81. AI Magazine: The 1998 Simon Newcomb Award Full text of the article, The 1998 simon newcomb Award from AI Magazine, apublication in the field of Computers Technology, is provided free of charge http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2483/is_4_19/ai_53560924

@import url(/css/us/style1.css); @import url(/css/us/searchResult1.css); @import url(/css/us/articles.css); @import url(/css/us/artHome1.css); Advanced Search Home Help IN free articles only all articles this publication Automotive Sports 10,000,000 articles - not found on any other search engine. FindArticles AI Magazine Winter 1998 Content provided in partnership with 10,000,000 articles Not found on any other search engine. Related Searches Artificial intelligence / Anecdotes, cartoons, satire, etc. Science / Achievements and awards Featured Titles for AI Magazine Advanced Battery Technology America's Network BT Catalyst ... View all titles in this topic Hot New Articles by Topic Automotive Sports Top Articles Ever by Topic Automotive Sports The 1998 Simon Newcomb Award AI Magazine Winter, 1998 by Patrick Hayes Kenneth Ford Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. Simon Newcomb was a distinguished astronomer and computer who "proved" that heavier-than-air flight was impossible. His proofs are ingenious, cleverly argued, quite convincing to many of his contemporaries, and utterly wrong. The Simon Newcomb Award is given annually for the silliest published argument attacking AI. Our subject may be unique in the virulence and frequency with which it is attacked, both in the popular media and among the cultured intelligentsia. Recent articles have argued that the very idea of AI reflects a cancer in the heart of our culture and have proven (yet again) that it is impossible. While many of these attacks are cited widely, most of them are ridiculous to anyone with an appropriate technical education.

82. AAS History Bibliography (published And Manuscript Sources) Hale to simon newcomb, 21 July 1898. newcomb Collection, Manuscript Division, A Scientist s Voice in American Culture, simon newcomb and the Rhetoric of http://www.aas.org/~had/bib.html

AAS History Bibliography (published and manuscript sources) Return to History of the AAS Table of Contents Return to AAS Home Page AAS Constitution, early working copy. Newcomb Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. Cited in Berendzen, 37. [AAS] Minutes of the Executive Council. AAS Records, American Institute of Physics Center for History of Physics. Hereinafter cited as American Institute of Physics. Bates, Ralph S., 1965. Scientific Societies in the United States. Pergamon Press. Berendzen, Richard, 1974. "Origins of the American Astronomical Society," Physics Today Bond, William Cranch to C.H.F. Peters, 20 Aug. 1858. Observatory Correspondence, Harvard University Archives. Cited in Rothenberg, 1981, 307. Brush, Stephen G., 1979. "Looking Up: the Rise of Astronomy in America," American Studies Campbell, William Wallace to George C. Comstock, 5 March 1908, Campbell 1900-1916 (folder), AAS Records, American Institute of Physics. Campbell to Philip Fox, 2 Feb. 1914, Supplemental Correspondence Folder. AAS Records, American Institute of Physics. Campbell to Stebbins, 25 Feb. 1919. AAS Records, American Institute of Physics.

83. Mine Warfare Ship Photo Index YMS-263 simon newcomb, 95k, Seen as AGSc13, George W. Desharnais. simon newcomb, 136k,Unloading all removable gear and ballast prior to salvage attempt by Hoist http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/19263.htm

Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible. NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive YMS-263 Simon Newcomb (AGS / AGSc 14) YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper : Laid down, 21 August 1942 by the South Coast Co., Newport Beach, CA; Launched, 2 November 1942; Completed, 10 August 1943; Commissioned as USS YMS-263 , 11 August 1943; Converted to a Survey Ship , January - April 1945 by the Wilmington Boat Works, San Pedro, CA; Reclassified as a Survey Ship and named Simon Newcomb (AGS 14) , 20 March 1945; Reclassified as a Coastal Survey Ship AGSc-14 , 29 July 1946; Decommissioned, 10 November 1949 at Norfolk, VA; Struck from the Naval Register, 31 January 1950. Sold for scrap, 25 April 1950 to B. F. M. Industries, Brooklyn, NY. Specifications : Displacement 245 t.; Length 136'; Beam 23' 4"; Draft 8' 7"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 60; Armament, one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, two dct, two dcp; Propulsion, two 1,000 bhp General Motors diesels, two shafts. Click On Image For Full Size Image Size Image Description Source Seen here as USS Simon Newcomb (AGS 14) inboard of USS James M. Gilliss (AGS 13).

