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How can place attachment improve scientific literacy?

Futurum

Ben and Julia used two social science research methods to gather data. Pathway from school to environmental geography • Ben recommends studying an undergraduate degree in Earth and environmental science, biology, chemistry or mathematics. It also has a page specifically on marine ecology.

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Essential Tips: What Are The Key Elements of Integrative Learning?

STEM Education Shopping

We can draw upon various fields such as science, humanities, social sciences, and arts to enrich our understanding. Critical thinking enables me to analyze information, evaluate arguments, and make informed decisions. When we engage in interdisciplinary approaches, we are not limited by the boundaries of one discipline.

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How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

But in 1798 Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford) (1753–1814) measured the heat produced by the mechanical process of boring a cannon, and began to make the argument that, in contradiction to the caloric theory, there was actually some kind of correspondence between mechanical energy and amount of heat.

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Can AI Solve Science?

Stephen Wolfram

of what’s now Wolfram Language —we were trying to develop algorithms to compute hundreds of mathematical special functions over very broad ranges of arguments. We know the ones that correspond to “known science”. Back in 1987—as part of building Version 1.0 So why does this work? Mostly we don’t know.

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Remembering the Improbable Life of Ed Fredkin (1934–2023) and His World of Ideas and Stories

Stephen Wolfram

Richard Feynman and I would get into very fierce arguments. He relishes calling his parents dopes, but aside from arguments about subjects like how late he should be able to hang out with his buddies, its clear that he doesn’t think we’re dopes. It’s just my nature. Some glide through that period of life without hassle.