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Economics
economists , economics , light bulb , economist , inflation
Known by other scientists as the "Dismal Science," this field makes a serious effort to study and describe:
The production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of wealth and the various related issues (problems) of labor, finance, taxation, currencies, the political arena as it relates to the above areas of goods and services.
Although interest in economic theories dates to the origins of commerce itself, economics as a modern study independent of moral or political philosophy is attributed to the Scottish writer Adam Smith (1723-1790). The ideas put forth in his seminal work, Wealth of Nations, form the basis of "classical" economic theory and free-market capitalism.
Math
mathematics , same birthday , carnival , novel , maths

Math or mathematics is the study of numbers and variables representing numbers to solve everyday problems, learn about the world around us or to be an exercise in logical reasoning.

Some applications of math are in the areas of finance, physics, sociology, computer programming, fractal music and geometric art.

Physics
physics , science , extra dimensions , loop quantum gravity , user comments

"Physics is the study and application of the fundamental laws of nature, including the laws of motion, gravity, electromagnetism, heat, and microscopic interactions. These laws govern the behavior of objects at all scales, from the smallest subatomic particles to the entire observable universe. In between, physicists study nuclear reactions, the interactions of atoms with light, properties of solids, chaotic dynamics of fluids, and the evolution of stars and galaxies, among many other applications."

If this doesn't tickle your fancy, there is always the quote from Rutherford: "In science, there is only physics; all the rest is stamp collecting."

Nanotechnology
nanotechnology , jim lewis , university , researchers , development
Nanotechnology: a general term covering nanoscale science and engineering. A more narrow definition is miniaturization engineering at the nanometer scale. Nano is a metric prefix meaning 'billionth', in this case, science, technology, and engineering at sizes measured in billionths of a meter, which is 1,000 times smaller than a micrometer. It is proposed to build electronic and mechanical devices which are made of very tiny parts (as are biotic systems), but which may have very large effects (as do biotic systems).
Future
local copy , browser , national intelligence council , united states , development
This category is for speculation and research about the future, including competing views by futurists.
Government Agencies
u.s. department , labor statistics , tentative agreement , osha , labor elaine l. chao
This subcategory contains links to international, federal, state and local governments that are useful to Human Resources professionals.
Artificial Life
artificial life , research , evolution , evolutionary computation , genetic programming
This category is for artificial life information, simulations, discussions and related sub topics like art and games.
Quantum Computing
photon , alice , quantum information , quantum , photons
Aromatherapy
essential oils , aromatherapy , oils , chinese herbs , researchers
Aromatherapy is the therapeutic use of pure essential oils through topical application or inhalation. Essential Oils are volatile aromatic substances. The oils are extracted mostly through steam distillation from herbs, flowers, seeds, barks or woody portions of plants, although there are other methods of extraction, including cold pressing (citrus oils), solvent extractions (absolutes) and carbon dioxide extraction.
Home Improvement
jerry , central heating , contractor , project , ceramic tile
This category contains sites which assist with repairing, remodelling, and redecorating of the home. This includes not only its walls and rooms, but the contents within, like appliances and furniture. Sites are geared towards those with a do-it-yourself attitude, as well as those who would like to learn more before hiring someone to do it for them. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online (Shopping: Home and Garden), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products (Business: Construction and Maintenance), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions (Home: Consumer Information).
Science
computer , science , computers , improbable research , solar cells
Sites in this category contain jokes, essays, songs, students' test answers and other humorous content pertaining to science, math, engineering and statistics.
Cartography
nga , social sciences program , harvard university , social sciences , solutions
Cartography is the science and art of map making. Here you should find information and resources related to the process of making maps.
Behavior Analysis
positive reinforcement , autism , target behavior , psychology , cooperative play
The study of human and animal behavior as well as the method of utilizing observable behavior of organisms as a basis of data gathering, analysis, or inference.
Amateur
astronomy , telescope , amateur astronomers , planets , wikipedia
This category lists sites specifically for the non-professional areas of astronomy. Amateurs are also known as "backyard astronomers."
SETI
seti , extraterrestrial intelligence , extra-terrestrial intelligence , intelligent life , keeney astroresearch

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Institutes and programs for scientific and educational projects relevant to the nature, distribution, and prevalence of life in the universe.

