Pre-reading Questions 1. What does the \Green Revolution\ refer to? 2. Why did various writers predict that there would be widespread famine? 3. Name some countries with serious food shortages. 4. What is \miracle rice\?

1. What causes today's reduced use of traditional fans? 2. Why does the author consider having no time to sit and fan oneself a big loss? 3. Where can one find elegant fans in New York City?

Teaching Outline Background information Pre-reading questions Passage analysis Style and structure Spellings Word derivations Language points Useful expressions Weekly quiz

Questions on the text Did people have to attend on machines hundreds of years ago? What happened to industry about a hundred years ago? What is the operation of automatic machines based on?

Roadmap path planning Brian C. williams 16410-13 October 27th. 2003 Assignment · Reading: Path Planning: AIMA Ch 25.4 Homework Online problem set #7 due Monday, November 3rd

Constraint Satisfaction Problems: Formulation Brian C. Williams 16410-13 September 29th, 2003 Slides adapted fro 6. 034 Tomas lozano perez and AIMA Stuart Russell Peter Norvig Reading Assignments: Constraints Much of the material covered only in lecture slides

Spring 2003 Lagrange's equations Joseph-Louis lagrange 1736-1813 http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/-history/mathematicians/lagranGe.html Born in Italy. later lived in berlin and paris Originally studied to be a lawyer Interest in math from reading halleys 1693 work on

Background Information Organization of the Text Introductory Questions Text New Word Reading Intensive Study Exercise Check-up Assignment

History and Policy in the sixties Reading 1. Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership?\Chapters 2&3 2.“ The Heavens and the earth” Chapters 11-22 3.“ Beyond Horizons” Chapter3 Strategic themes The use of the Space Program as a political tool to show the superiority of the

History and Policy in the Fifties Reading: Chapters 1-10, The Heavens and the Earth Big Themes: Technocracy as a way for a nation to accomplish tasks mon The impact of the thermonuclear bomb and the technology of missiles The Cold War as a contest between Communism and Capitalism