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85. Oxford Physics - Library A15A NEW 2, newcomb, simon, A compendium of spherical astronomy, 300962172.A15A NEW 3, newcomb, simon, A compendium of spherical astronomy, 300962160 http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/library/list.asp?CID=A15&lib=astro

86. Simon Newcomb Quotes 4 quotes and quotations by simon newcomb. simon newcomb Flight by machinesheavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/simon_newcomb.html

Atlas Dictionary Encyclopedia Geography ... Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's Easy! Web brainyquote.com Simon Newcomb Quotes Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have to cope. Simon Newcomb Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible. Simon Newcomb The demonstration that no possible combination of known substances, known forms of machinery and known forms of force, can be united in a practical machine by which men shall fly along distances through the air, seems to the writer as complete as it is possible for the demonstration to be. Simon Newcomb We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy. Simon Newcomb Find on Amazon: Simon Newcomb Quotes RSS Feeds About Us Inquire Privacy Terms

87. AAAS - History And Archives simon newcomb. 1835 1909. Editor, American Journal of Mathematics. AAAS officesheld. President, 1877. Copyright © 2004. American Association for the http://archives.aaas.org/people.php?p_id=77

88. RASC Library - Title Index - Alphabet A Astronomy for Everybody, newcomb, simon, unclassified, 523 N, New York McClure,Phillips, 1904, 0. Astronomy for Everybody, newcomb, simon, unclassified http://www.rasc.ca/library/libta.htm

The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Library Title Index - Alphabet A Home Library (special) A ... Z Title Author Subject heading Out Dewey Note Publisher Lyear L.C. Notes A Beginner's Guide to the Skies Mayall, R.N. and M.W. unclassified 523.89 M New York: Putnam's By: Mayall, R. Newton, and Mayall, Margaret W. A Beginner's Guide to the Skies Mayall, R.N. and M.W. unclassified 523.89 M New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons A Budget of Paradoxes, Vol. I De Morgan, Augustus unclassified 502 D Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Co. A Budget of Paradoxes, Vol. II De Morgan, Augustus unclassified 502 D Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Co. A Century's Progress in Astronomy MacPherson, Hector unclassified 520.9 M Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons Title Author Subject heading Out Dewey Note Publisher Lyear L.C. Notes A Chapter in the History of Meteorites Flight, Walter Meteorites 523.51 F A Complete System of Astronomy, Vol. I Vince, S. unclassified 520 V Vol. I Cambridge: University Press A Complete System of Astronomy, Vol. II Vince, S. unclassified 520 V Vol. II

89. RASC SIMON NEWCOMB AWARD The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada sponsors the simon newcomb award forastronomical writing. http://www.rasc.ca/award/newcomb.html

The Simon Newcomb Award (revised 1998) Page Last Updated: 2001 Oct 17 The Simon Newcomb Award is intended to encourage members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada to write on the topic of astronomy for the Society or the general public, and to recognise the best published works through an annual award. [Simon Newcomb, Photo courtesy of the Archives , California Institute of Technology] Background The award is named in honour of the astronomer Simon Newcomb (1835-1909) who was born in Nova Scotia and later served for twenty years as Superintendent of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac Office at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington. The award was created in 1978 by the National Council of the RASC on the initiative of the RASC Halifax Centre. Who is Eligible? Any member of the Society is eligible for the award. Nominations may be submitted by another member, a group of members, or an RASC centre. What Writing is Eligible? An eligible entry should be a recently-published piece of writing with an astronomical theme. This could be one of: a book or a portion of a book; an article in the Journal of the RASC, a centre newsletter, or another RASC publication; an article in a commercially-published magazine; and so on. A series of articles or a history of exemplary writing would also be considered eligible. Judging The Awards Committee will judge nominations according to several criteria, including: originality, literary merit, scientific accuracy, educational value, and promotion of the Society's objectives. The Committee is not bound to make an award in a given year if the nominated works do not meet a suitable combination of these criteria.

