Invitation to World Literature

Pygame 3D Graphics Tutorial Our wireframe object is currently defined by a list of Node objects and a list of Edge objects, which hopefully makes things easy to understand, but it isn't very efficient. That's not a problem if we're just making cubes, but will be if we want to create more complex objects. In this tutorial, we will: Convert our list of nodes to a numpy arraySimplify how edges are storedCreate a cube using the new system By the end of this and the following tutorial our program should function exactly the same as before, but will be more efficient. NumPy If you're not familiar with NumPy, then this tutorial might take a bit of work to understand, but I think it's worth the effort. The first thing is to download NumPy if you haven't already done so. import numpy as np Since NumPy includes a lot of mathematical functions, we can use it to replace the math module, thus replace math.sin() with np.sin(). NumPy arrays (matrices) self.nodes = np.zeros((0, 4)) This creates a NumPy array with 0 row and 4 columns.

The Classic Literature Library What Does It Mean to Be Human? | Wired Science What does it mean to be human? And can science illuminate the answers? A star-studded panel of scientists gathered to discuss those heady themes last night at the World Science Festival in New York City. Here are their answers in convenient nutshell form: Marvin Minsky , artificial intelligence pioneer: We do something other species can’t: We remember. Daniel Dennett , cognitive scientist: We are the first species that represents our reasons, and can reason with each other. Renee Reijo Pera , embryologist: We’re uniquely human from the moment that egg and sperm fuse. Patricia Churchland , neuroethicist: The structure of how the human brain is arranged intrigues me. Jim Gates , physicist: We are blessed with the ability to know our mother. Nikolas Rose , sociologist: Language and representation. Ian Tattersall , anthropologist: It’s not "what is human," but what is unique: our extraordinary form of symbolic cognition. Francis Collins , geneticist: What does the genome tell us?

Learning To Program Each of the sessions with the students consists of one or more lessons. Each of the sessions below present you with the handouts for the lessons and some discussion of how to teach that section of the course. When printing these lessons for students you may wish to change the zoom factor of the page size by selecting page setup for your browser. Generally a zoom of 70% will work well for printing them. Session One In the first session you want to familiarize the students with the programming environment called IDLE. Session Two In the second session you introduce the students to Turtle graphics using the xturtle package. The students also learn how to use a for loop to repeat code. Session Three In this session students learn to define and use functions. Then functions are used to draw squares at random points on the screen. Session Four In this session students learn how to program in an event-driven framework. Lesson 9 Session Five This is probably session 5,6,7 and maybe even 8. Lesson 10

Literature.org What Does It Mean to Be Human? by Maria Popova Primates, philosophers, and how subjectivity ensures the absolute truth of our existence. What does it mean to be human? Centuries worth of scientific thought, artistic tradition and spiritual practice have attempted to answer this most fundamental question about our existence. And yet the diversity of views and opinions is so grand it has made that answer remarkably elusive. While we don’t necessarily believe such an “answer” — singular and conclusive by definition — even exists, today we make an effort to understand the wholeness of a human being without compartmentalizing humanity into siloed views of the brain, emotion, morality and so forth. From The Leakey Foundation, which aims to increase scientific knowledge and public understanding of human origins, evolution, behavior, and survival, comes What Makes Us Human? There is a lot more biology to our behavior than we used to think.” ~ Richard Wrangham Share on Tumblr

JLect - Japonic Language and Dialect Database UC Berkeley Summer Reading List What Does It Mean to Be Human? What does it mean to be human? Or, putting the point a bit more precisely, what are we saying about others when we describe them as human? Answering this question is not as straightforward as it might appear. Can’t we turn to science for an answer? Some folk-categories correspond more or less precisely to scientific categories. If this sounds strange to you, it is probably because you are already committed to one or another conception of the human (for example, that all and only members of Homo sapiens are human). If science can’t give us an account of the human, why not turn to the folk for an answer? Unfortunately, this strategy multiplies the problem rather than resolving it. At this point, it looks like the concept of the human is hopelessly confused. Paradigmatic indexical terms include words like “now,” “here,” and “I.” What’s a natural kind? Philosophers distinguish the linguistic meaning of indexical expressions from their content.

FOR3_1.html 3.3 Pseudocode and Flowcharts Good, logical programming is developed through good pre-code planning and organization. This is assisted by the use of pseudocode and program flowcharts. Flowcharts are written with program flow from the top of a page to the bottom. Each command is placed in a box of the appropriate shape, and arrows are used to direct program flow. Pseudocode is a method of describing computer algorithms using a combination of natural language and programming language. The usual Fortran symobols are used for arithmetic operations (+, -, *, / , **). Here is an example problem, including a flowchart, pseudocode, and the final Fortran 90 program. For a given value, Limit, what is the smallest positive integer Number for which the sum Sum = 1 + 2 + ... + Number is greater than Limit. Pseudocode: Input: An integer Limit Ouput: Two integers: Number and Sum 1. Flowchart: Fortran 90 code: PROGRAM Summation ! ! INTEGER :: Number, Sum, Limit ! Number = 0 Sum = 0 ! ! !

Working class literature - reading guide Libcom.org's reading guide on literature with a focus on work and accurate representations of working class life, culture and resistance to power. American Alfred Bester The Stars My Destination - In a world where transportation is possible with a thought, prisoners break free, economies crash and the slums emptied. Charles Bukowski Post Office - The job as a postal worker is a thankless one as Bukowski tries to keep his sanity delivering mail around Los Angeles. Harlan Ellison "Repent, Harlequin!" William Gibson and Bruce Sterling The Difference Engine - Seminal novel set in an ahistorical Victorian England, where Lord Byron leads the technocratic government funded by trade unions, the Luddites and their Swing Riots threaten London and the first commune is declared in New York. Ben Hamper Rivethead - Down and out memoirs of an assembly line worker for GM Motors over the 1980s. Joseph Heller Ernest Hemingwey Ursula Le Guin Jack London The Iron Heel - Dystopian sci-fi novel. Lorrie Moore Oil! Czech

What Does It Mean to Be Human?