Sylvia Wenmackers

@SylviaFysica

Fysicus, filosoof, mama, blogger Verstrooide professor Lid van en Columnist

Tss onwaarschynlyk & onmogelyk
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    Jun 28

    [Column] "Het tapijt van Sierpiński" Over chaos, kunst & wetenschap. In zomernummer & hier:

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    23 hours ago

    Wiskundigen en statistici gevraagd om mijn fout te spotten, want deze kans lijkt me te groot. (Cc )

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    Aug 7

    Science would be better off if there were a few more generalist foxes sprinkled among the specialist hedgehogs.

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  5. Aug 7

    In Limburg op dit moment ook prima sluierbewolking om bijzonnen, halo's & co te spotten!

    Met sterk verhoogd contrast zie je het stukje parahelische cirkel wat beter.
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    Tatiana Ehrenfest-Afanaseva Hilda Geiringer Alexandra Bellow

  7. Aug 2

    Happy this list exists. It bothered me that all people mentioned in my foundations of probability course were men, found some women here.

    Mathematicians can recall great MEN mathematicians but so much for WOMEN math. Here's a list of women mathematicians
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    Aug 1

    10 common misconceptions in physics: by

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    Aug 1

    I wrote about climate change, the ocean, love, and guilt for

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    Aug 1
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    And monism seems to equal 'anything goes'.

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    Aug 1
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    Does positivism represent Popper's search light theory?

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    Jul 31

    21 philosophies, playable as versions of the game SNAKE: I like asceticism, existentialism & utilitarianism :)

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  13. Jul 31

    0. Discussing optics of pictures taken at photonics conference dinners.

    Levels of academic Twitter expertise: 4. Sharing information 3. Informed commentary 2. Impassioned advocacy 1. Perceiving sarcasm
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    Jul 31

    "Understanding the Roots of Modern Science" Andrea Sangiacomo developed an online course that is taught together...

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    Jul 31
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    Don't remember seeing it, but likely that I have, since it seems to have influenced my early drawings.

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    Jul 30

    30 July 1932: Premiere of Disney's Flowers and Trees, the 1st cartoon to use Technicolor.

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    Short video clip in which the cloth is removed & the full rings show up again:

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    Similar rings in a water-in-cognac-glass, all illuminated at foot of the glass. Right: half of foot covered by black cloth -> half ring. :)

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  20. Jul 30

    After family visit, tried to reproduce water-in-wine-glass optics with water-in-beer-glass. Context:

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    Jul 30

    A clearer picture of the wineglass spectrum effect. Best explanation gets a special prize from me :-)

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