Game Theory
game theory , economic theory , department , faculty , economics
Game theory is a mathematical theory of strategic interaction developed by economists, mathematicians and biologists.
Pollution Prevention and Recycling
pollution prevention , epa , cigarette butts , rac , materials
One definition of Pollution Prevention is: "The use of processes, practices, materials, products or energy that avoid or minimize the creation of pollutants and waste, and reduce overall risk to human health or the environment." Industrial ecology is also a closely related area. This category is primarily for resources related to waste minimization by source reduction (using fewer resources), reuse, and recycling. Composting is a technique for waste minimization, so there is a cross-link to the category Home/Gardens/Composting. Control of air and water pollution are covered in other categories of Science/Environment.
Topology
manifold , topology , algebraic topology , new york , manifolds
Wavelets
external disk , research , wavelets , large-scale recommender systems , iris images
Category Theory
category , category theory , morphisms , categories , peripatetic seminar
Diophantine Equations
egyptian fractions , equation , integer numbers , integer solutions , solutions
In this category are included any equation or set of equations where the unknowns must be integer numbers. It includes Fermat Last Theorem as a special case.
Semiotics
semiotics , communication , saussure , stewart , environment
The term Semiotics stems from the Greek word seemeiootikee--the study of signs, what they represent and signify, and how we act and think in their milieu. Semiotics is the study of signs and signifying practices which influenced artistic writing of the 1980s and 1990s.
Chats and Forums
god , hits , code buttons , global mod , forum
The search for wisdom through open debate. Sites submitted to this category should be in some way interactive and accommodate public discussion of a philosophical nature.
Education
courses , aesthetics , science , ethics , philosophy
This category is devoted to the teaching of philosophy. It is supposed to provide resources for philosophy teachers, mostly at the college and university level, including sites on pedagogy in philosophy teaching, the teaching of particular subject areas, syllabi, handouts, etc. Philosophy sites which are of use mostly for students of philosophy, including online courses and course websites with substantial philosophical content should go in the most appropriate subcategory of Society/Philosophy.
Human
genes , human genome , genome , scientists , entire article
This category is for listing sites dealing with the genetics of the human race.
Anarchism
fbi , next dc protest , new bush rhetoric , labor actions , email
Anarchism is a political theory which aims to create anarchy, "the absence of a master, of a sovereign." [P-J Proudhon, What is Property , p. 264] In other words, anarchism is a political theory which aims to create a society within which individuals freely co-operate together as equals. As such anarchism opposes all forms of hierarchical control - be that control by the state or a capitalist - as harmful to the individual and their individuality as well as unnecessary. From: An Anarchist FAQ,
Science
science , scientific revolution , electrical machine , full text , internet archive
Covers the development of science within a regional, topical, social or political context. Many scientific discoveries were influenced or hindered by the political and cultural climate of the times.
Criminal Law
double jeopardy , jury , criminal justice , criminal trial , prosecutors
Criminal law covers all aspects of law enforcement activity from the point of the identification, interrogation and arrest of a suspect, through the trial process, conviction, sentencing, incarcaration, probation and parole, and eventual discharge from custody of a convicted criminal, and any ongoing duty for the convicted criminal to register with local authorities. It also covers victim's rights issues.
Time Travel
time machine , time travel , einstein , mallett , dial
In this category you can find everything on the possibilities of time travel (illusion or reality?) in the framework of Einstein's theory of relativity.
Coaching
coaching , life coaching , coach approach , life purpose , life coach
Coaching is a place where practitioners and providers of education on such "life coaching" modalities like Mastery and the Forum can be listed. Targeted publications and training centers would also be appropriate.
Alexander Technique
alexander technique , alexander , technique , special edition e-journal , london
The Alexander Technique is a long-established method of helping people learn how to release harmful physical stress from their body - stress that can result in such symptoms as backache, stiff neck and shoulders and a variety of repetitive strain injuries. It is also widely used by performers who wish to improve the quality of their work.
Absolute Zero
nobel prize , physics , atoms , nist , bell labs
Mars
