Citing sources

I suppose I am getting ahead of myself, but I’m in the process of building a module in Owlspace (Rice’s Sakai/instruction space) for doing library research, so I thought I would also post some of the sources here.

Physics

AIP Style Manual (American Institute of Physics), 4th ed. 1990. QC5.45 .A45 1990 Fondren-Reference Desk
Available online at: http://www.aip.org.ezproxy.rice.edu/pubservs/style/4thed/toc.html
The AIP Style Manual serves as guidance in writing, editing, and preparing articles for publication by AIP and its member societies (in conjunction with the “Information for Contributors” page in the specific member journal).  The Addendum includes instructions for electronic submission and a list of AIP member journals.

Physical Review Style and Notation Guide – Guidelines for the American Physical Society’s journal Physical Review

Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers – Style Manual Committee, Council of Science Editors. T11 .S386 2006 Documenting Sources: CSE Style, from Diana Hacker, for an overview of CSE Style as well as examples: http://dianahacker.com/resdoc/

A mathematician that never existed!

Bourbaki : a secret society of mathematics. Mashaal, Maurice. QA29 .B692 M3713 2006 The artist and the mathematician : the story of Nicolas Bourbaki, the genius mathematician who never existed. Aczel, Amir D. QA29 .B692 A29 2006 An interesting bit of mathematics history! From an article by Borel in the Notices of the AMS: In 1934 A. Weil and H. Cartan were Maîtres de Conférences (the equivalent of assistant professors) at the University of Strasbourg. One main duty was, of course, the teaching of differential and integral calculus. The standard text was the Traité d’Analyse of E. Goursat, which they found wanting in many ways. Cartan was frequently bugging Weil with questions on how to present this material, so that at some point, to get it over with once and for all, Weil suggested they write themselves a new Traité d’Analyse. This suggestion was spread around, and soon a group of about ten mathematicians began to meet regularly to plan this treatise. It was soon decided that the work would be collective, without any acknowledgment of individual contributions. In summer 1935 the pen name Nicolas Bourbaki was chosen.4

Happy Fall Semester!

My contact information:

Debra Kolah 713.348.2350

dkolah@rice.edu

twitter: fondrenlibrary

Welcome  back! There are lots of new things that happened in the library over the summer:

1)We eliminated the use of library PINs for everyone with a Rice NetID.

2)Try onesearch–a new single search box to search our catalog and electronic resources.

3)Libguides–our new subjects guides.

4)Interlibrary Loan no longer has a special login and password. It uses your NetID and password.

5)Course reserves has a new look and feel. The new system will offer more features. It uses the Rice NetID and password for a login.

6)Reference assistance will be available at the circulation desk during evening hours.

7)Our new website is up: library.rice.edu

8)We rolled out a new proxy server. The new proxy server does not require a browser configuration.

9)Remember to bring your Rice ID card when you visit the library. You will need it to use the Express Check-out machines and to enter the building.

Are you a new International Student? We have lots of resources for you!

Looking for a tour? We have many scheduled or email me and schedule a special tour or class.

Physics Films

I launched a documentary film series for the Physics and Astronomy Graduate Student Association last Friday. Most of the films this semester will be about physics or astronomy, but the first one, by request, was The Corporation. An excellent documentary, about the role of the corporation in society.

Films to be shown (date to be announced):The Journey to Palomer (90 minutes)

This is the story of George Ellery Hale and his efforts to create
three of the greatest astronomical observatories in the world-the
Yerkes Observatory, the Mt. Wilson Observatory, and the Palomar
Observatory. Originally shown on PBS.

Richard Feynman: Take the World from Another Point of View (38
minutes) and  NOVA Feynman: The Best Mind Science Einstein (56 minutes)

Feynman describes how his sense of continuous wonder, his
childlike curiosity about anything and everything, led him to a life in
science. (Films for the Humanities and Sciences)

Albert Einstein and the Theory of Everything (50 minutes)

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku and experts form Cambridge, MIT,
and elsewhere discuss Einstein. A gripping dramatizaion of Einstein’s
last two days paints a vivid portrait of an idealistic scientist who
never gave up seeking.

Bye-Bye Planet Pluto (50 minutes)

How many planets are there? It depends on how you define a planet. Bye-Bye Pluto!

The Copenhagen Interpretation: Quantum Physics vs. Relativity (50 minutes)

(Films for the Humanities and Sciences)

Here is a great article about showing films for library promotions.

Oral History Interviews at the Niels Bohr Library & Archives

Just discovered that the Niels Bohr Library and Archives of the American Institute of Physics holds more than a thousand tape-recorded interviews. Many of the oral history interview transcripts are now online. The interviews, conducted by the staff of the AIP Center for History of Physics and many other historians, offer unique insights into the lives, works, and personalities of modern scientists.