Stumbled across an old, but really cool TED Talk from 2011: Nathan Myhrvold, author of Modernist Cuisine. In his TED Talk he introduces his book, which is a cookbook that teaches scientific concepts in fascinating ways. He cuts every appliance he uses … Continue reading
At the end of last semester, I decided to stop putting heat to my hair. After years of going through a routine of straightening my hair, I was ready to embrace my natural curls and figure out what kind of … Continue reading
I really enjoyed this class because I’d never really considered the relationship between art and science, and I liked the challenge of thinking about how to represent scientific concepts through art. Coming from an entirely art perspective, I really didn’t … Continue reading
As other classmates have mentioned, this course has been quite interesting. As a non-science person who would say that I don’t remember many chemistry concepts from high school, I came in to this course ready to face my fear of … Continue reading
I liked this way of learning scientific concepts through art, hands on demonstrations and experiments. I think I’ll remember what I’ve learned in this class, because I’ll remember what kinds of artwork I made to convey scientific messages. My favorite … Continue reading
At Utrecht University in the Netherlands, Gün Semin studies people sweating. Under different conditions of course, but sweating nevertheless. Researchers recruited 12 Caucasian males to provide sweat samples for the study; each was exposed to clips meant to induce a different … Continue reading
Overall, I think this was a wonderful course. I learned a lot about chemistry as well as science in general. I was able to pursue some of my own interests -ones I’d walked in on the first day with-, as … Continue reading
As a science person who always looked at textbooks and reactions this class was very fun! I had fun actually looking at real objects or real reactions that I can see with my eyes and learn the science behind it. … Continue reading
I took this course believing that it would be the perfect “science for non science people” class. During the semester I was pleasantly surprised to find that I greatly enjoyed the science aspects of the course, especially the unit on … Continue reading
When reading this article on global climate change, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/health/epa-emissions-plan-will-save-thousands-of-lives-study-finds.html?ref=science, I thought about how a combination of art and science are used to identify and solve problems. In order to measure climate change, scientific tools and measurements must be made. Data about … Continue reading