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Surnom : booklovershaven
Emplacement: Marion, Iowa United States(cashbacher@yahoo.com)
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Charles Ashbacher is someone who loves to read and write about books. For over a decade, he has been the book reviews editor for Journal of Recreational Mathematics and is now also the co-editor in charge of articles. In addition, he is a PC software and videotape reviews editor for Mathematics and Computer Education and a regular contributor of book reviews for Journal of Technology. He is also t… Lire la suiteCharles Ashbacher is someone who loves to read and write about books. For over a decade, he has been the book reviews editor for Journal of Recreational Mathematics and is now also the co-editor in charge of articles. In addition, he is a PC software and videotape reviews editor for Mathematics and Computer Education and a regular contributor of book reviews for Journal of Technology. He is also the author of five books in mathematics and one in computers and finds additional gainful employment by serving as a technical editor of computer books. PDF forms of his books are available at http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/eBooks-otherformats.htm.
Charlie has been programming for over twenty years, which makes him experienced and well-rounded rather than old and cynical. He teaches computing at all levels: corporate training, college and community education and is President and CEO of Charles Ashbacher Technologies. His background also includes stints writing commercial code and software to conduct scientific research.
On the personal side, Charlie spends as much time as he can with his partner/soul mate/best friend and wife Kathy. She brings out a poetic side of him that he never knew he had. It is a wonderful feeling. They share many things, including a beautiful house with many decorations, including antiques and a genuine chicken cage.
He can also be found doing handyman work for elderly widows with his daughter Katrina.
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Classement de l'évaluateur: 613 - Total des votes utiles : 121 sur 131
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The major premise of this episode is intellectual curiosity, although in this case the curiosity is exhibited by alien creatures made of liquid rock that live on a volcanic planet. They probe the minds of the Enterprise crew and from Kirk's they create a facsimile of Abraham Lincoln as an emissary to the Enterprise. Lincoln is beamed aboard and is treated as a visiting dignitary. He demonstrates all of Lincoln's charm, wisdom and humor and Kirk is taken with him. Lincoln then asks Kirk and Spock to beam down to the surface of the planet with him. After reflection, they agree and beam down to an area on the planet that has been made suitable for human habitation. Once there, they discover… Lire la suite
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Once again Asimov is at his best, this time explaining DNA and the underlying genetic code in an easy to understand manner. He starts with the fundamentals of the language of chemistry, the symbols for the elements, diagrams of molecules and the basics of organic chemistry. Using this as the foundation, he then describes the structure of amino acids and how they combine to make proteins. The next question is of course how cells "remember" the sequence of the amino acids in the proteins used to construct it. This requires a digression into the structure of DNA and the correspondence between the components of the DNA molecule and the protein molecule. Asimov also spends a great deal of… Lire la suite
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In this episode, a supercomputer called the M-5 is placed on board the Enterprise. It is so sophisticated that nearly all of the crew disembarks so that it can run the ship. However, it has been constructed using a human mind as a template. The creator of the computer, the brilliant Dr. Daystrom, used the patterns of his mind to build the circuits of the M-5. Unfortunately, Daystrom is mentally unstable, so the M-5 is also unstable. When the M-5 is subjected to a war games exercise, it does not understand that it is a mock attack, so it treats it as a real one and destroys a star ship, killing everyone on board. The remaining ships then form an attack force, but Kirk is able to disable… Lire la suite
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