ESP Biography

DAVID FRIEND, Guru of "pop science" ... it's like "pop culture" for nerds

Major: EECS & Physics

College/Employer: MIT

Year of Graduation: Not available.

Brief Biographical Sketch:

David graduated from MIT with degrees in physics and electrical engineering in 2007. He is currently pursuing a masters degree in electrical engineering at MIT.

Past Classes

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Why the sky is blue and answers to other pressing questions in SPARK (2008)

Learn all about light and color. For instance, why our sky is blue. And other things have color: sunsets, flowers, ...

Light and Color in HSSP (2007)

We will talk about the nature of light and color. Each week we will discuss a different topic, first from ...

Cosmology for the Common Nerd in SPLASH (2007)

I'll talk about all of the "cool" stuff in cosmology. Black holes, dark matter, dark energy, multiple universes, many dimensions, ...

Why the sky is blue and answers to other pressing questions in SPLASH (2007)

Take this class if you want to understand why the sky is blue, why clouds are white, where rainbows come ...

Light and colors: Why we have blue sky, red sunsets, white clouds, and rainbows. in SPLASH (2006)

Light & Colors: If the primary colors are red, yellow, and blue, then why do computer screens use red, green ...