Monday, July 3, 2023
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¨ Things I did during week five.
¨ Impressions I have after week five.
¨ Anticipations I have after week five.
Things I did during week five:
Astronomy on Tap – was an interesting event, there were three talks on different topics about astronomy: sun and its magnetic field phenomena, exoplanet search, theoretical research of black holes. All talks were very interesting; however, the black holes talk was the most interesting to me, it was new to me to hear a purely theoretical physics work.
Capitol tour – I got a chance to visit the US Capitol building, the tour was given by one of the SPS interns, Ruthie Vogel. The tour was great, the building contains a lot of historical significance, certainly contains lots of statues (I did not imagine that there will be That many statues).
Great Falls Park visit – this week I visited a national park near DC for the first time. The park was great, green, rocky, not too crowded. Great option to retreat after a week in populated city. I am thinking of going on different trails every week for the rest of my time here.
Impressions I have after week five:
To do theoretical physics one must sacrifice their sanity (potentially twice, as per account of actual theoretical physicist). It would be interesting to understand exactly how much sanity is sacrificed.
It seems that smoke in DC will be a regular occurrence, I am considering getting a proper respirator.
Anticipations I have after week five:
I am really looking forward to continuing my national park venture next weekend.
Daniil Ivannikov