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Case Study Teaching in Science

promotes development and dissemination of innovative materials and sound educational practices for case teaching in the sciences, access to library of case materials: Workshops, Teaching, Collection, Teachers, Conference, Ideas, Related Websites, Journals

Wolfram Demonstrations Project

brings computational exploration to the widest possible audience, open-code resource that uses dynamic computation to illuminate concepts, free player runs all demos: Browse Latest, Random Selection, FAQs

Scientific Computing: An Introductory Survey

Lecture notes corresponding to the content of the book, Educational Modules, Software Sources: Scientific Computing Systems of Linear Equations, Linear Least Squares, Eigenvalue Problems, Nonlinear Equations, Optimization, Interpolation, Numerical Integration and Differentiation, Problems for ODEs (Boundary Value, Initial Value), Partial Differential Equations, Fast Fourier Transform, Random Numbers and Simulation

Philosophy of Science

inferential & causal view of scientific explanation, Van Fraassen's pragmatic view of explanation, Carnap vs. Popper, structure of scientific revolutions, paradigms & normal science, anomaly, crisis & non-cumulativity of paradigm shifts, incommensurability, hierarchical model of justification, theory of scientific justification, holist picture of scientific change, scientific realism vs. constructive empiricism, inference to best explanation, entity & convergent realism, measurement problem

Advanced Analytic Methods in Science and Engineering

comprehensive treatment of the advanced methods of applied mathematics: series solutions of linear homogeneous ODE, WKB method, asymptotic expansion of integrals, boundary layer theory, small non-linear oscillations, course download

MIT OpenCourseWare

online publication of MIT course materials free and open to the world: aeronautics & astronautics, anthropology, biology, brain & cognitive sciences, chemical engineering, chemistry, civil & environmental engineering, comparative media studies, earth, atmospheric, & planetary sciences, economics, electrical engineering & computer science, engineering systems division, health sciences & technology, materials, media arts & sciences, mathematics, mechanical engineering, nuclear science & engineering, ocean engineering, physics, political science, science, technology & society

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