Articles Tagged with physics

Working from a snapshot

Published on November 19, 2019November 18, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Patient astronomers

People are rather ill-designed for astronomy.

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Old science fiction

Published on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The trouble with predictions

It didn’t happen that way, but we enjoy the stories in spite of that.

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Making assumptions

Published on August 20, 2019August 18, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

What’s reasonable?

We have to start somewhere.  Sometimes the exact place isn’t important.

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Solving the problem

Published on August 13, 2019August 12, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Standardized tests (again)

When does learning become rote?

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Numbering the stars (I)

Published on February 26, 2019February 25, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Big numbers

We look at answers to an obvious question.

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Destroying the world (almost)

Published on February 19, 2019February 17, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Science to serve the plot

We comment on a science-fiction novel in progress.

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Students return (II)

Published on January 8, 2019January 6, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Unintended consequences

We find, again, that the message we thought we sent is not always what was received.

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Ghosts of future theories

Published on December 3, 2018December 4, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Magnetic monopoles

We know a great deal about things that may not exist.

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Why teach errors?

Published on October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Outdated, still in use

We look for reasons to teach things that aren’t true.

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The best learning

Published on August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The best teaching?

Our tutor ponders methods and results.

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