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- Thomson Scientific Predicts Nobel laureates
- Free Online Computer Reference Books
- Google Maps: Science Resources
Publication and Citation Data for ESI Special Topics
ESI Special Topics highlights current and emerging trends in specialized areas of research
ESI (Essential Science Indicators) analyzes research performance and ranks top countries, journals, scientists, institutions and companies by field of research, as well as trends and impacts in science. Data for each topic include citation rankings for scientists, institutions, nations, and journals. Most special topics also feature interviews and essays by prominent scientists in the area. New topics appear monthly.
Topics examples: 
- Air Pollution
- Bose-Einstein Condensates
- Global Warming (updated) (2002 version)
- The Hall Effect
- MEMS
- Nanocrystals
- Nanotechnology
- Optoelectronics
- Photonics
- Superfluids (with an interview by Deborah Jin)
- Tropical Storms
- Volcanoes
- Wireless / Mobile Networks
- More...
Added 9/6/07
Thomson Scientific Predicts Nobel laureates
Thomson Scientific, who also hosts Web of Science and Inspec, announced its picks of researchers likely to be in contention for the Nobel prize.
Every year, Thomson Scientific data quantitatively determines the most influential researchers in the Nobel categories of chemistry, economics, physiology or medicine and physics. Due to the total citations to their works, these high-impact researchers are named Thomson Scientific Laureates and predicted to be Nobel Prize winners, either this year or in the near future. Of the 54 Thomson Scientific Laureates named since 2002, four have won the Nobel.
Thomson Scientific Laureates usually rank among the top one-tenth of 1 percent (0.1%) of researchers in their fields, based on citations of their published papers over the past two decades.
2007 Nobel Prize winners will be announced in October
Added 9/12/07
Free Online Computer Reference Books
O'Reilly Open Books - Out of print and other books with various forms of "open" copyright
Computer Books - The author / publisher has generously allowed these books to be available for free online
Free Tech Books - Online computer science, engineering and programming books, textbooks and lecture notes
Books24x7 (subscription provided by Boulder Labs Library) contains full text access to over 3000 computer science books and reference in the areas of: Business & Culture, Databases, Desktop & Office Applications, Enterprise Computing, Graphic Design, IBM Redbooks, Networks & Protocols, Operating Systems, Programming, Telecommunications, and Web Development.
Added 9/19/07
Google Maps: Science Resources
Google Maps is usually the first and one of the best choices for directions, businesses, location distances, and satellite imagery. Now that Google Maps has released their API (Application Programming Interface) to the public for free, programmers and enthusiastic coding amateurs can embed Google Maps into web pages by creating mapplets (or mini-applications / Google Gadgets for "My Maps"), or creating mashups, customized for their own web sites and needs. Hundreds, if not thousands, of these mapplets and mashups exist.
Books & Resources For Making
Google Maps Mashups / Mapplets
- Beginning Google Maps Applications with PHP and Ajax : from novice to professional (Request via ILL)
- Beginning Google Maps Applications with Rails and Ajax : from novice to professional (Request via ILL)
- Beginning Google Maps Mashups (Request via ILL)
- Google Map Hacks (Request via ILL)
- Google Power Tools Bible (Request via ILL)
- Hacking Google Maps and Google Earth (Request via ILL)
- Pragmatic Ajax : a Web 2.0 primer (Request via ILL)
- Professional Ajax
- Google Mapki
- Google Mapplets
- Google Maps API Blog
- How To Make Your Own Web Mashup
- Map Builder - Mashup development tool
Scientific Mashups
- Daylight Map
- Earth (Night) Lights
- Hurricane Tracking: Atlantic/Pacific · Atlantic
- Earthquakes
- Forest Fires, Active
- Earth Tools - Many features
- Mars Surface
- Meteor Craters
- Moon - Apollo Series · Europa (Jupiter)
- North Carolina Seas
- Qlock - World Clock
- Sahara Desert Geology
- UNEP's Atlas of Our Changing Environment
- Weather - Current Conditions
- Weather - Forecasts
- Weather Stations (Personal)
Scientific Mapplets (add to My Maps)
- Aeronautical Charts (U.S.)
- Boulder Bike Paths
- Climate Data Finder
- Clock
- Distance Measurement Tool
- DMSP Global Composites (from NGDC)
- Earthquakes for the past 7 days
- Elevation Contours
- Global Historical Temperatures
- Latitude / Longitude Data
- Lightning Map
- Marine Weather Observations
- MODIS Satellite Images
- National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Information
- Ocean Data, Real Time
- Radar Images
- Sea Level Rise
- Warning Decision Support System (meteorology)
- Weather Bug
See article: Jones, M.T., 2007: Google's Geospatial Organizing Principle. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, July: 8-13.
Added 9/25/07
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