Amy Read
High school math teacher, Thinking Classroom enthusiast, former physics teacher. Always looking to make the world and my classroom a better place.
- Reposted by Amy ReadIn light of proposed budget-slashing of NIH funding, I want to share: "In fiscal year 2021, every $1 of NIH funding generated approximately $2.60 of economic activity." -UFMR report Slashing research budgets to save money is like sawing the wings off an airplane to make it lighter.
- Reposted by Amy Read"Why don't you scientists ever study anything with real world applications?" The real world applications:
- The measured speed distribution in mosh pits is well fit by the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. #iTeachPhysics 🧪 arxiv.org/pdf/1302.1886.pdf