Uncertain Dots, Episode 5

In which Rhett and I talk about color vision, undergraduate research projects, blog networks, outreach activities, and how thermodynamics is a lie. Things mentioned in the discussion: The Flame Challenge My post about looking at computer monitors with a spectrometer Physics Quest I’m inadvertently doing a bit of product placement here– the T-shirt I’m wearing […]

Uncertain Questions?

About three hours from now, Rhett Allain and I are doing another “Uncertain Dots” Google hangout. We don’t have a real clear topic, so if you have any questions about physics, academia, blogs, etc. that you’d like to hear us answer, this would be a great time to ask them, via comments here, email, or […]

On Computer Color

This year’s “Flame Challenge” is to explain color in terms an 11-year-old can follow. I have opinions on this subject, a background in AMO physics, and access to scientific equipment, so I’m putting something together. In the course of this, though, it occurred to me to wonder how my different portable computing devices process color. […]