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10.01 Jatila Van der Veen Presentation

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 2:07 pm
by glegrady
Dr Van der Veen came to class and discussed her role in Physics, Astronomy and education.

Re: 10.01 Jatila Van der Veen Presentation

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 2:37 pm
by jatila
Attached is a pdf file of the slides I showed last week, in case anyone wants them.
-Jatila

Re: 10.01 Jatila Van der Veen Presentation

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 8:42 am
by sterlingcrispin
my notes from this lecture were largely summaries of the slides above, however below are some ideas from the conversations we had that were not referenced by the slides


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confirmation or refutation can lead to discovery
the process of discovery and self expression are very similar
gaining strangeness as a tool - objective and subjective perception of work, inside and outside looking in
Brian Greene's World Science Festival may have some useful resources in regards to engaging the public with science http://worldsciencefestival.com/about