Today I was proofreading a fold out card of handy formulas for A level physics students. Ohm’s law, Newton’s law of gravity etc. Useful formula but carefully checking dozens of them was very tedious. I also read the Nobel Laureate Prof Sir Harry Kroto’s latest polemic. Basically, he says that science is not a set of […]
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Ever since I graduated, I’ve been quite fond of May. It’s a nice quiet month in the University, good for getting things done, and the weather is often nice. Obviously during my degree, I appreciated very little of this as I spent every second in the library trying desperately to pass my exams and the […]
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I am writing a research presentation for Wednesday; I am talking at the Department of Physics at the University of Bath. I will be presenting results on crystallisation in grooves obtained by Amanda Page, a PhD student of mine. You can read a short news item on this work in ScienceNOW here. As I was […]
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When we were kids we were all told about Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Goldilocks tried the Father Bear’s porridge and that was too hot for her. She then tried the Mother Bear’s porridge and that was too cold for her, but when she tried the Baby Bear’s porridge that was just right. Inspired by […]
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