ESP Biography
RACHEL LAWRENCE, Yale Junior studying Math and Biology
Major: Applied Math College/Employer: Yale University Year of Graduation: 2016 |
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Not Available. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)S9029: Chemotaxis: Bacterial Motors and Random Walks in Splash 2014 (Nov. 22 - 23, 2014)
How can bacteria successfully navigate towards food or away from toxins with only the most basic tools? What makes them go? And where does math come into it?
We'll answer these questions while taking a look at the fascinating chemical mechanisms and mathematical principles driving some of nature's simplest creatures!
M8041: Fractals: the Infinite Frontier in Splash! 2013 (Nov. 23 - 24, 2013)
Fractals...you know what they look like, but do you have any idea what they really are?
Come join us to find out how a coastline could be of infinite length, a shape can be log(3) dimensional, and infinite cats can turn into...well, I won't spoil it for you, but I promise it's awesome.
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