by Eric Bogatin | Mar 2, 2014 | Inspiration, Life 201
MIT Professor Emeritus John G. King (SB 1950, PhD), experimental physicist and pioneer in atomic clocks, fundamental physics experiments and physics education, was honored by more than 60 colleagues and former students on April 1, 2000 in Cambridge, MA. The leader of...
by Eric Bogatin | Mar 2, 2014 | Inspiration, Life 201
“Ever since I was 5 years old, all I ever wanted to do was tell people about the weather,” Gary Lezak, Chief Meteorologist at KSHB Channel 41, in Kansas City, KS said today, April 3, 2001, in Kansas City. Listening to his unabated infectious enthusiasm for telling...
by Eric Bogatin | Mar 2, 2014 | Astonishing Science News, Inspiration, Life 201
Jim Williams in his lab at Linear Tech, with his beloved Tek scopes and assorted breadboards. I was saddened to learn last year of the passing of Jim Williams. He died on June 10, 2011 of a massive stroke. As a young, impressionable MIT undergraduate physics student,...
by Eric Bogatin | Mar 2, 2014 | Inspiration, Life 201, What Works
I’ve been writing technical books, feature articles and columns for more than 40 years. Based on the old guideline, “An expert is someone who’s made all the mistakes possible,” I am well along my way to being an expert. Most of my writing has been for a general...
by Eric Bogatin | Feb 24, 2013 | Astonishing Science News, Inspiration, Life 201
If you missed out on summer camp as a kid, as I did, it’s not too late. But this time, you don’t have to rough it. For the last few years, I’ve attended various star parties during the summer. These are gatherings of enthusiastic amateur astronomers (not all of whom...
by Eric Bogatin | Feb 24, 2013 | Astonishing Science News, Inspiration, Life 201
“Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house… ” is the way the classic poem by Major Henry Livingston Jr. 1748 – 1828, begins. Over the years, 849 variations have been created each with different spins and Matthew Monroe has...
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