Graduate Education/Research

"Even Einstein Struggled: Effects of Learning about Great Scientists’ Struggles on High School Students’ Motivation to Learn Science"

Michelle Okroy | Wed, 03/02/2016 - 22:38

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What motivates our students to excel in understanding chemistry? For some students, they would like to pursue a career in a science related field while others are extrinsically motivated for a particular grade or graduation credit.

Can You Spot the Real Outlier? by Eileen Pollack

Hal Harris | Mon, 10/07/2013 - 17:09

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At the Solvay Conference on Physics in 1927, the attendees included Albert Einstein, Max Planck, Niels Bohr - and just one woman (Marie Curie). Almost 90 years later, why does science remain so much of an old boys' club?

The Symmetries of Things

Hal Harris | Sun, 03/01/2009 - 00:00

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This beautiful book could certainly enhance your coffee table, but don't buy it just for its looks. Be prepared to spend some time with it, and join the wonder that mathematicians are expressing at the brilliance of this new way of describing and inventing symmetries.