January 2017 – The Eighteenth Elephant

January 6, 2017January 9, 2017

Five graphs about the past term’s teaching

This past term I again taught “The Physics of Life,” my biophysics-for-non-science-majors course. It went fairly well, but I was less happy with it than I’ve been in the past. Why? And what can I do about this in the future, especially this coming term, when I’m again teaching a (different) general-education class for non-science … Continue reading Five graphs about the past term’s teaching

January 1, 2017January 2, 2017

Books, books, and movies, 2016

As in 2015, I’ll write a quick post about my favorite books and movies that I read or watched in 2016. Like last year, there’s (almost) nothing in this list relevant to the blog’s usual themes of science and academia — I’ve got two posts on grant writing and teaching half-written, though, so we’ll be … Continue reading Books, books, and movies, 2016

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