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Criticality in Sandpiles and in the Brain
I’ve started following various science sites on Twitter as a way to keep up on the latest research, and last week an interesting article popped up on Phys.org with the title “Functioning brain follows famous sand pile model”. Since my current research on avalanches on the beadpile is a essentially an experimental investigation of criticality and the…
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BWISER and summer outreach
One of the Wooster summer traditions is the BWISER science camp for 7th and 8th grade girls. The physics department has been responsible for an evening of demos for the campers since before I came to the College in 2003, and I’ve taken over responsibility for running our highly-choreographed rotation of nearly 100 girls through…
