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Page 1: The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resourcemath.ucr.edu/home/baez/agu.pdf · The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resource John Baez Department of Mathematics

The Azimuth Projectan open-access educational resource

John BaezDepartment of Mathematics

U C Riverside

httpazimuthprojectorg

AGU December 6 2012

The Azimuth Project consists of about 100 programmersmathematicians physicists and other scientists who areconcerned about ecological problemsmdashespecially but not onlyglobal warmingmdashand their solutions

The idea is to do everything in a radically transparent way andpull in people who are highly skilled but not professionallyfocused on these issues

Many scientists know therersquos a crisis and want to help How

The Azimuth Project consists of about 100 programmersmathematicians physicists and other scientists who areconcerned about ecological problemsmdashespecially but not onlyglobal warmingmdashand their solutions

The idea is to do everything in a radically transparent way andpull in people who are highly skilled but not professionallyfocused on these issues

Many scientists know therersquos a crisis and want to help How

The Azimuth Project consists of about 100 programmersmathematicians physicists and other scientists who areconcerned about ecological problemsmdashespecially but not onlyglobal warmingmdashand their solutions

The idea is to do everything in a radically transparent way andpull in people who are highly skilled but not professionallyfocused on these issues

Many scientists know therersquos a crisis and want to help How

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information

a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother

and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

In progress a server for running interactive software online etc

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

You can find it all starting here

httpazimuthprojectorg

Page 2: The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resourcemath.ucr.edu/home/baez/agu.pdf · The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resource John Baez Department of Mathematics

The Azimuth Project consists of about 100 programmersmathematicians physicists and other scientists who areconcerned about ecological problemsmdashespecially but not onlyglobal warmingmdashand their solutions

The idea is to do everything in a radically transparent way andpull in people who are highly skilled but not professionallyfocused on these issues

Many scientists know therersquos a crisis and want to help How

The Azimuth Project consists of about 100 programmersmathematicians physicists and other scientists who areconcerned about ecological problemsmdashespecially but not onlyglobal warmingmdashand their solutions

The idea is to do everything in a radically transparent way andpull in people who are highly skilled but not professionallyfocused on these issues

Many scientists know therersquos a crisis and want to help How

The Azimuth Project consists of about 100 programmersmathematicians physicists and other scientists who areconcerned about ecological problemsmdashespecially but not onlyglobal warmingmdashand their solutions

The idea is to do everything in a radically transparent way andpull in people who are highly skilled but not professionallyfocused on these issues

Many scientists know therersquos a crisis and want to help How

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information

a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother

and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

In progress a server for running interactive software online etc

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

You can find it all starting here

httpazimuthprojectorg

Page 3: The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resourcemath.ucr.edu/home/baez/agu.pdf · The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resource John Baez Department of Mathematics

The Azimuth Project consists of about 100 programmersmathematicians physicists and other scientists who areconcerned about ecological problemsmdashespecially but not onlyglobal warmingmdashand their solutions

The idea is to do everything in a radically transparent way andpull in people who are highly skilled but not professionallyfocused on these issues

Many scientists know therersquos a crisis and want to help How

The Azimuth Project consists of about 100 programmersmathematicians physicists and other scientists who areconcerned about ecological problemsmdashespecially but not onlyglobal warmingmdashand their solutions

The idea is to do everything in a radically transparent way andpull in people who are highly skilled but not professionallyfocused on these issues

Many scientists know therersquos a crisis and want to help How

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information

a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother

and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

In progress a server for running interactive software online etc

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

You can find it all starting here

httpazimuthprojectorg

Page 4: The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resourcemath.ucr.edu/home/baez/agu.pdf · The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resource John Baez Department of Mathematics

The Azimuth Project consists of about 100 programmersmathematicians physicists and other scientists who areconcerned about ecological problemsmdashespecially but not onlyglobal warmingmdashand their solutions

The idea is to do everything in a radically transparent way andpull in people who are highly skilled but not professionallyfocused on these issues

Many scientists know therersquos a crisis and want to help How

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information

a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother

and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

In progress a server for running interactive software online etc

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

You can find it all starting here

httpazimuthprojectorg

Page 5: The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resourcemath.ucr.edu/home/baez/agu.pdf · The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resource John Baez Department of Mathematics

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information

a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother

and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

In progress a server for running interactive software online etc

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

You can find it all starting here

httpazimuthprojectorg

Page 6: The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resourcemath.ucr.edu/home/baez/agu.pdf · The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resource John Baez Department of Mathematics

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information

a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother

and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

In progress a server for running interactive software online etc

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

You can find it all starting here

httpazimuthprojectorg

Page 7: The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resourcemath.ucr.edu/home/baez/agu.pdf · The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resource John Baez Department of Mathematics

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information

a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother

and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

In progress a server for running interactive software online etc

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

You can find it all starting here

httpazimuthprojectorg

Page 8: The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resourcemath.ucr.edu/home/baez/agu.pdf · The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resource John Baez Department of Mathematics

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother

and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

In progress a server for running interactive software online etc

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

You can find it all starting here

httpazimuthprojectorg

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Among other things the Azimuth Project includes

1 A project to explain climate physics with the help of softwarethat runs on your browser So far the focus is on energybalance models and simple models of the glacial cycle

2 A project to develop mathematical tools and software forstudying complex networked systems box models chemicalreaction networks

3 A wiki for storing information a forum for talking to eachother and a blog for publicizing our work which gets about 100hits per hour

In progress a server for running interactive software online etc

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

You can find it all starting here

httpazimuthprojectorg

Page 10: The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resourcemath.ucr.edu/home/baez/agu.pdf · The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resource John Baez Department of Mathematics

In progress a server for running interactive software online etc

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

You can find it all starting here

httpazimuthprojectorg

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Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

You can find it all starting here

httpazimuthprojectorg

Page 12: The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resourcemath.ucr.edu/home/baez/agu.pdf · The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resource John Baez Department of Mathematics

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

You can find it all starting here

httpazimuthprojectorg

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Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

You can find it all starting here

httpazimuthprojectorg

Page 14: The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resourcemath.ucr.edu/home/baez/agu.pdf · The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resource John Baez Department of Mathematics

Issues

1 Focusing the effort is a challenge Emphasizing educationrather than research makes it easier to invent bite-sizedprogramming projects Focusing on a technically literateaudience may give us a niche thatrsquos not yet filled

2 The scholarly literature on climate change is largely hiddenbehind paywalls which only academics can penetrate

3 Smart mathematicians physicists and programmers arewilling to get involved and work hard but so far not manyclimate scientists We need help

You can find it all starting here

httpazimuthprojectorg

Page 15: The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resourcemath.ucr.edu/home/baez/agu.pdf · The Azimuth Project: an open-access educational resource John Baez Department of Mathematics

You can find it all starting here

httpazimuthprojectorg