``Great are the works of the Lord; all who research them find
pleasure therein (or: all who have pleasure in them want to understand
them).''
(Psalm 111:2)
This page contains sections on
Take as your model God's craftsmanship:
Not seizing projects all for yourself;
Ruling over free people, not over slaves;
creating an order that sustains itself;
planting seeds that unfold on their own;
awakening powers that work without assistance.
H. Planck, Aus dem Buch der Erfahrung, 3. Aufl.,
On the full and open exchange of scientific data (National Research Council USA, 1995)
Conduct and Misconduct in Science
How not to organize a conference (a real life example)
Advice on Research and Writing
American Mathematical Society Code of Ethics
ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
The World Wide Web Ethics Center for Engineering & Science
Ethics in Science (a commented list of links)
Science Ethics Bibliography (a long list of references to off-line papers on ethics in science)
DAEDALUS or Science and the Future (by J. B. S. Haldane)
ICARUS or The Future of Science (by Bertrand Russell)
Jobs and Career in Mathematics
How to be a Good Graduate Student [Advisor]
DISCOVER, the magazine of science and technology
e-Print Physics Archive of LANL and the SPIRES Search Engine
mp_arc Mathematical Physics Preprint Archive
Stochastische Dynamische Systeme Freiburg (Honerkamp)
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Berlin
Turbulence and Heat Transfer Laboratory
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Department of Applied Physics, Ulm
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Stochastic Dynamical Systems, Univ. Freiburg
Bundesministerium für Bildung, Forschung und Technologie (Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
National Academy of Sciences USA, and its on-line books
Computational Science for Kids, an educational program designed to increase the computer literacy of K-12 students
Computational Science Education Project
NASA Internet Educational Resources
The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
Physics Around the World (searchable mirror site of a Los Alamos National Laboratory site)
Review of Particle Physics (by the Particle Data Group)
Physics Notebook with many interesting links to fundamental physics
Planetary Data System (PDS) (digital data from past and present NASA planetary missions, astronomical observations, and laboratory measurements)
Deutscher Internet Kongress, 5. - 7. Mai 1996
Some Links on Philosophy and History of Thought
burnout, see also a burnout satire
Science Jokes and some examples:
Einstein dies and goes to heaven only to be informed that his room is not yet ready. "I hope you will not mind waiting in a dormitory. We are very sorry, but it's the best we can do and you will have to share the room with others." he is told by the doorman (say his name is Pete). Einstein says that this is no problem at all and that there is no need to make such a great fuss. So Pete leads him to the dorm. They enter and Albert is introduced to all of the present inhabitants. "See, Here is your first room mate. He has an IQ of 180!" "Why that's wonderful!" Says Albert. "We can discuss mathematics!" "And here is your second room mate. His IQ is 150!" "Why that's wonderful!" Says Albert. "We can discuss physics!" "And here is your third room mate. His IQ is 100!" "That's Wonderful! We can discuss the latest plays at the theater!" Just then another man moves out to capture Albert's hand and shake it. "I'm your last room mate and I'm sorry, but my IQ is only 80." Albert smiles back at him and says, "So, where do you think interest rates are headed?"
The engineer thinks of his equations as an approximation to reality. The physicist thinks reality is an approximation to his equations. The mathematician doesn't care.
A math student and a physics student are camping. The physics students takes his turn to do the cooking first. He makes a tasty stew, but in so doing, uses up all the water. The next day, it is the math student's turn to do the cooking. The physics student watches him go to the creek to fetch the water. He puts the water into the pot and then stops and goes off to do something else. Puzzled, the physics student asks the math student when he is going to finish making dinner. The math student tells him that there is nothing left to do as now it has been reduced to a problem which has already been solved.
Arnold Neumaier (Arnold.Neumaier@univie.ac.at)