90. Simon Newcomb Gravesite Name, simon newcomb (1835 1909). Category, Scientists. Burial Location,Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA. http://www.thecemeteryproject.com/Graves 2/newcomb-simon.htm

Name: Simon Newcomb (1835 - 1909) Category: Scientists Burial Location: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Mike's Notes: Simon Newcomb was the scientist who revised motion theory and position tables for all major celestial bodies in the solar system, tables which are still used today.

91. I7793: Edward The_Elder ( - 925) simon newcomb. BIRTH ABT 1666, Kittery,York,Maine; DEATH 20 JAN 1745, Lebanon,NewLondon,Connecticut. Father Andrew newcomb Mother Sarah http://millennium.fortunecity.com/kermit/354/rmwwanc/g0000081.html

web hosting domain names photo sharing ANCESTORS OF REED MOLTHAN WILLIAMS WURTS Edward the Elder DEATH : 925, Forndon,,Northamptonshire Father: Alfred the_Great KING_OF_ENGLAND Mother: Alswitha (Ealhswith) of MERCIA Family 1 Edgina Edmund I Magnificus Edward the_Elder INDEX Notes EMAIL Reed's Genealogy Page HTML created by on Tue Oct 27 10:59:16 1998. Emma (Ermeline) BIRTH Family 1 Walter de LACY Emma (Emmaline) de LACY Emma (Ermeline) INDEX ... Reed's Genealogy Page HTML created by on Tue Oct 27 10:59:16 1998. Eudon I Family 1 Anne de LEON Geoffrey Eudon I INDEX ... Reed's Genealogy Page HTML created by on Tue Oct 27 10:59:16 1998. Frederick II BIRTH : 26 DEC 1194, Iesi,Ancona,Marche,Italy DEATH : 13 DEC 1250, Fiorentino,,,Italy BURIAL : Cathedral of,Fiorentino,,Italy Father: Henry VI KING_OF_ITALY Mother: Constance of NAPLES Family 1 Bianca LANCIA MARRIAGE : (not married) Manfred of NAPLES _Rainald III of BURGUNDY Frederick II _Constance of NAPLES ... Reed's Genealogy Page HTML created by on Tue Oct 27 10:59:16 1998. Joan (Alice) Family 1 Robert de HOLAND MARRIAGE : ABT 1355 Maud HOLAND Joan (Alice) INDEX Notes !DATA: John S. Wurts, MAGNA CHARTA; ; Philadelphia, Brookfield Pub. Co., part III, p. 385. "Robert de Holand, who died in his father's lifetime, about the year 1373. He and his wife Joan (Alice) whom he married about 1355, had a daughter [next entry] Maud Holand..."

92. REH Bookshelf - Appendix 4 Reverend Delavan Lincoln Little Nature Library newcomb, simon Pack,Arthur Newton Price, Ira Maurice Rayzor, newcomb, simon. (18351909) http://www.rehupa.com/bookshelf_app4.htm

REHupa Home Page REH Bookshelf - APPENDIX FOUR BOOKS NOTED ON HOWARD PAYNE ACCESSIONS LIST BUT PROBABLY NOT PART OF HOWARD'S LIBRARY compiled by Rusty Burke BACK TO REH BOOKSHELF HOMEPAGE As discussed in the Introduction, it appears that the cataloging of the Robert E. Howard Memorial Collection at Howard Payne College in the summer of 1936 was occasionally interrupted to note other library acquisitions. In particular, it seems unlikely that Howard would have owned books on pedagogical methods. While it is possible that an author would possess, as references, works on nature, Howard's lack of expressed interest in the subject apparently led Glenn Lord and Steve Eng to omit these works from their listings, and leads me to include them here. And works of a specifically religious nature are included here: Howard Payne is a Baptist school. It should be noted that all of these titles were included in the listing in Paperback Quarterly , the first listing from the Howard Payne accessions list.

