On Time

On Time

Regardless of the object of study, learning takes time. Some lessons might take only a few minutes, others may take a lifetime. In the latter case, one may decide the object of study is not worth pursuing.

When I was in high school I was fascinated by Einstein’s Theory of Relativity and, in those pre-Internet days, read as much as I could on the subject in the few books available. Although special relativity (which deals exclusively with inertial frames of reference, or those which are non-accelerating) can be studied by anyone with high school mathematics, general relativity (that dealing […]

By |2023-01-28T00:57:10+00:002018-09-26|Creative Writing, Education, Science|
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Physical Sciences

Physical Sciences

Environmental Science

This is part of a year 10 program I designed for environmental science, with a focus on ecological sustainability and its conflict with economic growth, stemming directly from my doctoral research project. It addresses the NSW Stage 5 Science syllabus outcome ES3c: “evaluate scientific evidence of some current issues affecting society that are the result of human activity on global systems, eg the greenhouse effect, ozone layer depletion, effect of climate change on sea levels, long-term effects of waste management and loss of biodiversity.”

The preceding part of the program addresses ‘natural’ (i.e. human-devoid) […]

By |2023-03-22T03:43:04+00:002018-07-21|
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The level of policy in a democracy cannot rise above the average level of understanding of the population. In a democracy, the distribution of knowledge is as important as the distribution of wealth. Daly & Farley (2011)

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