- Learning Studio - week of January 13

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From: Gilles Poitras (gilles@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Sat Jan 19 2002 - 09:58:54 PST 

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Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 09:58:54 -0800
From: Gilles Poitras <gilles@exploratorium.edu>
Subject:  - Learning Studio - week of January 13

A busy week.

Aside from the usual questions from teachers, visitors and museum staff the
Learning Studio staff did a variety of other chores.

This included checking in stacks of periodicals donated by staff members
who regularly bring in their science magazines when done with them, we
spend the money we save on other resources. Thanks go to those doners, even
when they take a few extra months to bring in their journals.

For some reason(s) we also handled a larger variety of equipment requests
this past week, including helping people set up projectors and more than
one type of tape player.

As for me I processed more paper than came into my in basket (always a good
thing) and added many more links to our web page directories. Most of the
new links added deal with the biological sciences and history.

Thanks must go to Ron Wong one of our volunteers who is helping me track
down resources to add to the pages, his initials appear at the bottom of
some of the pages.

To see the web link directory pages go to:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ls/infosources/ResGuides.html

Ok on to the resources:

WEB SITE OF THE WEEK:

Weekly Volcanic Activity Report
http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/usgs/index.htm#nyir

The joint Smithsonian USGS site for information on recent and current
volcanic activity. With the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in the news this
page is a good place for general information.

PRINTED, NEW ACQUISITIONS:

1. In Code : a Mathematical Journey / Sarah Flannery with David Flannery.
General collection circ.
QA 29 .F6 A3 2001

In 1999, at the age of 16, Sarah Flannery recieved Ireland's Young
Scientist of the Year award for her work in cryptography. The Times of
London reported her success on the front page which resulted in the story
being picked up by news media around the world. Along with this attention
came an offer from a publisher to write a memoir, which she did with some
assistance from her mathematician father.

2. The Colossal Book of Mathematics: classic puzzles, paradoxes, and
problems : number theory, algebra, geometry, probability, topology, game
theory, infinity, and other topics of recreational mathematics / Martin
Gardner.
General collection circ.
QA 95 .G245 2001

A large, 724 pages, 50 chapters, collection of Gardner's Scientific
American writings This book is the result of an editor's request that
Gardner select his 'best' articles into one book. Not only are there 50
chapters of material each has an addendum updating the chapter.

Gilles Poitras gilles@exploratorium.edu
Learning Studio, Exploratorium Museum

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