Condensed concepts

In 1994 superconductivity was discovered in strontium ruthenate (Sr2RuO4). This attracted considerable interest because it had a perovskite...

We all have a worldview, some way that we look at life and what we observe. There are certain assumptions we tend to operate from, often imp...

I think one of the greatest moments of being a teacher or student is when the student understands or learns something that they find excitin...

Feynman said "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool." Walter Kauzmann e...

Biman Bagchi has just published a new book, Water in Biological and Chemical Processes: From Structure and Dynamics to Function  Cambrid...

The figure below introduces the idea of an "entropy crisis" and the Kauzmann temperature in glasses. It also leads to profound and...

Last month marked the 5 year anniversary of this blog. My first post was a tribute to Walter Kauzmann. In hindsight, after almost 1500 post...

If it's tuesday, this must be Belgium . Somehow I can't get that out of my head, partly because I have been travelling a lot. I firs...

The Sunday New York Times magazine has a fascinating and disturbing article The Mind of a Con Man about Diederik Stapel , former Dean of Be...

More great quotes from Bob Laughlin , A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Down “The great power of science is its abi...

Key moderating principles I try to keep in mind as I struggle to understand complex molecular materials -correlation does not imply causalit...

Water is an amazing substance which has many unique properties. Some of these properties are essential for the functionality of biomolecules...

A video and book that has received a lot of attention in popular culture over the past few years is What the bleep do we know? The protagoni...

I am giving the Chemistry seminar at UQ this week. Here are the slides

Walter Kauzmann was a pioneer in understanding condensed phases of matter. Two of his most important contributions to science (the hydrophob...