mars , planet , nasa , atmosphere , red planet
Mars is the 4th planet out from the sun. Sites in this category deal with this planet, and its moons.
Neurobiology
mitochondrion , neuron , protons , neurons , phase
Neurobiology is he branch of biology that studies the structure, functions and diseases of the nervous system of all animals, including humans.
Bioethics
bioethics , ethics , consent , joseph schmucker-von koch , ibc
Biophysics
water molecules , major groove , minor groove , energy source , protein
Biophysics is the application of physical principles, both classical and modern, to problems involving biological systems.
Information Theory
information theory , system , linear complexity , sequence , algorithm
Encyclopedia Britannica's says that "the chief concern of information theory is to discover mathematical laws governing systems designed to communicate or manipulate information. It sets up quantitative measures of information and of the capacity of various systems to transmit, store, and otherwise process information. Some of the problems treated are related to finding the best methods of using various available communication systems and the best methods for separating the wanted information, or signal, from the extraneous information, or noise". The study of information theory is also concerned with the definition of notion of information in a general sense and with a unified information theory that is supposed to contain all the statements of existing information theories.
Transportation
idrodinamica navale , streetcars , apm system , car innovations , history section
Engineering and Technology
western civilization , machine , radio , century , machines
This category covers general sites for the history of engineering and technology. For history of specific technologies, see under that specific heading.
Feminist Philosophy
feminist philosophers , feminist philosophy , sexuality , aristotle , cyberspace
Children
hospital , children , health care , national jewish medical , western pennsylvania
This category is for sites about children's hospitals, that is hospitals which treat only children.
Alabama
federal sentencing guidelines , arthur madden , us supreme court , prosecutors , open court
Cellular Automata
cellular automata , applet , artificial life , simulation , automaton
Commercial
interior design , client , inarch , clients , mary ellen
This category is for interior designers (professionals with academic education in this field) who work PRIMARLY in the commercial specialty.
Advocacy
disabilities , sprint , disability rights , advocacy , sprint employees
Advocacy for general disability rights; national and international groups. Please submit sites about specific disabilities to Health/Conditions and Diseases. Please submit sites about groups serving local areas to the appropriate Regional category.
Ear Candling
ear candling , ear coning , coning , hopi ear candles , hopi candles
Ear candling or coning is described as a method of cleaning the ears and the mind, and alleviating a host of physical, emotional and spiritual ailments. The origin of this practice has been given as ancient Tibet, China, India, Egypt, and pre-Columbian America.
Sociobiology
evolutionary psychology , species , evolution , sociobiology , digit ratio
California
clients , attorney , entertainment law firm , entertainment law , keith cooper
Distributed Computing
henri e. bal , thilo kielmann , mcowen , computers , work package
Philosophy of Science
science , theories , hempel , dn model , reduction
The philosophy of science is concerned with the philosophical interpretation and study of the natural sciences, in particular, physics, biology, and mathematics.
Aesthetics
judgments , aesthetics , kant , enchantment , art
Philosophy of art, or aesthetics, is the branch of philosophy examining the nature of art and of the experience of art. Art, in this context, is broadly conceived as including the visual arts, literature, poetry, music, and dance.
Temporal Logic
temporal logic , tense logic , tense operators , sep , properties
Temporal logic is a form of modal logic in which the modal operators are used to denote the truth of a statement in the future or past. Application areas include linguistics and computer science, in particular program verification.
Business and Economy
health authority , bahrain , electrical spares , housing authority , storm water drainage project
Includes sites covering the business and economic activities of the Bahrain region, including listings of companies and industries.
Cybernetics
cybernetics , systems theory , system , systems , understanding whole systems
