the ... area of gap #1 and its support zone of gap #2. A break through either one of these zones would suggest continuation in that direction. Most who were observing the recent trading activity of Merck ... charting theory which was primarily brought to prominence in the United States by Steve Nison. Nison is considered to be the "Godfather" of Japanese candlestick analysis in the United...
... interesting approach of explaining TPM to their operators, who were mostly young women. They compared TPM to a mother caring for her baby. The equipment, of course, is the baby. The mother, the operator, ... fever. The mother does a lot of TPM activities, but what if she runs out of options? Then it is time to call the doctor. The doctors are the maintenance people, the specialists. They go in ... Part of this new, high-tech maintenance operation is the training ofthe operators, which becomes important under TPM. When maintenance workers realize the benefits of transferring their routine...
... ultimately, themselves redundant. Inreaction to theprobabilityof industrial unrest,Coillte dispensed with the services of IMS—SeanBreen, IMS’s CEO described the situation thus: The first phase ofthe ... objective. The findings of this studyillustrate that: (a) the KMS developed in the organization studied did not meet the claims of their creators, as the applications provided a poor approximation ofthe ... what to do. The use ofthe decision tree in consul-tation mode at the distributed regional interfaces istherefore excluded, in the [initial version ofthe appli-cation]. If, in the longer term,...
... rowed along over the watertherein in his boat to perform the plans (or, affairs) ofthe gods ofthe Tuat, the gathering together [of them] by their names, the manifestations of their shapes (or, ... "Book of Gates ofthe Tuat," according to the sarcophagus of Seti I., wesee the horizon ofthe west, , or the mountain ofthe west, divided into two parts,, and the boat ofthe sun is ... created them.' Their food [i.e., the food of these gods] is ofthe funeral offerings, and theirdrink is from their cool waters, and their hands are on meat offerings among the Akert regions of Ament."On...
... well. At the same time the extended frequency to 250MHz of Category 6 also gave the customer a certain level of “future proofing”. The industry seemed to adopt Category 6 with an attitude of “build ... solution supporting10 Gigabit Ethernet to the desktop will allow for the creation ofthe next generation of IT applications whichwill provide real value to business. With the currentindustry shift ... twopairs within the cable instead of all four. This is the same way we currently run 100BaseTX and the reasonthat 100BaseT4 never caught on. This would cut the cost of transceivers within the active...
... nosy.A Matter of Attitude5 terial as they do with the readers. Indeed, their curiosity andits fruits are a large part of what the reader senses, of whatlets the reader trust them—a process ... . . See you at the bar?” Ten minutes later,while the grousers were presumably at the bar, I walked by the room of exchange copies—and there was John Bethell,combing through other people’s magazines ... interesting about how the worldworks, and then another something, and another, and an-other. For the rest of your working life, you will get paid totalk to people and pass along the great stuff...