At the beginning of the semester, we talked a lot about expectations that society has for scientists and artists. Though I still think that the lists we came up with at the beginning of the semester that included Scientists: answers, … Continue reading
Looking back on this class, I now see so many art and science connections. I wanted to take a minute to look at STEM and STEAM. Art and science really do go together. Taking a step back and looking at … Continue reading
Dressgate 2015: What color is that dress?! Is it blue and black or yellow and gold? As we discussed in class, building off of Professor Conway’s lecture earlier in the semester just after the dress controversy, color vision is affected … Continue reading
Last spring, when I took astronomy 101 we talked a lot about spectra and light. While we discussed the definitions and applications of wavelength, frequency and speed of light waves, what I was most interested in was the different types … Continue reading
The analogy in the short video assigned for this week comparing amino acids to words and proteins to paragraphs really helped me understand the differences in primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures. As we learned in class, there are many … Continue reading
So far during the semester, we’ve discussed scientific structures by starting with the smaller parts and working up to the larger compositions. As we learned, protons, neutrons and electrons compose atoms. Each atom is distinguished by a different number of … Continue reading
I thought class last Tuesday was really interesting and helped situate us in the role of either a physician or an anthropologist. I thought about those two roles and how depending on the perspective, the problem can look totally different. … Continue reading
As we learned in class, pH follows a scale from 0 to 14 with 0-7 representing acidic solutions and above 7 representing basic solutions. Acids and bases can neutralize each other sort of like an average of two numbers. Though … Continue reading
At this point, we are all too familiar with the snow that surrounds us. Those of us who spend time driving also know the snow to be the reason that the roads deteriorate so much each winter. Snow falls and … Continue reading
In his piece, “Doing Science Making Art,” Professor Conway asserts a difference between making art and doing science, saying he does both. I think the distinction here is that in making art, an artist creates something new that did not … Continue reading