The word “silver” is rooted from the anglo-saxon word “siolfur”. The chemical symbol of silver is Ag on the periodical table and this is derived from argentum in Latin (meaning bright). Silver is widely used since the ancient times. Silver coins were even used by various nations that survived before Christ. Silver was invented about [...]
I actually confused whether to include this knol review in Science or Offbeat Section, because it is funny and smart at the same time. Cartoons are supposedly funny – They can tell you what you couldn’t do in “normal” way – I.e. You can’t say that someone is fat (well, you can, but it would [...]
If you are involved in Software Engineering, books are one of your must-have resources. With literally thousands of books on Software Engineering topics, you are faced with the good, the bad and the ugly. To cut the chase of the bad and the ugly of Software Engineering books, here’s a very, very useful knol written [...]
Can patent and science get along well? According to a knol written by Don Moyer, patent, on certain cases, can bring science ‘to life’ and offer benefits to promote the general welfare. From the eyes of a patent agent, he explained that there are two weights to balance: In one hand, patent can help research [...]
Knowledge is powerful. So powerful, that it is formed not on the basic true or false, or bad or good, but on what your decide to believe and how. An excellent knol about the Theory of Knowledge by Leland Beaumont explains how the theory of knowledge provides answers to the important questions: “How do you [...]
Do blogging and reading blogs actually help you learn things more and better? According to the knol by Guy Dickinson, the answer is yes. Guy examined blogs from an educational perspective, as follow: Research: Blogs act as a self-directed research, and the resulting knowledge can be utilised in a flexible and simple way. Taxonomies: Blogs [...]
I just found another great portal knol. This time, it’s on space-related knols. International Space Portal, a portal knol by Sebastien Requier, list many interesting knols on the space-related science and technologies. The open collaboration knol is already a home of dozens of space-related knols, in many topics, such as space travel, space research, astronomy [...]
The theory of Relativity by Albert Einstein is one of the most known physics theories of all time. Not only the most known, but also the most interesting theories The theory that one of the implementations change the face of the world – nuclear bombs – something that Einstein would regret inventing the theories. A [...]
One of the applications in go green movement today is carbon management. Carbon needs to be managed because everything we do that involve energy always leave carbon footprints. This includes office buildings. Carbon footprint is a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a person, organization or state in a given time. Source: [...]
Capitalism – you hate it but you need it. In fact, it is regarded as a force of nature that not even communism can handle. Why capitalism exist and prevail? I found a clue from an unexpected place – science. I have read this knol by Professor Claese Johnson about the direction of time, and [...]