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Criticality in Sandpiles and in the Brain
I’ve started following various science sites on Twitter as a way to keep up on the latest research, and last week an interesting article popped up on Phys.org with the title “Functioning brain follows famous sand pile model”. Since my current research on avalanches on the beadpile is a essentially an experimental investigation of criticality…
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Commencement
The class of 2015 graduated in style on May 11. Those of us who have been around a while (that would be just me, this year!) were surprised to find that faculty and students were lining up in the Oak Grove on the north side of Kauke and that Commencement itself was on the quad…
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April is the busiest month
So many things happened in the department in April that I got totally behind. In fact, April was so busy that I’ve only barely caught up here at the end of May. But, some great things happened so I want to post about them even if it is a little behind times. First – junior…
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Wooster Physics in San Antonio!
Welcome! Our goal is to use this site to share more information about what is going on in the department! Our annual attendance at the APS March Meeting seemed like a great place to start. Four students and I all traveled to San Antonio March 2 to 5 for the biggest gathering of physicists in…
Author: Susan Lehman
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Nice post, John! Thanks for writing these. I always enjoy them.
David Smith’s ein stein is an awesome shape!
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Thanks, Mark! I enjoy reading your posts as well.