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1998 APR 17
Sources
TED WARNELL
Leonardo DaVinci
was a true Renaissance man -- artist, inventor, scientist,
and is always good to look in on. No matter that you've seen his
work before, one can always learn something more and find new
inspiration seeing these fascinating works again.
...Leo would have liked this site.
Leonardo @ the Museum
is a Web site by the Museum of Science in Boston USA. It is,
in my view, one of the nicest of numerous LDV sites you can
visit. I like it for quality of presentation, comprehensive
information available, and too cool QuickTime VR navigation
(also Shockwave and Real Audio/Video). Methinks, too,
Leo would have liked this site.
This site requires browser plug-ins for QuickTime,
Shockwave, and Real Audio/Video. You will find links
to the download sites in Zn Web: Zoots, and in
Zn Resources.
Leonardo @ the Museum
www.mos.org/leonardo
USA
The Human Genome Project
is a multi-national, worldwide effort to learn about and
document human DNA sequences. One of the largest scientific
projects ever attempted, the HG project engages the services
of thousands of scientists and researchers around the globe,
and will take decades to complete.
...Leo the scientist would have loved these sites.
Here you can learn
more about the project, learn about neat things like arrays
of cloned DNA that are suitable for comparative fluorescence
hybridizations with probes of total mammalian genomic complexity,
and look at (really) fascinating data and structures.
It is probably a bonus if you happen to be a geneticist with
some understanding of this material, but I like to look in for
the sense of awe and wonder. For sure, Leo the scientist would
have loved these sites.
Human Genome Project
www.ornl.gov/hgmis
USA
GenBank DNA Sequence Database
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
USA
"Although human subtlety makes a variety of inventions
by different means to the same end, it will never devise an
invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than
does nature, because in her inventions nothing is lacking,
and nothing is superfluous."
- Leonardo DaVinci
Favorite spaces
from the Zn Web links library. Great sources for ideas and
research material. Look in to learn something new, discover
new horizons, or just to revel in the sense of mystery. As
always, have fun.
Would you like to see your work in Zn?
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