Dear Physics Community,
Walden, a game – various what-can-I-do-for-my-kids-during-the-shutdown articles have mentioned a game based on Walden by Thoreau. I have always been surprised at the mileage he got out of his short economic treatise. Still, in the game, you can walk around in the woods, unlike the real place nearby.
Physics Events
- Wednesday, April 15, 4-5 pm, Undergraduate Office Hour
- Thursday, April 16, 2020, 4-5:50 pm – Colloquium – Mina Arvanitaki
- Thursday, April 16, 2020, 12-1:30 pm – “Grading and Exam Guidelines for the Spring Term”, Nergis Mavalvala and “Research Restart”, Peter Fisher
- Thursday, April 23, 2020, 12-1:30 pm – Nikta Fakhri
Special Tuesday Lunch Talk Series
If you’d like to give one, contact Anna.
Physics Department
UROPs this summer – the situation is evolving: Cathy, Nergis, and I will meet tomorrow to make sure we are on the same page and you will hear something in the next day or two.
Freeman Dyson – passed away on Feb. 28, obit. in Quanta here. His mind went everywhere. My favorite papers: Eschatology (the end of the universe), a technical analysis of why using tactical nuclear weapons in Viet Nam would have been a bad idea, and a novel solution to the iterated prisoner’s dilemma problem.
Slack – if you are a member of the Physics Community and would like to be added to the Physics-MIT slack workspace, please email Christina. It is what to cool young people using.
Academic Continuity Meating
Advisories:
- Thesis defense – you can request a nice room on campus for your thesis defense.
Los Endos
I had 7 hours of zoom meetings today. Too much!
Peter