Lead Instructor: Zoe Fisher
TAs: TBD
Time: Jan 24-28, 14:00-15:00
Location: TBD
Course Description:
A brief look at the science — specifically, the materials science — behind objects from daily life. From the organic origins of rubber to the complex phases of chocolate, this class will take a fresh look at the (perhaps seemingly mundane) materials you are constantly surrounded by. Chocolate sampling promised.
Proposed schedule:
- Introduction to chocolate history geographically (leads to materials available)
- Molecular interactions to create chocolate
- Phase diagrams of chocolate
- Sampling chocolate
- Rubber molecular interactions
- Steel construction
- Discovering ancient wine