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| | Joan Horvath is an engineer, educator and management consultant. She is a National University Community Research Institute fellow exploring her primary interests in the innovative and appropriate application of technology to teach and explain science and math effectively to nonscientists. She is a core adjunct faculty member of National University’s College of Letters and Sciences and a faculty member at the University of Phoenix. Previously, she also was an adjunct faculty member at the Art Center College of Design and a senior lecturer for the Otis College of Art and Design. Prior to being a consultant and educator, she spent 16 years at the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where she worked in various areas, ranging from the technology transfer office to the Magellan spacecraft to Venus and TOPEX/Poseidon Earth science flight projects. Joan holds an undergraduate degree from MIT in aeronautics and astronautics, and an engineering master’s degree from UCLA. She coauthored an art book on Saturn, authored a book about what scientists actually do, and is the author or coauthor of various technical papers. She is President of the MIT Class of 1981, VP of Communications of the MIT Club of Southern California, a member of the Executive Committee of Caltech’s entrepreneur forum, and a docent at the Huntington Botanical Gardens. Updated July 9, 2013 |
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 Introduction to computational models with Python
Garrido J., Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2016. 496 pp. Type: Book
This book has some great information, but seems a little inconsistent when it comes to the intended audience. The author says that it “presents an introduction to computational models and their implementation using the Python...
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Feb 23 2016 |
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Learning differences and eye fixation patterns in virtual and physical science laboratories
Chien K., Tsai C., Chen H., Chang W., Chen S. Computers & Education 82(C): 191-201, 2015. Type: Article
A few things stood out to this US-based reviewer about this paper, which reports on a study in Taiwan comparing whether students who took part in a science lab that was purely simulated learned the material better or worse than student...
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Jun 12 2015 |
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A primer on scientific programming with Python (4th ed.)
Langtangen H., Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, Berlin, Germany, 2014. 872 pp. Type: Book (978-3-642549-58-8)
This fourth edition is a wonderful, inclusive textbook that covers pretty much everything one needs to know to go from zero to fairly sophisticated scientific programming in Python. It uses Python 2.7. The author notes that a lot of us...
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Feb 3 2015 |
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Infinitesimal: how a dangerous mathematical theory shaped the modern world
Alexander A., Scientific American, Inc., New York, NY, 2014. 368 pp. Type: Book (978-0-374176-81-5)
This book has a rather grandiose title and an interesting premise: take one important concept from the history of mathematics (the ability to split up a line into infinitesimally small parts), and trace its path through the very turbul...
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Sep 24 2014 |
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Internet of Things and inter-cooperative computational technologies for collective intelligence
Bessis N., Xhafa F., Varvarigou D., Hill R., Li M., Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, 2012. 474 pp. Type: Book (978-3-642349-51-5)
The Internet of Things has received a lot of press lately, so I was interested in reading this book to see if the authors could provide a clear definition of it and to find out what types of applications are feasible now and will be in...
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May 28 2013 |
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The design way: intentional change in an unpredictable world (2nd ed.)
Nelson H., Stolterman E., The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2012. 296 pp. Type: Book (978-0-262018-17-3)
I find it difficult to categorize this little book. This is perhaps appropriate, since “design” is equally hard to describe, and is often a messy, awkward, and very nonlinear endeavor. The authors view design as dis...
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Jan 28 2013 |
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Information technology and organizational capabilities: a longitudinal study of the apparel industry
Luo J., Fan M., Zhang H. Decision Support Systems 53(1): 186-194, 2012. Type: Article
This paper has the ambitious goal of evaluating how apparel retailers obtain value from information technology (IT). The authors look at apparel retailing as a challenging interface with online customers in particular, since the custom...
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Jun 20 2012 |
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Reflections on trust in devices: an informal survey of human trust in an Internet-of-Things context
Køien G. Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal 61(3): 495-510, 2011. Type: Article
What makes people trust anything? In particular, what makes them trust computing applications and devices? Is the trust warranted--particularly in the context of the Internet of Things environment?...
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Feb 29 2012 |
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Verification and validation in scientific computing
Oberkampf W., Roy C., Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 2010. 784 pp. Type: Book (978-0-521113-60-1)
This ambitious and well-written book is an excellent comprehensive review of what you need to know to evaluate or build a complex model or simulation of a physical process. Although the authors correctly note that users will need some ...
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Jul 14 2011 |
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The design of material, organism, and minds: different understandings of design
Konsorski-Lang S., Hampe M., Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, 2010. 300 pp. Type: Book (978-3-540689-95-9)
What is design? To many of us, it is an intuitive but difficult-to-define concept. Can one define it and come away with any real overarching concept of what “good design” means? This set of papers attempts to create...
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