Sir Isaac Newton
 Physics 496
 Communicating in Physics
 Fall 2024

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The Up Goer Five Challenge

Instructions and Teams

Literature Search

Instructions--Read First
  • Bardeen
  • Baym
  • Kwiat
  • Leggett
  • Selvin
  • Van Harlingen

    • Attributes & Values

    List of words denoting attributes and values of physicists

    Writing an Abstract

    H. Alfven, "Existence of Electromagnetic-Hydrodynamic Waves," Nature 3805, 405–406 (1942).

    Proper Referencing

    Introduction, Planar Tunneling into Single Crystal LuNi2B2C, PHYS 496 alumnus, 2009

    Evaluating Figures

    Chapter 9, Communicating in Science, Scott Montgomery

    Ethics Case Studies

  • What about My Contribution? (Team 1)
  • Who Should Be Authors? (Team 2)
  • Data Selection & Manipulation (Team 3)
  • Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (Team 4)
  • Making a "Better" Figure (Team 5)
  • Signing a Petition (Team 6)
  • Tolerance and Civility (Team 7)