Archive for August, 2009

How does chemistry apply to economics and the commercial importance of chemicals like heterocyclic compounds?

I am interested in knowing what is the relation between chemistry and economics. That is aproject given to me by a professor, since I am doing a course in sciences along with a degree in finance. Kindly help.
Nearly all drugs contain heterocycles as do many other chemical entities that are sold. Some of th [...]

the difference between political science and politics?

what can i do with a major in Political science?
Political Science is Knowledge. Politics is skill.

Is going to Berkeley College in NYC worth it?

I currently go to Southern Connecticut State University for Marketing and have had a 3.2-3.5 GPA since I started. I am currently a Sophmore. I really really hate going to SCSU and am miserable every second I am at this school. I have made no friends at all and find the professors to be very [...]

How many people who have taken intro to inorganic chemistry find themselves lost when the prof starts talk?

talking about the shrodinger equation. By lost I mean so lost as in listening to another language!
talking about the shrodinger equation. Can any graduates who sympatise for me tell me how they overcame this problem. Did you take any math courses that helped?
Well we didn’t really talk about schrodinger equation in inorganic but we had [...]

What do you do when your professor insists you call them by their first name?

He insists we call him Jay not Dr._______ or Professor _______, and everyone does, but I feel really weird calling him Jay because I want to ask him for a recommendation letter and it seems like I would come across as unprofessional . Do teachers who insist on their students calling them by their [...]

What do you think of the following quote?

"Few have failed to be convinced that what is in our copy of the Qur’an is, in fact, what Mohammad taught, and is expressed in his own words… To sum this up: the Qur’an is convincingly the words of Mohammad, perhaps even dictated by him after their recitation."
- Francis Edward Peters, professor of Middle Eastern [...]

Columbia University - Campus Tour

Here is a short view of Columbia’s campus.
Music: Yann Tiersen
Duration : 0:2:8

Faculty Summit 2008 Day 1: Computing at Scale

Google Tech Talks
July 24, 2008
ABSTRACT
Faculty Summit 2008 - Day 1
Computing at Scale: Challenges & Opportunities - Urs Hoelzle, Rob Pike, Ed Lazowska, & Jeannette Wing
The frontiers of computer science are being increasingly impacted by computing at very large scale: that is on very large scale computing systems (perhaps in the cloud) with possibly significant dependence [...]

Top 5 Reasons the IT Department Doesn’t Love the iPhone

http://live.pirillo.com - DC wrote in to say he and his colleagues feel that Apple should try and market the iPhone to IT and corporate professionals, because of the obvious increase in revenue. Here is his list of reasons why IT Departments hate the iPhone.
Duration : 0:9:49

Liberty and Economics

What kind of man was Ludwig von Mises? As this unique film shows, Mises (1881-1973) was a man who never stopped fighting for freedom: not when the Nazis burned his books, not when the Left blackballed him at universities, not when it seemed as if statism had won. With courage and genius, he fought big [...]