Viewing the annular solar eclipse, 20 May 2012.
Viewing the annular solar eclipse through very dark filters.
Professor Townsend has recently published his second book on quantum mechanics, Quantum Physics.
They’re lining up for miles at the Ted Stoddard Memorial Wafflefest!
Students in Physics 80 (Energy and the Environment) discuss wind power with Jack Wallace.
Sharon Gerbode’s work on cucumber tendrils makes a huge splash
- Read “How the Cucumber Tendril Coils and Overwinds” in Science
- Watch the AAAS videos narrated by Sharon Gerbode and Joshua Puzey: “How Cucumber Tendrils Hoist Their Payload Sunwards” , “Chasing Sunlight: Cucumber Tendrils in Action”
- Read “Scientists Unwind the Secrets of Climbing Plants’ Tendrils” in The Guardian.
- Read “Uncoiling the Cucumber’s Enigma” in Harvard’s SEAS news briefs.
- Gerbode’s research was featured on the National Public Radio program Science Friday, August 31, 2012 at 11:50 a.m. PST. Listen to Science Friday
- View the NPR Science Friday video about Gerbode's research: “Unwinding the Cucumber Tendril Mystery.”
- Why study physics at HMC?
- Where do our students go?
- Can I participate in research?
- What can you do with a degree in physics?
News
| Congratulations to the class of 2013! (May 19, 2013) |
| Congratulations to Audy Sederberg and Colin Parker (April 8, 2013) |
| Sheena Patel wins a Goldwater Scholarship (March 29, 2013) |
| Nate Stern (’03) wins a Sloan Foundation Fellowship (Feb. 17, 2013) |
Physics sweeps Dancing with the Claremont Stars! Congratulations to Professors Gerbode for competing and Professor Connolly for winning the cha-cha competition.
