Category Archives: research

The Allure of the Archives

Posted on October 27, 2014 by geoffcain

Arlette Farge’s book, The Allure of the Archives, is one of those books that belongs in its own genre. I love this book. Farge is Director of Research in Modern History at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in … Continue reading →

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Scientific Discovery and the Creative Commons

Posted on April 21, 2014 by geoffcain

Tim Spuck’s students discuss their search for T Tauri stars with renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson at the American Astronomical Society conference in January 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In a recent episode of Cosmos: a Spacetime Odyssey, Neil deGrasse Tyson … Continue reading →

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World Newspaper Map

Posted on June 9, 2011 by geoffcain

Image via WikipediaI used to teach English 101 and a big component of my classes were international newspapers. We would select international papers to follow and link to them on a blog or a wiki to use it as a … Continue reading →

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Open Access Research

Posted on April 29, 2010 by geoffcain

Image via Wikipedia Open Research In these days of budget cuts, free, open access to academic research is more important than ever. Cable Green put up a link to a video that I want to share here as well along … Continue reading →

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