Megan Kathleen Pickett
Astronomer, Physicist, Runner, Insomniac, Attempted Novelist & Politician, and a late to the party Roller Girl. You’re jealous; admit it.
"Back off, man. I'm a scientist"
--Dr. Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters
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Associate Professor of Physics
and All-Around Good Egg
Physics Department &
Chair, Gender Studies Program &
Director, Freshman Studies Program
Lawrence University
711 E. Boldt Way
Appleton, WI 54912
Office: 105 Youngchild
Phone: (920) 993-6269
Fax: (920) 832-6962
Megan DOT Pickett AT lawrence DOT edu
SPRING 2012 Office Hours:
TR 1:30-3; and by appointment
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Drink, and dance and laugh and lie,
Love the reeling midnight through,
For tomorrow we shall die!
(But, alas, we never do.)
Dorothy Parker, The Flaw in Paganism
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- Your Friendly Neighborhood Astronomer
- Astronomical Images
- Sky Maps and Constellations
- Research Institutions
- Projects of Interest
- Favorite Authors and Suchlike
- Miscellany
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- Spring 2012 courses
- Physics 107: The Physics of Music (Lab)
- Physics 216: Apocalypses
- Physics 399: Protoplanetary Disks (Independent Study)
- Previous Courses
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Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more?
Richard P. Feynman
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Standard Disclaimer
Nonstandard Disclaimer:
The opinions expressed in my web area are my very own
and do not necessarily reflect those of Lawrence University,
the good people of Appleton, or, indeed, all but a few wise souls. The contents are solely
my responsibility.
So There.
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Finally updated: 5 January 2012.
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