In early November I visited the Science Museum in London, to see the Oramics exhibit. Oramics is a musical technique developed by Daphne Oram in the late 1950s, while she …
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Science Showoff – my talk!
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenHere (at the bottom of this post) is the full talk I gave at Science Showoff on December 7. I spoke about scientists who are also musicians, like Borodin. Notice …
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Hovercraft crafting at Drink Shop & Do
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenEarlier this month, I joined a table of fellow geeks to craft hovercrafts at Drink Shop & Do. The event was run by Science London (the London branch of the …
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Musicians and Scientists
The Sci Foo Files 2010 – Part 2: Stephon Alexander
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenWhen I hosted the scientists/musicians session at Sci Foo 2010, I had left a recorder running. Unfortunately, it ran out of batteries halfway through, and after recovering the files, I …
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Scientist-musician Saul Perlmutter wins Nobel Prize
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenHappy to hear that Saul Perlmutter has won a Nobel Prize today! We met at SciFoo 2010 and I’ve spoken with him last year (and earlier this year, according to …
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Dancing scientists cure cancer at McGill
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenDancing scientists in Canada are curing cancer. Well, they’re trying, at least. Researchers of the Goodman Cancer Research Centre at McGill University in Montreal have made a YouTube video of …
