Pratt MathSci

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Pratt MathSci

Pratt MathSci

@PrattMathSci

Est. in 1887, MathSci continues to integrate math & science with art, design, & architecture through cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Brooklyn, New York Katılım Ekim 2019
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Have you received your Learning Kit? Student located on four continents are opening their Nature of Color Learning Kits this week. Each Learning Kit has materials for a variety of hands-on, at-home labs. Stay tuned… instagram.com/p/CEt-Z5unc5M/…
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Have you received your Learning Kit? Student located on four continents are opening their Nature of Color Learning Kits this week. Each Learning Kit has materials for a variety of hands-on, at-home labs. Stay tuned… instagram.com/p/CEt-BVen60G/…
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Gerard "Jerry" Ramon Case is being honored for his 6 decades of work in paleontology where he bridges art and science as a researcher, illustrator, and educator in this years special edition of @prattinstitute 's… instagram.com/p/CEUaUpWlWAT/…
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Ruiqi Lai created these animations to visualize the production and degradation of an unglazed, terracotta Haniwa Figure. In the Properties and Degradation of Ceramics, Metals, and Glass, students explore the… instagram.com/p/CDwtWcYlQqB/…
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We are exploring how an artist can visualize polarized light and birefringence. Certain types of materials that are described as anisotropic can rotate polarized light. When these materials are viewed between two… instagram.com/p/CDg2BEwlEsn/…
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Have you seen Comet Neowise? This July, this long period #comet (located 190 million miles away from the Sun and 160 million miles away from Earth) is visible to the naked eye. For observers in the northern… instagram.com/p/CDOonGNFX6I/…
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Chia-Ling (Jennifer) Ho (MFA '20, Sculpture) is a Taiwanese, multidisciplinary artist and independent curator based in Brooklyn. Coming from a background in science, she is interested in the intervention of… instagram.com/p/CDFg-H_llTK/…
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Claire Hansen's (MFA '20, Photography) thesis exhibition "Microcosm" utilizes both photographic and sculptural practices. All of these pieces are inspired by Dead Horse Bay, a hidden gem in Brooklyn, NY that she has… instagram.com/p/CDB4_eBlNei/…
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In Nature of Color (MSCI-432) students produce cyan-blue prints using ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide, which react to UV light to form prussian blue. Consequently, an inverse "sun print" is… instagram.com/p/CC4AFa1l20e/…
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Imagine the archaeologists of the future, what relics will remain to trace our present history, what might they find amongst our own cherished, fossilized bones? Undoubtedly, plastic: seemingly untouched by time,… instagram.com/p/CCllFkuF03W/…
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Get this: Lycogala Epidendrum (otherwise known as Wolf’s Milk) is a cosmopolitan slime mold worthy of fashion week! They aggregate and form clusters using chemical signaling. Over their life times, these fun-guys… instagram.com/p/CCHsLGMF4ol/…
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Potassium Hydroxide is an inorganic compound that has a variety of applications-- one of which is as a strong base in the production of soft and liquid soaps. Don't forget to wash your hands regularly to reduce the… instagram.com/p/CB3xklzlXez/…
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Are you interested in reducing plastic waste? Sign up to mentor a group of 7-13 year olds interested in collaborating to create a powerful statement to reduce one-time-use plastic waste in our water systems. Mentors… instagram.com/p/CBREKo3FrKa/…
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Nature has equipped cacti with cooling ribs. Their self-shading structures are a common inspiration for desert Modernists. Ribs help cacti decreates their heat-reflecting capacity and evaporation by reducing their… instagram.com/p/CBOMn7qlh7f/…
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