Reflection:
This week we were introduced to a new text from the book Light by Bruce Watson. We dissected the intro and learned about the philosophers, artists and the scientists that were referenced in the text. For chemistry we learned organic Chemistry, we did a new experiment with boric acid and glue and we also watched an episode of cosmos that told us about light. Humanities: Wonder and Curiosity By Pablo Robin Scientists, artists and philosophers back in the time where christianity was the prominent source of knowledge were visionaries and they were pushing the boundaries in their respective fields. Artists like Caravaggio pushed boundaries by painting these scenes that showed human emotion and actions with a dramatic use of lighting. Caravaggio's lighting and the fact that he realistically painted the human figure was very influential in starting a new style of painting. This was called Baroque. It came after renaissance art and was heavily influenced by light. The Baroque style of art is big on shadows and light sources affecting the scenes in the paintings. Caravaggio is a great example of using light sources from different angles. He used his high contrast style of Baroque to evoke movement and passion. The way Caravaggio used light inspired a whole new style of art solidifying him as someone who was pushing the boundaries with light. Philosophers were able to think about light in a different way than the church. The church was very mad that people were looking for answers other than god this led to many philosophers being jailed and killed because of their defiance to the church. Philosophers like Plato actually did a lot to the christianity. However at the same time Plato did have his own way of thinking called Platonism. He spoke a lot of the afterlife. He didn't think of it like the bible does now with the afterlife being a dark place, he thought that our minds were trapped in reality and the afterlife set our minds free to have no limits and have a better life than our previous life. Plato also had different views about light, he said, “The sun is a metaphor for the nature of reality and knowledge concerning it.” In his Allegory of the sun. Scientists like Galileo were able to theorize light. Galileo looked to space for light. By looking at space he was able to see the first light. He discovered moons on jupiter and observed comets and galaxies very closely. According to Albert Einstein he is the Father of modern science. That is because he was one of the first people to really look to space for answers instead of god. That ended up with him being credited for theorizing the Big Bang. They proved their doubters wrong and were able to produce mind blowing, world changing work. Without these 3 visionaries we would not know the things we know about today. Chemistry: Epoxy/Polymer By Pablo I went into class and saw new things on the board. The board said Organic Chemistry. I sat down and learned what was inside of every living thing. Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Carbon. We then learned about how different chemicals bond together to create things like epoxy. We learned how our epoxy coating worked in a chemistry standpoint. We mix the hardener and resin and they form crosslinks which makes the epoxy that we cover our prints with. Some resins and hardeners mix quicker than others, our first epoxy took a long time to harden, but once we finished that one we made a new cheaper one. The cheaper one turned into epoxy much faster to harden and that meant that it had more crosslinks. We also did a very interesting experiment with Boric Acid and Elmer's Glue. We mixed them together and my groups mixture was very soupy and not like some other groups. What the other groups did differently was they added a lot of boric acid which made more crosslinks so the mixture would make a thicker flubber like substance. I got to play with the other kind of the mixture and I have to say I liked playing with it more than some soupy glue and boric acid. I wonder what people use this mixture for? Video Reflection: The video was very insightful about the way we uncovered the secrets to light. I liked learning about the findings that the early scientists found when conducting their experiments. I also think I got a lot out of it when it came to experiments I would want to do my self. Like the one where you get the a prism hold it up to the light and look at the rainbow with a telescope. I definitely want to conduct that experiment and see the black lines in the rainbow.
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