Fantastic materials

The light fantastic: PHOTON materials for technician education

Project PHOTON has developed a set of instructional materials suitable for a onesemester laboratory based introduction to photonics course. The textbook, laboratory experiment kit and laboratory manual have been thoroughly field tested by participating high schools and two year colleges. All materials have been aligned to national Math, Science, Technology and Language Arts standards. OCIS code...

Light fantastic

postdoctoral experience. It is important to stay close enough to your background to facilitate continuity and, at the same time, to take a different path that demonstrates originality and growth. The choice of research problems to address is obviously crucial. There will be many distractions and it is necessary to be a good citizen and accept responsibilities but also to stay focused and produc...

Fantastic Voyage: Influenza

My previous young doctor host Walking quickly away Head down, embarrassed Scolded by a nurse—where was his mask? Too busy and careless, poor fool He still serves me well, dragging me into his wake. Here I go, following and fl oating A door nearby opens—negative pressure! In I go, but on a cancer ward, This should be positive pressure! To keep bugs out, not draw them in. I cannot complain All go...

The fantastic organ

The Age of Insight by Eric Kandel is a brutal and beautiful book. Its pages burgeon with beautiful images and beautiful ideas. The ideas are pursued with relentless honesty and diligence for more than 600 pages. There are parts of this book that should only be read in private. I know this after a slightly fraught flight to London, trying to read the book while covering its pictures of masturbat...

A Fantastic Voyage in Genomics.