Daily Archive for July 29th, 2012

Superconductivity for You!

Published on July 29, 2012 in education, science and society and science education. 0 Comments

I was very impressed with the presentation Julien Bobroff gave in Monday’s public dialogue here at the Aspen Center for Physics. It was all about Superconductivity, and he and his team have done a tremendous job of putting together lots of materials for exploring this topic. Its a great example of some really careful thinking producing very accessible ways into understanding a remarkable quantum mechanical phenomenon that has quite a bit of striking and direct impact on a number of walks of life. This makes for great material for everyone, whether you are an expert physicist (who might want to show some of this to others), a teacher who wants some good materials to your classes, or simply someone who is not an expert but just find yourself curious about the world.

Have a look at their excellent website where everything is collected together, Continue reading ‘Superconductivity for You!’

Not from a Rib

Published on July 29, 2012 in art, craft, science in drama and work. 2 Comments

And now he has a friend. I find this process endlessly absorbing, I must say.

This is the first of the characters for The Project that I wanted to construct in 3D this week. (See last post for my thoughts on this.) I plan to do a few more over the next couple of days. but right now I’m going to stop and think about other things for a bit lest my collaborators think I’ve gone entirely bonkers and am now playing with dolls*.

-cvj

*Not that there’s anything wrong with that…