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Automobile in American Life and Society: Unsafe at Any Speed
Here is a brief excerpt from Ralph Nader's1965 book, Unsafe at Any Speed, decrying the auto industry's seeming unconcern with the design problems of the automobile and calling for holding the industry accountable.
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University of Michigan: Mummy Secrets Unwrapped!
Explains the process of mummification.
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Virtual Conics
You may have to download first, but the two VRML icons near the bottom of the page allow you to observe the plane intersecting the cone to form the conic. Controls are present to change the angle of the plane and your view of the...
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Um Vrl: The Great Pyramid of Khufu
This site is a "modeling of the Great Pyramid of Khufu". The method used is "Virtual Reality Modeling Language" or "VRML". Every angle on the exterior and interior is displayed in great detail and with diagrams.
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Univ. Of Michigan: Naval Architecture and Engineering
Website for the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the University of Michigan.
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American Verse Project: Cornhuskers, by Carl Sandburg
Maintained by the Humanities Text Initiative at the University of Michigan, this site provides the entire text of Sandburg's collection of poetry, "Cornhuskers."
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American Verse Project: Early Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Read and search for thirty poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson, taken from the book "Early Poems." Includes a brief biography of Emerson.
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American Verse Project: Sonnets and Canzonets by A. Bronson Alcott
This site from the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative provides a searchable full text of "Sonnets and Canzonets," poems by Bronson Alcott (1799-1888 CE).
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American Verse Project: Song of Hiawatha, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The American Verse Project provides this full text version of Longfellow's famous poem, "Song of Hiawatha.
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American Verse Project: Sea Garden, by Hilda Doolittle
Maintained by the University of Michigan's Humanities Text Initiative, this website offers the entire text of Hilda Doolittle's collection "Sea Garden," available through a series of links.
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American Verse Project: p.l. Dunbar: Sunshine and Shadow
Online text of Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow." Links to each of his texts for easy navigation.
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American Verse Project: Flame and Shadow, by Sara Teasdale
Maintained by the University of Michigan's Humanities Text Initiative, this website offers the entire text of three of Teasdale's collection, "Flame and Shadow," is available through a series of links.
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University of Michigan: The Concept of the Ecosystem
Lesson looks at the definition of an ecosystem, biogeochemical cycles, and factors responsible for the differences between ecosystems.
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University of Michigan: American Verse Project
The project is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920. The full text of each volume of poetry is being converted into digital form with various forms of access provided through the WWW. This site...
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University of Michigan: Stroop Task (A Test of Mental Vitality and Flexibility)
Learn about and take a specialized psychological test, called the Stroop task (also known as the Stroop test), which provides an indication of your ability to think flexibly.
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Making of America: Aftermath, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This is the full text of Longfellow's collection of narrative poems Aftermath originally published in 1873. Includes "Tales of a Wayside Inn" and "Birds of Passage."
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Making of America: Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims, Retold by K. L. Bates
Digitization of "Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims," an early twentieth-century illustrated version of Chaucer's famous tales.
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University of Michigan: Teamwork & Group Work
Teamwork is an essential component of an engineering curriculum since engineers almost always work in groups. This website contains links that help to explain the concept of teamwork, group work, and study teams. It also includes how to...
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Making of America: Kanzas and Nebraska
This University of Michigan site provides the full text of "Kanzas and Nebraska," written by Edward Everett Hale. The book gives the history, geographical, and physical characteristics of these territories, as well as an account of the...
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American Verse Project: Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems
This is the full text of "The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, originally published in 1859.
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University of Michigan: Viruses
This resource offers an outline of basic virus characteristics, including the reproductive process for viruses.
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University of Michigan: "Blood of the Prophets"
Unique site from the University of Michigan, this work was done under the pseudonym for Edgar Lee Masters! You can click on any chapter of the work.
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University of Michigan: "Sybaris and Other Homes"
This Making of America site from the University of Michigan provides the full text of Edward Everett Hale's work entitled "Sybaris and Other Homes". Be sure to read the preface for a better understanding of the book.
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Making of America: Ralph Waldo Emerson, by A. Bronson Alcott
The University of Michigan offers this reproduction of Bronson Alcott's work as part of their Making of America series. A search feature allows users to search using boolean operators or a proximity search as well as more basic keyword.