AMES Memory
One of my favorite AMES memories is watching The Elegant Universe in Paul Ramsey’s class freshman year (2010-2011).
The Elegant Universe is a three-part NOVA mini-series about superstring theory, based on Brian Greene’s book with the same title. The part of the show that got my attention the most was when Greene headed over to the “H-Bar,” where events having extremely unlikely probabilities of occurring actually take place frequently.
Watching this made me realize that I’d seen it before at least 6 years prior. I’d also skimmed the book before, many years ago, and stumbled across it again many more later. What blows my mind is the fact that I’d come across the book and movie randomly and independent of the multiple occasions, given I’d searched my local library for books on quantum physics the first time I’d encountered the book. I like to attribute these coincidences as actually noncoincidental at all, but because I have always been meant to learn and understand theoretical physics.
I’ve had many profound experiences in Ramsey’s class besides this one. He sometimes went off tangent, giving wonderful unexpected lectures concerning our futures, how books should always be treated with respect and not be vandalized, and other various topics.
While I’ve had excellent relationships with several teachers over the past four years, freshman year I reached a new level of understanding abstract concepts of science and philosophy from his class, albeit it was technically “Earth Science.”
One of my favorite AMES memories is watching The Elegant Universe in Paul Ramsey’s class freshman year (2010-2011).
The Elegant Universe is a three-part NOVA mini-series about superstring theory, based on Brian Greene’s book with the same title. The part of the show that got my attention the most was when Greene headed over to the “H-Bar,” where events having extremely unlikely probabilities of occurring actually take place frequently.
Watching this made me realize that I’d seen it before at least 6 years prior. I’d also skimmed the book before, many years ago, and stumbled across it again many more later. What blows my mind is the fact that I’d come across the book and movie randomly and independent of the multiple occasions, given I’d searched my local library for books on quantum physics the first time I’d encountered the book. I like to attribute these coincidences as actually noncoincidental at all, but because I have always been meant to learn and understand theoretical physics.
I’ve had many profound experiences in Ramsey’s class besides this one. He sometimes went off tangent, giving wonderful unexpected lectures concerning our futures, how books should always be treated with respect and not be vandalized, and other various topics.
While I’ve had excellent relationships with several teachers over the past four years, freshman year I reached a new level of understanding abstract concepts of science and philosophy from his class, albeit it was technically “Earth Science.”