American Physical Society

Week 10: Best Summer Ever

Friday, August 9, 2013

Jamie Garrett

Museums, shopping, boat rides, walking, and a lot of food. I have had the best summer in DC working with SPS and exploring the city.

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Week 9: The End...But Not Really

Friday, August 2, 2013

Jamie Garrett

This past weekend I went to the Air and Space Museum Extension in Chantilly, VA.

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Week 8: Weak Ate

Friday, July 26, 2013

Jamie Garrett

The beginning of this week I started working on preliminary drawings for the Angular Momentum and Rotation. I have to send them to the Art Director at APS to have them professional drawn up for my activities.

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Week 7: Museums Galore

Friday, July 19, 2013

Jamie Garrett

Time is just flying by here in DC. Last weekend my friends flew up from Georgia and we went to a few museums on Saturday. We started off at the Holocaust museum, then journeyed to the Air and Space Museum, next walking to the National History Museum, and finally the American History Museum.

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Week 6: In a Contemplative Fashion, and a Tranquil Frame of Mind

Friday, July 12, 2013

Jamie Garrett

My new topics for the PhysicsQuest project are proving more difficult than the previous. I am working on rotation and angular momentum in relation to quantum physics.

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Week 5: Independence Day

Friday, July 5, 2013

Jamie Garrett

Dinner with the SPS Executive Committee was delicious. It was delivered to ACP and we ate in the conference room on the fifth floor. It was a quick meal before we went to the Capitol Steps show in DC. The show was full of hilarious political satire that mocks everyone. It was quite a riot.

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Week 4: Pirate Ships and Spectroscopy

Friday, June 28, 2013

Jamie Garrett

Saturday I went to play pool and watch the soccer game with Ro, Alec, and Darren. Soccer isn’t

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Week 3: I Broke Physics

Friday, June 21, 2013

Jamie Garrett

Time is flying by here in DC. It feels like there are not even 24 hours in a day. The National Symphony Orchestra made me feel cultured. It was fun to get dressed up and go out as a complete group.

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Week 1: "You're not that sly"

Friday, June 7, 2013

Jamie Garrett

My friend and I drove from Georgia to Washington, D.C. and arrived mid-day Saturday. Man was it hot outside! I thought, coming from the south, that it would be a nice cool spring day in Washington, but was I wrong.

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Matthew Goszewski

APS PhysicsQuest Intern

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