Turkey has initiated a number of projects to improve the quality of education and to provide students with knowledge and skills needed for the job market through the integration of information and communication technology (ICT) into education during the last twenty-five years. This paper is an overview of those initiatives of ICT in education in Turkey. It is argued that more attention is neede...

Piezoelectric motors are used in many industrial and commercial applications. Various piezoelectric motors are available in the market. All of the piezoelectric motors use the inverse piezoelectric effect, where microscopically small oscillatory motions are converted into continuous or stepping rotary or linear motions. Methods of obtaining long moving distance have various drive and functional...

Andrew Odlyzko’s article “Isaac Newton and the perils of financial South Sea” (Physics Today, July 2020, page 30) is more than just a fascinating read about speculation time. It also, perhaps unintentionally, commentary on society’s assumptions scientists.Why would we expect to excel in speculation? Because his mastery mathematics complex natural systems work at Royal Mint? Perhaps. Furthermore...