CSC 152: The Week beginning Nov. 27

Homework:

Watch and summarize the following:
The next step in nanotechnology (Ted Talk by George Tulevski)

Due: Dec. 4
Monday:

Use the Excel CONVERT function to find how many:
- grams in 1 ounce
- meters in 1 mile
- seconds in 1 year
- Pascals in 1 atmosphere
- dynes in 1 Newton
- calories in 1 Joule
- Watt-hours in 1 BTU
- teaspoons in 1 cup
- liters in 1 gallon
Enter the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, ... , 360. Use the Excel RADIANS functions to convert degrees to radians. Then use the formula DEGREES to convert those radian values back to degrees.

Extract and open the Excel file in AminoAcid.zip. Go to the Data tab. Click on Sort. Specify (check) that the data has headers. Then sort the data on two fields (simultaneously) -- first the Hydrophobocity Designation, then the name. Also go to the Page Layout tab, go to the Page Setup dialog, make the orientation Landscape and make sure the data is fit onto one page. Also add a custom header that includes your name.
Wednesday:

Test 3