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WHY THE SKY IS BLUE: DISCOVERING THE COLOR OF LIFE
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WHY THE SKY IS BLUE: DISCOVERING THE COLOR OF LIFE Götz Hoeppe, translated by John Stewart, 2007, 336 pp., $29.95, hardbound, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-12453-7
"Why is the sky blue?" is a common question asked by children that is just as commonly answered by adults erroneously. Many science educators have asked that question in courses on radiative balance and climate only to have students give answers such as: "It's the reflection of the ocean" or "It's due to cloud droplets," etc. Götz Hoeppe (aided with translator John Stewart) addresses this age-old question from a ...
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OCTOPI TEACH OLD SCIENTISTS NEW TRICKS
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN)
; ...Scientists studying octopi find you don't...learn. After one octopus was trained to pick...were interested in octopuses because they have...about whether the octopi could learn from...their specimens of octopus vulgaris from the...shape. For some octopuses, the "right...
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Octopus comes out of hiding. (On Food) (Column)
Magazine article from: Nation's Restaurant News
; ...is relatively easy to understand. But octopus? Hunks of purple-tinged tentacles...pan-Mediterranean route have included octopus on the menu. And they are finding customers...show up elsewhere. It bears watching. Octopus always had an audience in certain ethnic...
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Octopus: Hispanic appetite for the cephalopod has fueled a sales explosion.(Product Spotlight)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business
; ...about 1,000 pounds of octopus imported from the Philippines...market for so-called baby octopus, which are adult octopi about the size of a fist...600 to 1,000 pounds of octopus weekly, including baby octopi primarily from Taiwan...
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Octopus Announces Support for Microsoft Cluster Server.
Business Wire
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 1997--Octopus Technologies, a division of Qualix Group...that currently shipping versions of its Octopus products for data fault tolerance and...Cluster Server (formerly Wolfpack). Octopus also today unveiled a plan for phased...
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Octopus Makes Sound And Image Unforgettable.
M2 Presswire
; ...PRESSWIRE-8 November 2007-Marmitek BV: Octopus Makes Sound And Image Unforgettable...this problem with the introduction of Octopus. With this device, you can convert your...children, is now a reality. Leave it to Octopus to provide nostalgia and a cosy feeling...
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Octopus 3.0 Supports Siebel 7.
PR Newswire
; ...ALTO, Calif., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Octopus, the pioneer of Meta Applications, today announced...provider of eBusiness applications software. Octopus will submit the integration of Octopus 3.0 for validation with Siebel 7 within 90...
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Octopus.com Partners With Seven Content Providers to Improve Web Experience For Publishers and Surfers.
PR Newswire
; Octopus.com Announces Industry Deals Across Popular...Calif., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Octopus, the award-winning Web service that...Exchange and MP3.com. The partners will use Octopus to create any number of co-branded...
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Octopus 3.0 Provides New Deployment Choices: Licensed Enterprise Installation or Fully Hosted.
PR Newswire
; ...Calif., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Octopus, Inc., a leader in software solutions...announced the immediate availability of Octopus 3.0, offering customers the choice...deployment tools that ease the development of Octopus-based solutions. The new licensed enterprise...
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Octopus spreads its reach, grabs ahold of consumer attention across the US.
Magazine article from: Nation's Restaurant News
; ...tender chunks of grilled octopus, a sharp splash of lemon...of guaranteeing tender octopus. At Avra and Trata, up to six whole octopi are put into a washing...is turned on and the octopi are "pounded" into...you have to pound the octopus on the rocks like the...
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Octopus's garden: Current Science editor Rene Ebersole went scuba diving in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica to help a scientist learn more about the native octopuses there. (Life)(Cover Story).
Magazine article from: Current Science, a Weekly Reader publication
; ...inky cloud, the octopus retreats deep...don't harass octopuses. This encounter...learned some octopus basics. "First...Cigliano, "octopuses do not have tentacles...out. Finding octopuses was much harder. An octopus can change its...
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