Physicist uses art to make physics more accessible
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 10:02
in Physics & Chemistry
Based on research she conducted for her doctoral dissertation several years ago, Jatila van der Veen, a lecturer in the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara and a research associate in UC Santa Barbara's physics department, created a new approach to introductory physics, which she calls "Noether before Newton." Noether refers to the early 20th-century German mathematician Emmy Noether, who was known for her groundbreaking contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.