When Neil heard that Stanford was having a celebration of Joe Keller’s 90th birthday, he signed up to go to it. After all, it was for the Joe Keller, the world’s only two-time winner of the Ig Nobel Prize! The conference was free, but dinner was $30 for students, so I told Neil I’d pay…
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In Praise of Hands-On Lab Science
Integrating hands-on lab science is a typical challenge for homeschoolers. Some of the companies providing homeschool instruction have kits with the equipment and materials needed for a lab. Personally, I have bought several excellent science lab books, and hunted around for the equipment and materials myself. We’ve made many a trip to San Jose Scientific…
Martin Gardner Celebration of Mind at Stanford 2012
Ever since Martin Gardner passed away in 2012, his fans have held an annual gathering in various places each year; our local gathering is the one at Stanford, organized by Stan Isaacs. It wasn’t in one of the few places I know on the Stanford campus (such as the art museum, the math building, or…