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Science Corner: Dancing in the Sunshine

February 11, 2015 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

The second law of thermodynamics gets trotted out all the time, especially in conversations about evolutionary biology. Less familiar are principles of  maximum entropy production, which deal specifically with systems that are not in equilibrium (everything the same temperature). Most of the situations we experience  involve differences in temperature, but there's still a lot to learn about how physics works when temperatures differ  (at least partly because the math is more complicated). Which brings us to this study … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Dancing in the Sunshine

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Science Tagged With: entropy, nonequilibrium, science corner

Science Corner: Back to the Present

February 4, 2015 by Andy Walsh 2 Comments

You don't need a DeLorean to see that this year is going to bring a lot of  Back to the Future references and time travel talk.  It's fitting, then, that physicists have actually succeeded in constructing a quantum time machine. Well, sort of. (Isn't that always the way with quantum physics?) It turns out, one can create subatomic systems under one set of conditions, and they will also behave as if they were under a different set of conditions. The first intuition is probably to imagine doing something slowly as a way … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Back to the Present

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Science Tagged With: science corner, simulation, time travel

Science Corner: All the Brilliant Ladies

January 21, 2015 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

It is both conventional wisdom and a statistical reality that gender representation is not equal in all STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics) disciplines. When I enrolled at Carnegie Mellon, a school known for its STEM programs, nearly twenty (!) years ago, the student body was well aware of the distributions. Variations on "There's a guy  for every girl... and then another guy for that guy" or (ladies speaking about men) "The odds are good, but the goods are odd" circulated widely lest we forget. … [Read more...] about Science Corner: All the Brilliant Ladies

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Science Tagged With: gender equality, intelligence, science corner

Science Corner: It’s in the Cards

January 14, 2015 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

The game of heads-up limit Texas Hold 'em poker has effectively been solved. As I understand it, solving a game means identifying the best move to make in any given situation. Other games, like tic-tac-toe and checkers, have been solved in the past, but this result is significant because it is the first solved game where the player does not know everything about the current game situation--mainly, what cards their opponent is holding. The lessons learned have applications to a wide range of real-life situations where … [Read more...] about Science Corner: It’s in the Cards

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Science Tagged With: future, poker, science corner, uncertainty

Science In Review — Christmas Craft

December 24, 2014 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

Frame from Its A Wonderful Life showing George Bailey on the bridge discovering Zuzus petals in his pocket.

At a neighborhood Christmas party, I had a lively and stimulating conversation about some of the technical elements of filmmaking--editing, cinematography, action choreography, and the like. Neither my neighbor nor I work in the field, and we don't have serious aspirations of movie careers. We just find that our appreciation of the movies we enjoy is enhanced by understanding the processes involved. … [Read more...] about Science In Review — Christmas Craft

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Science Tagged With: Advent, christmas, incarnation, magic, miracle, Miracles, science in review

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