Montag, 8. Januar 2018
Schnelldurchlauf
diegolego, 11:23h
Germany vs Elsevier: universities win temporary journal access after refusing to pay fees
"Scientists in Germany can still read journals even though institutions there have not renewed their subscriptions."
Explorables
"A collection of interactive explorable explanations of complex systems in biology, physics, mathematics, social sciences, epidemiology, ecology and other fields ..."
How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists
"Update (1/3/18) I’ve been overwhelmed with requests for the shorter guide, and the email address below no longer works."
Wie viel Naturwissenschaft braucht die Zukunft?
"Die Zeitungen sind voll von Horrornachrichten, welche Gefahren der Menschheit, uns allen durch den Fortschritt drohen. Doch bei aller Angst vor der Zukunft: Wo wären wir ohne Evolution von Wissenschaft und Technik?"
"Scientists in Germany can still read journals even though institutions there have not renewed their subscriptions."
Explorables
"A collection of interactive explorable explanations of complex systems in biology, physics, mathematics, social sciences, epidemiology, ecology and other fields ..."
How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists
"Update (1/3/18) I’ve been overwhelmed with requests for the shorter guide, and the email address below no longer works."
Wie viel Naturwissenschaft braucht die Zukunft?
"Die Zeitungen sind voll von Horrornachrichten, welche Gefahren der Menschheit, uns allen durch den Fortschritt drohen. Doch bei aller Angst vor der Zukunft: Wo wären wir ohne Evolution von Wissenschaft und Technik?"
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Dienstag, 5. Dezember 2017
human scale
diegolego, 21:51h
Auch auf die Gefahr hin, daß jemand nicht mitkommt, hier ein neues Video:
Jan Gehl: In Search of the Human Scale (TED)
siehe auch: Rem Koolhaas, Christopher Alexander
Jan Gehl: In Search of the Human Scale (TED)
siehe auch: Rem Koolhaas, Christopher Alexander
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Mittwoch, 29. November 2017
mamo
diegolego, 13:35h
A Computer Art Exhibit At MoMA Shows How Artists Grappled With Artificial Intelligence Before Google
"Early in her career, Vera Molnár made paintings that might be mistaken at first glance for artworks by Kasimir Malevich or Piet Mondrian. Working in midcentury Paris, Molnár was inspired by both iconic modernists, and by many others, but the works she created were neither copies nor tributes. Molnár sought nothing less than to take over for the dead masters, continuing their oeuvres posthumously."
"Early in her career, Vera Molnár made paintings that might be mistaken at first glance for artworks by Kasimir Malevich or Piet Mondrian. Working in midcentury Paris, Molnár was inspired by both iconic modernists, and by many others, but the works she created were neither copies nor tributes. Molnár sought nothing less than to take over for the dead masters, continuing their oeuvres posthumously."
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Donnerstag, 16. November 2017
Dr. AD
diegolego, 15:17h
Ph.D. students face significant mental health challenges
"Approximately one-third of Ph.D. students are at risk of having or developing a common psychiatric disorder like depression, a recent study reports. Although these results come from a small sample—3659 students at universities in Flanders, Belgium, 90% of whom were studying the sciences and social sciences—they are nonetheless an important addition to the growing literature about the prevalence of mental health issues in academia. ..."
"Approximately one-third of Ph.D. students are at risk of having or developing a common psychiatric disorder like depression, a recent study reports. Although these results come from a small sample—3659 students at universities in Flanders, Belgium, 90% of whom were studying the sciences and social sciences—they are nonetheless an important addition to the growing literature about the prevalence of mental health issues in academia. ..."
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Mittwoch, 15. November 2017
Retraction Watch
diegolego, 10:38h
How a made-up article got almost 400 citations
"Pieter Kroonenberg, an emeritus professor of statistics at Leiden University in The Netherlands, was puzzled when he tried to locate a paper about academic writing and discovered the article didn’t exist. In fact, the journal—Journal of Science Communications—also didn’t exist."
"Pieter Kroonenberg, an emeritus professor of statistics at Leiden University in The Netherlands, was puzzled when he tried to locate a paper about academic writing and discovered the article didn’t exist. In fact, the journal—Journal of Science Communications—also didn’t exist."
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Dienstag, 14. November 2017
Construction
diegolego, 20:28h
Rem Koolhaas - The Future Of The Way We Live, Love And Work
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Montag, 13. November 2017
Computational Planning Science
diegolego, 11:13h
entwurfsforschung.de
Computational Planning Science "describes the synthesis of engineering, mathematics, and computer science. In the context of this website I use it to describe various methods to generate, analyze, and optimize spatial configurations."
Computational Planning Science "describes the synthesis of engineering, mathematics, and computer science. In the context of this website I use it to describe various methods to generate, analyze, and optimize spatial configurations."
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Dienstag, 7. November 2017
being there is everything
diegolego, 15:02h
Being there is everything - COP as the Olympic Games of climate change?
Dabei sein ist alles - die COP als Olympische Spiele des Klimawandels?
#spontanaphorismus
Dabei sein ist alles - die COP als Olympische Spiele des Klimawandels?
#spontanaphorismus
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Sonntag, 5. November 2017
osm
diegolego, 15:56h
osmlanduse.org
OSM Landuse Landcover is a WebGIS application to explore the OpenStreetMap database specifically in terms of landuse and landcover information.
OSM Landuse Landcover is a WebGIS application to explore the OpenStreetMap database specifically in terms of landuse and landcover information.
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career stuff
diegolego, 10:16h
Ungeleesen und unkommentiert:
- Many junior scientists need to take a hard look at their job prospects
- Why do people leave academia? - The results
- Many junior scientists need to take a hard look at their job prospects
- Why do people leave academia? - The results
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