WEBB-STREET SCHOOL.

Webb scales fast-start maneuvers.

The aim of this classic paper by Paul Webb (Webb, 1976) was to investigate the effect of size on fast-start performance and to use the results in order to make some theoretical considerations on predator–prey interactions. Until the 1970s, most work on fish swimming had focused on steady conditions, with the goal of studying the relationship between the energetics, performance and kinematics of...

Webb - Eros & Psychology

I would like in this essay to use the theme of "Eros" to explore some of the ways psychology and philosophy can illuminate the sources of our world views.(1) In view of the fact that Eros has been a major theme of philosophy as well as psychology and that attitudes toward it seem often to be both deeply rooted in world views and also generative of world views, it seems especially suited to an i...

The James Webb Space Telescope

The scientific capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) fall into four themes. The End of the Dark Ages: First Light and Reionization theme seeks to identify the first luminous sources to form and to determine the ionization history of the universe. The Assembly of Galaxies theme seeks to determine how galaxies and the dark matter, gas, stars, metals, morphological structures, and ...

Bonnie Webber and Nick Webb

Questions are asked and answered every day. Question answering (QA) technology aims to deliver the same facility online. It goes further than the more familiar search based on keywords (as in Google, Yahoo, and other search engines), in attempting to recognize what a question expresses and to respond with an actual answer. This simplifies things for users in two ways. First, questions do not of...

Surgn.-Genl. W. M. Webb