On Oct 14, 2017 6:35 PM, "Karen Reeds" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 08:55:43 -0700 > From: Galen Pickett <[email protected]> > Subject: [Origami] Sierpinski Masu tessellation > > https://twitter.com/GalenPickett/status/919228877213282304 > This started as a 20"square, divided into 32 divisions. Conventional box > pleating, and the final model has a 10x10" "framed area" Galen, this must have been wonderful fun to create and fold! Thanks for sharing it. I'm even more grateful for another twitter of yours about your article in the AWIS (Assoc. for Women in Science) magazine about creating a physics department that makes science so exciting and welcoming that undergrads flock to it: http://magazine.awis.org/i/880805-fall-2017/24 pp 22-25 Lots of practical ideas there, and in the whole issue, that I'll be sharing with my ScienceMentors colleagues and kids -- thank you! Karen Karen Reeds Princeton Public Library Origami Group co-ringleader Volunteer mentor, ScienceMentors 1:1 http://www.sciencementors.org/ from Karen Reeds [email protected] Hi Karen! Yes, both were fun and rewarding. For the Masu tessellation, I have been working with fractals as a physics topic since 1989, and combining the traditional Masu with this bit of my research life is really cool. There is a strong theme in physics dealing with unifying seemingly unrelated ideas, and this is an example. The AWiS article describes the outcomes of a long-term project in my department to extend the benefits of a life studying physics to everyone who wants it... The most important things I have discovered as a physicist have to do with how to make an equitable program. So thanks for your comment! Please share widely (outside o-list)! I am convinced that physics can be a truly equitable enterprise, and we will all benefit from that. Physical sciences, computer sciences, mathematics have some heavy lifting to do in this respect ... the individual act of creation and discovery is tied to training AND the exact personal path someone has taken in life. It makes me nervous as hell thinking about the discoveries that have not been made because someone was turned away from this life. Best, Galen
