Filed: example model revisions, on need for minimizing semiotic mapping-drift in pedagogical & theoretical models (cf. example of discussion regarding “do atoms touch?”)
Tag Archives: Chem
DNA is life’s blueprint? No, there’s far more to it than that
“Wave Function” and more by Sixty Symbols (video) | on the importance of metaphors & metonymy in phenomenological modeling
Speaker: Jeremy England, MIT: Statistical physics of self-replication
Published on Sep 11, 2014
What is life – lecture: A new theory for evolution. Speaker: Jeremy England, MIT.
“The formula, based on established physics, indicates that when a group of atoms is driven by an external source of energy (like the sun or chemical fuel) and surrounded by a heat bath (like the ocean or atmosphere), it will often gradually restructure itself in order to dissipate increasingly more energy. This could mean that under certain conditions, matter inexorably acquires the key physical attribute associated with life.” https://www.quantamagazine.org/20140122-a-new-physics-theory-of-life/
{Credit and thanks to Mose for reminding me}
“How to learn a new language: 7 secrets from TED Translators” (2014)
Invaluable pointers from Krystian Aparta on the TEDblog (2014) on learning a new language:
blog.ted.com/how-to-learn-a-new-language-7-secrets-from-ted-translators/
Personal reflection: #3 works well for Chemistry too!
Listening to classical music modulates genes that are responsible for brain functions
Medici writers exhumed in Italy (2007)
MOOCs: MCB80x, Harvardx
MCB80.2x Fundamentals of Neuroscience Part 2: Neurons and Networks
MCB80.2x Fundamentals of Neuroscience Part 2: Neurons and Networks
Scientific Pluralism: History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University
Inaugural Lecture by Professor Hasok Chang, Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science.
Favorite Chemistry Videos: Crash Course
Humanities and the Sciences 