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Why Does Copper Conduct? A Tour for Non-Physicists

physics education

Copper conducts, diamond doesn't, yet both are packed with electrons. A walk from single atoms to energy bands that explains why, ending with a back-of-the-envelope number that lands within ten percent of the measured conductivity of copper.

Physics Doesn't Explain Anything. And That's the Point.

physics philosophy education

My high school teacher told me physics explains the world. Years later I think that's completely wrong, and understanding why changes everything about how you approach the subject.

Physics, Math, or Engineering? How do you decide

physics engineering education personal

What is the real difference between physics, mathematics, and engineering — and how do you choose the right degree? A personal account from someone who studied all three.

Simulating Antiproton Energy Loss in an HV-MAPS Silicon Sensor with Geant4

physics

A first-principles walkthrough of using Geant4 to simulate how much energy an antiproton deposits in a thin HV-MAPS silicon sensor — including a hand-worked Bethe-Bloch example, the Landau distribution, and why this matters for detector design before you ever see a beam.

The Game of Life and the Limits of Prediction

philosophy physics

A colleague called it 'useless math but super fun.' I objected. Conway's Game of Life connects self-replicating machines, Wolfram's computational irreducibility, and the unsettling possibility that entropy is not just disorder — it is the universe refusing to be calculated.

KiCon Asia 2025: Speaking on Wire Bonding in Shenzhen

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Talk at KiCon Asia 2025 in Shenzhen on wire bonding CLICpix and MuPix detector chips — two years of hands-on bonding with a Delvotec, condensed into 25 minutes. Slides and video included.

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