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U.S. Department of Energy’s Decades of Discovery The following list of discoveries is grouped by general discipline—the numerical order is random and not ranked by importance. High Energy and Nuclear Physics 29. First Evidence of a Third Family of Fundamental Particles 30. Discovery of One of the Smallest Particles of Matter 31. A [...] From Stargazers to Starships by David P. Stern I. Astronomy of the Earth’s motion in space. II. Newtonian mechanics. III. The Sun VI. Spaceflight and spacecraft also …. an introduction for teachers, and: A Math Refresher. Helpful Material including Glossary Questions and Answers A Timeline and more. Also [...] Then + Now A brief overview of this Web site that compares what we knew in 1900 to what we know today That’s My Theory Meet some of the scientists who made twentieth century history on this made-for-the-Web game show On the Edge These comic-book style stories take you back through time [...] Math Refresher: This brief overview covers useful high-school math you may have forgotten. Includes basic formulas for sinusoid and logarithmic functions, a discussion of log scales, and discrete probability. Includes a list of recommended inexpensive reference books. Any suggestions for additions to the list welcomed. By William Stallings. Updated 25 July 2005. Number Systems: [...] NSF and the Birth of the Internet — Text-only | Flash Special Report Resources ILLUSTRATIONS Maps of Internet Growth 1960s through 1990s (pdf file) Map of the Internet 2007 (pdf file) DOCUMENTS Report of the Panel on Large Scale Computing in Science and Engineering http://www.pnl.gov/scales/docs/lax_report_1982.pdf Also known as the Lax Report, this report in [...] NSF and the Birth of the Internet — Text-only | Flash Special Report Maps SEQUENTIAL MAPS OF INTERNET GROWTH Four Maps of Internet Growth in the United States 1969 ARPANET, 1977 ARPANET, 1988 NSFNET Backbone, 1995 NSFNET T3 Backbone [Download PDF file] These four maps show, in clockwise order, the growth of the Internet [...] NSF and the Birth of the Internet — Text-only | Flash Special Report 2000s A New World By the time the new millennium came, the Internet had truly transformed the world. Hundreds of millions of people had come online and the private sector had laid millions of miles of high-speed fiber optic cables [...] NSF and the Birth of the Internet — Text-only | Flash Special Report 1990s The World is Online and Caught in the Web The 1990s will forever be remembered as the decade when the world came online. In the early years of the decade, the Internet was growing steadily, though few people had access [...] NSF and the Birth of the Internet — Text-only | Flash Special Report 1980s Computers Get Personal…Powerful The 1980s are remembered as the time computers truly changed our everyday lives. Companies such as Atari, Apple, Commodore, and IBM began producing small, affordable computers designed to help people perform everyday tasks like typing letters, [...] |
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