This book is a guide to Perl¨s most common Win32 extensions, grouped by their functionality. The new edition updates coverage from Perl 5.05 to current Perl version 5.6. It also includes new chapters offering...

 Win32 Perl is so powerful that it can accomplish virtually any task that you may want to perform. The author of the books provides his unique insight into how these tasks can be accomplished and provide scripts that...

In this activity students explore the problem of analysing the effect of wind speed when temperatures are low requiring students to be able to substitute values into a formula. The formula for wind chill used in this resource depends upon the air temperature and the...

In this activity, students explore the requirements of aerodynamic design through testing simple shapes in a wind tunnel and explain the link between the test results from a wind tunnel and air resistance. The activity focuses on students acquiring an understanding of...

This resource, from Mathematics for Engineering Exemplars, shows the application of mathematics within the field of mechanical and electrical engineering in the power industry. When planning a wind farm it is important to know the expected power and energy output of each wind turbine to be able to calculate its...

A guide to what a wind turbine services technician does and how to become one.

Window on the Universe is a two part Mac and PC compatible CD ROM set (with all necessary software included) produced by the British National Space Centre (BNSC), the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Centre (PPARC) and the wider scientific community. 

This organized reference book is packed with hundreds of time saving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds. It allows readers compare features and capabilities in each edition of Windows 7, configure and...

This book offers dozens of on-target tips, workarounds, and warnings. It allows users to improve their overall experience with the Windows XP operating system in every way possible. Readers will learn how to use the...

A Klein bottle is a non-orientable surface, where there is no distinction between inside and outside. So unlike a sphere, where you cannot pass from the outside to the inside without passing through the surface, in a...

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The 2012 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was won by Gurdon and Yamanaka, for their work on adult stem cells.

This Catalyst article explains how they discovered that a nucleus from an egg cell transplanted into a specialised cell can still develop into a fully functional organism. Yamanaka named these...

This journal is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

Wired is a magazine which...

Purpose: The use of sensors to measure variables in practical science activities has long been linked to the use of data loggers. This is no longer the case. Free software apps on mobile devices can link directly to one or more wireless enabled sensors. This significantly reduces cost and complexity, whilst...