What is it about physics that so intimidates? Or is it just Einstein?
Le Corbusier recalled his visit to Princeton in 1946 to meet the Nobel laureate:
Category: Science
Of Chimp & Child – And Aesop’s Fable
How smart is your four-year-old? Not as smart as a chimp, or maybe even Aesop’s rook. Watch these videos in the BBC News report Spitting and Urinating Chimps ‘Replay Aesop’s Fable.
How Brainy Are We? Not Very
Let me count the beans…
We have about 100 billion neurons (nerve cells) in our brain, ok give or take a billion or two. Each neuron has an average of maybe 1000 synapses – connections between neurons without which the brain is as good as dead.
Say, That’s A Wise Computer – DIKW
Oh please, please, report any sightings…
Can Computers Visualize? No. Not Yet
Visualization is now the hot thing in computer graphics. It is not just important in designing realistic video games etc, it is a way to encode very complex data making it comprehensible at one glance, or two. From the many variables in global weather patterns to the subtleties of consumer behavior,
Upside Down And Googling for Light – Does Teaching mean Learning?
How important is Learning as opposed to Teaching? Can we judge by Googling the two words? I did so and counted the number of hits returned.
Bingo… The teaching establishments are catching up with us, the people.
Plants Send SOS – And The Art of Learning
The smell of fresh cut grass means very different things to green plants vs to us humans.
The smell comes from a class of chemicals called Green-leaf Volatiles (GLV) which can protect the plant against predators.
Do Scientists See Art?
I examine the art piece for specific elements significant to a particular artist – brush stroke, clor, manner and favorite shapes.
– Elizabeth Kubicki, participant in MIT Physics Department Hallway Art Quiz.