Drawing conclusions
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Rock climber wins Nobel prize in physics
Mike Kosterlitz has just shared the Nobel prize in physics with two other non rock climbers for their work on 'theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.'...
Rain wow
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Superposing
The things we have to put up with. Selfies in the classroom, well it could be worse. Maybe I should cultivate a better selfie face though. I take photos of my students all the time so I can´t complain....
Liquid Earth
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Printer with attitude
This morning I was printing a test (thin film interference) and the printer made my smile by the way it threw out my printing at a playful angle. It was like it didn't really care, a bit slapdash, happy...
Rave reviews
Today we had a rave in class. Well not really but we did get out the rave glasses and look at a spectral lamp which is almost as good and nowhere near as sweaty. As you can see my students are very happy,...
Hatvia
The other week I was in Barcelona running a category 1 workshop with OCC regular Danny Doucette. We work well as a team, sharing the same enthusiasm for teaching but at very different stages in our careers....
May 2016 Markscheme
Remember the stink this paper caused in May? The petition with thousands of signatures, students crying then getting a 7. The lowest grade boundaries in the history of the universe. Well it´s the only...
On reflection
Or maybe it should be on refraction. Possibly it’s a new feature but most probably it´s just one I never noticed, but you can shine white light through a prism in Algodoo and you get a spectrum. I used...