93. 1884 Simon Newcomb by simon newcomb. Introductory Note newcomb was born in the village of Wallace,Nova Scotia, March 12, 1835. His father, who was a teacher, http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/documents/docnewcomb1884.htm

The Extent of the Universe by Simon Newcomb Introductory Note Newcomb was born in the village of Wallace, Nova Scotia, March 12, 1835. His father, who was a teacher, gave him his elementary education; and at the age of eighteen we find him teaching a country school in Maryland. Two years later, a position as computer on the "Nautical Almanac" brought him to Cambridge, Mass., where he studied in Harvard University till 1861, when he was appointed professor of mathematics in the United States Navy. He remained in the government service till he was retired as a rear admiral in 1897, having served besides as professor of mathematics and astronomy in Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, from 1884. Newcomb's chief labors were in the department of mathematical astronomy, and were directed toward the explanation of the observed movements of the heavenly bodies. The difficulty and complexity of the calculations involved are beyond the conception of the layman; and the achievements which brought Newcomb honors from the learned of almost all civilized countries have to be taken on trust by the general. He had, nevertheless, an admirable power of clear exposition of those parts of his subject which were capable of popularization; and the accompanying paper is a good example of the simple treatment of a large subject. Newcomb's interests extended beyond his special field, and he wrote with vigor and originality on finance and economics, and played a leading part in the general intellectual life of his time. When he died in the midst of his labors on July 11, 1909, he left a place at the head of American science that will not easily be filled.

94. Astronomie Forum - ASTROTREFF - Der Treffpunkt Mit Foren Und Chat Für Die Amate Translate this page März des Jahres 1835 kam simon newcomb im schottischen Wallace zur Welt, wuchsin sehr ärmlichen simon newcomb verstarb am 11. Juli 1909 in Washington. http://www.astrotreff.de/lexikon.asp?Newcomb, Simon

95. Error In Statement Of Tropical Year year based on a fictitious mean sun as defined by simon newcomb et al. by simon newcomb, Supplement to the American ephemeris and nautical http://www.hermetic.ch/cal_stud/cassidy/err_trop.htm

Error in Statement of Tropical Year There is a grievous error in Leroy Doggett's "Calendars" chapter from the Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac. This same error also occurs in http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/pubinfo/leaflets/leapyear/leapyear.html , Royal Greenwich Observatory pamphlet #48 (LEAP YEARS). The Greenwich Royal Observatory pamphlet (henceforth G.R.O.#48) begins: "The year is deefined as being the interval between two successive passages of the Sun through the vernal equinox. Of course, what is really occurring is that the Earth is going around the Sun but it is easier to understand what is happening by considering the apparent motion of the Sun in the sky." "The vernal equinox is the instant when the Sun is above the Earth's equator while going from the south to the north. It is the time which astronomers take as the definition of the beginning of Spring. The year as defined above is called the tropical year and it is the year length that defines the repetition of the seasons. The length of the tropical year is 365.24219 days." The first two paragraphs of R.G.O.#48 define the "tropical" year as the interval between vernal equinoxes and immediately thereupon give an incorrect value (365.24219 days) for the length of such a "tropical" year. The value given is not for the mean interval between vernal equinoxes but instead for a "mean tropical year" based on a "fictitious mean sun" as defined by Simon Newcomb et al. (e.g. "The elements of the four inner planets and the fundamental constants of astronomy", by Simon Newcomb, Supplement to the American ephemeris and nautical almanac for 1897. Washington, Gov't. print off., 1895.)

96. Analogies Of Nature :: Astrobiology Magazine :: Search For Life In The Universe 2003) Mathematical astronomer, simon newcomb, describes the limits of life most famous scientist, was a man who was selfeducated simon newcomb. http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4

97. A Scientist's Voice In American Culture simon newcomb and the Rhetoric of Scientific Method In late nineteenthcenturyAmerica, simon newcomb was the nation s most celebrated scientist http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/2761.html

@import "style.css"; Published September 1992 Available worldwide Entire Site Books Journals E-Editions The Press Albert E. Moyer A Scientist's Voice in American Culture Simon Newcomb and the Rhetoric of Scientific Method In stockships in 2-3 days Categories: History History of Science United States History History ... MORE INFO AND CHOICES Email: Description About the Author DESCRIPTION (back to top) In late nineteenth-century America, Simon Newcomb was the nation's most celebrated scientist andirascibly, doggedly, tirelesslyhe made the most of it. Officially a mathematical astronomer heading a government agency, Newcomb spent as much of his life out of the observatory as in it, acting as a spokesman for the nascent but restive scientific community of his time. Newcomb saw the "scientific method" as a potential guide for all disciplines and a basis for all practical action, and argued passionately that it was of as much use in the halls of Congress as in the laboratory. In so doing, he not only sparked popular support for American science but also confronted a wide spectrum of social, cultural, and intellectual issues. This first full-length study of Newcomb traces the development of his faith in science and ranges over topics of great public debate in the Gilded Age, from the reform of economic theory to the recasting of the debate between science and religion. Moyer's portrait of a restless, eager mind also illuminates the bustle of late nineteenth-century America. ABOUT THE AUTHOR (back to top) Albert Moyer

