Today, we observed the plasma machines doing their work, maintaining the perfect temperature for all bonds to be broken, keeping everything in plasma form instead of as atoms. This was interesting because it made me think how interesting it is that everything can maintain its bonds normally, things don’t just fly around breaking covalent bonds […]
I have been drawn toward art all my life, however I do not believe that I am more right brained than left brained; I believe that a brain is just a brain. I am especially drawn toward abstract art, art that deals with zero space and perception. But today an exhibit of Aboriginal Australian art […]
Today we looked into new materials. We saw a new type of glass that can be formed at room temperature instead of the extremely high temperatures needed to melt sand. By mixing two substances (one of which was called Sol gel) a goo can be made which then can be dried into glass. This allows […]
Today was the most walking I have ever done. But besides that point, let us continue on our journey. Today, we were able to visit the LAPD, what it stands for I have no idea. This place has got to be the coolest thing ever. First, we checked out the smaller of the two machines. […]
The doors opened slowly, and we entered the “Icons of the Desert” exhibit. On the walls around us hung Australian Aboriginal paintings from a tiny settlement called Papunya. I felt as if I had just gone back in time to the 1970s when the Sydney school teacher Geoffrey Bardon gave the Aboriginal men paint […]
Today’s lecture was about how shapes are everywhere. We talked about how shapes of atoms, crystals and opals deeply affect their behaviors and appearances. And then we related shapes to art and architecture, the way artists express themselves through their pieces. There was a slide where they compared the universe to an atom; the sun […]
I learned a couple of interesting facts from the lecture. These included the face that humans were mainly made up of just protons and electrons. If all the water and space was extracted from our bodies, we would be 1/100 of a single strand of hair. This shows us how much of our body is […]
Often described as the happiest place on earth, the beloved theme park known as Disneyland also serves as the perfect example of the blending of art and science to create something fun, innovative, and magical. Filled with crazy colors, cartoonish characters, and an all-around carefree feel, the artistic aspect of Disneyland is fairly obvious. […]
The day started with a lecture about shape and its importance in science and art. For example, shape in science is important in that it determines the properties of atoms and in opals the color, orientation, and diffraction. In art, shape shows the artists point of view and creativeness. Shape can even be seen in […]
Today, I enjoyed the lab visits more than the lectures. When thinking about the day without my notes to remind me, the only things that come to my mind are the instruments we saw in labs. There was when we looked through an SEM microscope.. Another was in the Yang lab where we saw how […]