By Robert Brown, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Physics
When I joined the CWRU physics department, I found its nucleus particularly inspiring—pun intended. The physics faculty was full of famous nuclear physicists and nuclear physics was at the forefront of fundamental particle research.
During my first days of walking through the Rockefeller building, there were the renowned nuclear physics names on the doors: Foldy, Tobocman and … Thaler.
I had heard of them from the textbooks with concepts and formulas named after them. I knew of Rafael "Roy" Morton Thaler through the Gammel-Thaler nuclear potential but I had the honor to get...
Uncategorized
Physics’ Robert Brown remembers colleague Arnold “Arnie” Dahm
Each year, the Kluge Center brings a small number of prominent scholars and thinkers to the Library of Congress to use the rich and often unique materials available there. Appointees are chosen on the basis of intellectual accomplishment and the ability to communicate ideas to a broad audience. It is hoped that appointees will stimulate thinking by sharing their insight and analysis through informal discussions and formal presentations within the center and the library.
The chairs are suited for the most accomplished and innovative scholars who are at the height of their creative and intellectual powers.
There are eight chairs at...
What do neuroscience and jigsaw puzzles have in common? Students recently learned the answer at a packed Department of Cognitive Science Explore event entitled “Brainwaves.”
XuXa Rossi explains that Solstice is “emblematic of the bonding experience that is being a member of this group.”
Karen Tausher arrives in Cleveland to join our team as the new director of information technology for the college.