Cybernetics, the theory of intercausal networks underlaying communication and organization processes in dynamical systems, forms a metatheoretical superstructure for individual subdisciplines as systems theory, communication theory, connectionism or decision analysis. Yet, applied cybernetics serves as auxiliary science for practical fields as biology, psychology, medicine and technology. Complemenatary to this sectoral segmentation cybernetics can be classified into several layers. The inner layer is formed by general theoretical cybernetics (K1) that finds its concretization in the investigation of the realities (K2). Among the K2 the above mentioned subdisciplines (as general systems theory, control theory, information theory or game theory) are to be counted. Practical applications of cybernetics (biological cybernetics, control systems technology, computer science etc.) fall into the external layer (K3). Founded by von Foerster 'Second-order cybernetics' denotes a progressive intellectual movement within cybernetics and systems thinking that reached fruition in the 1970's. The most common explanation for the movement's agenda is that it turned the principles of cybernetics upon cybernetics itself. In second-order cybernetics, the observer of a system must be described and explained as well as the system observed. Practicability and consistent links to microtheories of the applied sciences are critical for the K3's success.
Benford's Law
benford , first digit , zipf , law , distribution
Benford's Law is related to statistics and may also be called "The first Digit Law" . It states that the first digits of a natural set of numbers follow a certain trend, example; The "% frequency" of number "1" as the first digit or leding digit is "%30.10" ; number "2" is "%17,61"....etc.
Nigeria
law firm , ip rights protections , tafawa balewa way , financial intermediation , profitable activities
Personal Pages
human cytome project , human genome project , drug discovery , genes , dynamics
Directories
interior designer , interior design , interior designers , project , asid interior designers
Directories are listings of manufacturers, design professionals and other resources, often arranged topically or by regions and which may contain links to related webpages.
Publications
museum , century , journals , natural history museum publishing aims , differential gene expression
This category is for websites dealing with biology-themed books, magazines, journals, and other publications.
Dental
compbenefits , pooled groups , benefits , california , dental insurance services
Category is for insurance agents and marketers web sites which offer dental insurance only.
Employment
several other councils , global lit , emerging field , academic , bi-monthly caa careers
Jobs available for art educators as well as employment-related issues and information.
Infinity
infinity , natural numbers , fractions , context , actual infinity
Used in many context, infinity can have many meanings. The sequence of natural numbers, 1, 2, 3, ..., is said to be infinite. In geometry, the number of points on a line is said to be infinite. Time is often assumed to be infinite, in the sense that it had no beginning, or will have no end, or both. Space is often assumed to be infinite in extent. Infinity is not bound by the basic rules and axioms of math and can destroy logic in arithmetic.
Architecture and Design
israel , prospective real-estate customers , site enables , quality assessment , assessment services
Herat
ismail khan , afghanistan , mr shahir , student leader , decades
Invention and Innovation
product , manufacturer , finland , invention , intellectual property
Web sites about invention or innovation in the broad area of technology.
Epistemology
epistemology , justification , skepticism , coherence theory , proposition
Works of philosophers or others dealing with the limits, sources, nature and methods of human knowledge.
Bathroom
most bathrooms , products , steam house , system , product
Europe
bruno gr , hotel , martin brofman , ning-freundeskreis , untraditional medicine
Practitioners and clinics specializing in energy healing in Europe.
Concrete
meld , sd magazine , concrete , interior design magazine , blaine brownell
Manufacturers, wholesalers, and import/export companies specializing in concrete furniture.
Product Development
cliente , product development , una vettura , invention , development
This category will list companies that develop new products and new product lines for either in house use or for clients.
Alabama
school systems , attorney , formal administrative proceeding , alabama state department , disabilities education act
Law firms that practice education law (both regular and special education) on behalf of school districts and parents in the United States
0 - Zero
zero , number system , century , notation , infinity
There are two common uses of Zero: One use is as a empty place indicator in our place-value number system. Hence in a number like 2106 the zero is used so that the positions of the 2 and 1 are correct. Clearly 216 means something quite different. The second use of zero is as a number itself in the form we use it as 0. There are also different aspects of zero within these two uses, namely the concept, the notation, and the name.

This category is concerned with the second use, the number zero itself. It lists sites that discuss the history, use and specialities of the number zero.

Additionally such topics as "division by zero" are listed.