98. Genealogy Of The Presidents Of The USA Simon Newcomb Produced By Hans A.M. Weebe simon newcomb. Birth About 1665, Kittery, Maine; Married About 1687; Death17431744, Lebanon, CT. Marriage Information. simon married Deborah About http://users.legacyfamilytree.com/USPresidents/4073.htm

Simon Newcomb (About 1665-1743) Family Links Spouses/Children: Deborah Obadiah Newcomb+ Simon Newcomb Birth: About 1665, Kittery, Maine Married: About 1687 Death: 1743-1744, Lebanon, CT Marriage Information: Simon married Deborah About 1687. (Deborah was born About 1664 and died in 1756.) Produced by Hans A.M. Weebers Please send me an e-mail if you find errors or if you have additional information Home Table of Contents Surnames Name List This Web Site was Created 14 Oct 1999 with Legacy 2.0 from Millennia

99. PSIgate - Physical Sciences Information Gateway Search/Browse Results You searched for simon* +newcomb (subject(s) All ). This gave. 2 hits in thePSIgate Database 4 hits in the Web Catalogue (View Web Catalogue results) http://www.psigate.ac.uk/roads/cgi-bin/psisearch.pl?term1=Simon Newcomb&limit=0&

100. Index: NEWCOMB, Deborah - NORCROSS, Joseph newcomb, simon, B. 9 JAN 1736, D. 26 DEC 1819. newcomb, simon, B. ABT 1662/1666,D. 20 JAN 1745. newcomb, simon, B. ABT 1705, D. 1774. newcomb, Susanna http://www.ojibwe.info/RedLake/HTML/index/x000005c.htm

Index Of People NEWCOMB, Deborah B. 21 JUN 1738 D. 21 JUN 1739 NEWCOMB, Deborah B. NEWCOMB, Elizabeth B. 14 JUL 1755 NEWCOMB, Elizabeth B. 6 FEB 1701 D. 13 JAN 1727 NEWCOMB, Elizabeth B. D. 16 APR 1723 NEWCOMB, Emaline Emblem B. ABT 1685 D. 26 AUG 1768 NEWCOMB, Frederich B. 4 MAY 1758 NEWCOMB, Gardner B. ABT 1767 NEWCOMB, Grace B. 20 OCT 1664 D. AUG 1713 NEWCOMB, Hannah B. D. NEWCOMB, Hezekiah B. D. 15 AUG 1772 NEWCOMB, James B. 13 DEC 1756 NEWCOMB, John B. ABT 1688/1689 D. 23 FEB 1765 NEWCOMB, Joseph B. D. NEWCOMB, Judith B. 18 SEP 1759 Prev A B C ... Next Go To List Of Surnames Go To Home Page For further information email: admin@ojibwe.info Index Of People NEWCOMB, Judith B. 21 MAY 1733 D. 31 AUG 1808 NEWCOMB, Keziah B. 14 NOV 1723 NEWCOMB, Mary B. D. 19 SEP 1784 NEWCOMB, Mary or Mercy B. NEWCOMB, Nancy B. 26 MAY 1765 D. 18 JUN 1857 NEWCOMB, Obadiah B. D. 4 MAY 1761 NEWCOMB, Peter B. D. 31 MAR 1723 NEWCOMB, Sarah B. NEWCOMB, Sarah B. NEWCOMB, Simon B. 9 JAN 1736 D. 26 DEC 1819 NEWCOMB, Simon B. ABT 1662/1666 D. 20 JAN 1745 NEWCOMB, Simon B. ABT 1705 D. NEWCOMB, Susanna B. D. OCT 1681 NEWCOMB, Tabitha B. D.

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