personal and professional notes from a naive chemistry professor
Aug 9th 2007eyes & nerd alert
One of the more interesting things to do with data – at least certain types of data – is to look at it. As the “Small World” Photomicrography competition puts it, “…a good photomicrograph is also an image whose structure, color, composition, and content is an object of beauty, open to several levels of comprehension [...]
Aug 7th 2006nerd alert
I’m a chemist. I’ve had a total of two years of physics classes in my life, one of which was in high school.
Jun 23rd 2006General & nerd alert
Went to seminar this morning. A physics seminar, that apparently was almost all theory (along the lines of “these
Nov 3rd 2005General
Some nice undergrad from my alma mater called me up this week for an alumni fund-raising drive. Uh-oh. Well, I’d
Oct 21st 2004General
There’s a pretty fine line between physics and chemistry, especially certain types of physics and chemistry. Always
May 19th 2004nerd alert
Sitting here waiting for the mounting resin to cure for another experiment gives me time to ponder. This is the first