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Electronic spreadsheets have become pervasive in academia and business, as well as at home. Think about it ... complex calculations without knowing how to program! The current issue of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing is devoted to the evolution of electronic spreadsheets, beginning with the first software program VisiCalc.
Naturally Dangerous: Surprising Facts About Food, Health, and the Environment by James P. Collman "summarizes the science behind the issues of food, health, and the environment. It will not tell you what to do, but provides enough facts and background for readers to make more informed decisions." The author's Website contains supplements and updates to the book. This book can be found in the Science Library in the Reference collection at TX 531 C58 2001.
Book Reviews in Scientific Journals in CLICAPS contains links to book reviews in chemistry, biology, and pharmacy journals and Websites, that have been cataloged in CLIPCAPS, the library catalog at ETH Zürich. Since it is based on RSS feeds, this site is automatically updated and may be subscribed to using an RSS reader or aggregator.
NetLIb Repository is metasite containing freely available software, conference proceedings, and databases of interest to the numerical and scientific computing communities.
From ISI's Journal Citation Reports, via Sci-Bytes, The Ten Most-Cited Journals of 2006.
National Academy of Sciences: Biographical Memoirs are biographies of deceased members, written by those who knew them or their work. Currently, there are over 900 biographies, however, all 1,400 memoirs will be available online in the near future.
Content Syndication with RSS by Ben Hammersley has been selected as the Electronic Book of the Month for September. This book is part of the Safari Tech Books Online collection that is available to the UAlbany community. This collection contains about 150 online books on a variety of computing, programming, and information technology subjects. The Electronic Book of the Month Archive has been updated.
File Extensions is a resource for file extensions and file types. It provides descriptions, details, and associated applications. This resource may be searched or browsed.