Where Have You Gone, Physicist Bob Park? Our Nation Turns Its Lonely Eyes to You. Woo, Woo, Woo.Bob Park died five years ago this week. He had been in poor health since suffering a stroke in 2013. Park was a physicist and the director…2d ago2d ago
Lab LeakThe White House recently revised the covid.gov website into propaganda supporting the “lab leak” hypothesis for the source of Covid-19. I…Apr 191Apr 191
NIH Has Become Vichy FranceAccording to Science magazine, “After freezing all grants to Columbia University last week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is now…Apr 18Apr 18
Asimov’s CorollaryRegular readers of this blog know that I am a huge fan of Isaac Asimov. I decided on a career in science in large part from reading…Apr 18Apr 18
Oops!Finding a mistake in something you wrote is always annoying. When revising the chapter on Atoms and Light for the sixth edition of…Apr 11Apr 11
Tomie De PaolaChildren’s book author Tomie De Paola died five years ago last Sunday. I fondly recall reading De Paola’s books to my daughters Stephanie…Apr 4Apr 4
The Rest of the Story 5Bill grew up in Schenectady, New York, the youngest of four children. While a child he became interested in science because of his…Mar 28Mar 28
The Three Stooges of ScienceWhat we are seeing now is the destruction and vilification of American science. We in America are making a mockery of what science means…Mar 27Mar 27
Dipole-Dipole InteractionOne strength of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology is its many homework problems. The problems stress (but perhaps not enough)…Mar 21Mar 21
A “Sinister” GoalLast Monday the Secretary of the Department of Energy, Chris Wright, called the effort to achieve net zero carbon emissions a “sinister…Mar 16Mar 16