Posts Tagged ‘Steve Jobs’
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Text books (is this a misnomer, much like “papers” are in journals?) in a higher-educational chemistry environment, I feel, are at a cross-roads. What happens next?
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Tags:author, Bob Hanson, energy, GBP, iPads, PDF, skilful author, Skolnik, Steve Job, Steve Jobs, tablet devices, textbook author, Tutorial material, USD
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Friday, May 18th, 2012
Text books (is this a misnomer, much like “papers” are in journals?) in a higher-educational chemistry environment, I feel, are at a cross-roads. What happens next?
(more…)
Tags:author, Bob Hanson, energy, GBP, iPads, PDF, skilful author, Skolnik, Steve Job, Steve Jobs, tablet devices, textbook author, Tutorial material, USD
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Sunday, October 9th, 2011
Steve Jobs death on October 5th 2011 was followed by a remarkable number of tributes and reflections on the impact the company he founded has had on the world. Many of these tributes summarise the effect as a visionary disruption. Here I describe from my own perspective some of the disruptions to chemistry I experienced (for another commentary, see here).
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Tags:Apple, by-product, chemical abstracts, disruptive technologies, Historical, IBM, laser printer, Macintosh, nice chemical diagrams, online activities, online search, Samuel Butler, Steve Jobs, Tutorial material, United Kingdom
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