Empirical Philosopher

The court of king Charles IX is making a grand tour of France. Catherine de M?*A*dicis, his mother, victim of strange curse, decides to pay a visit to her doctor and astrologer, Michel de Nostre-Dame, better known as Nostradamus. But he is too fatigued to come to her assistance, and it is his... Platforms: Mac

In designing a pilot or exploratory survey, a preliminary calculation of necessary sampling effort is degree of coverage (Aglen 1989). Degree of coverage (?za*?) is defined as: Equation 19 [19] where: D is the cruise track length, and; A is the size of the survey area. Errors associated with... Platforms: Mac

MODELbuilder is an application that provides a graphical way to derive various models from empirical and simulation data. Platforms: *nix

The Boltzmann Distribution From A Microcanonical Ensemble Model allows students and instructors to explore why the Boltzmann distribution has its characteristic exponential shape. In this model, particles have only one degree of freedom*the energy to move in one dimension. Further, the density of... Platforms: Mac

A collection of chemistry quizzes Alchemy, the forerunner of modern chemistry, was concerned with tasks including turning metals such as lead (Pb) into gold (Au) using some magical substance known as the philosopher's stone. Many alchemists also tried to find a elixir or fountain of youth.... Platforms: Mac