| Professor
Charles M. Falco
Guest Lecturer for Class 4 |
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Charles Falco holds a Named Professorship—UA Chair of Condensed Matter Physics—at the University of Arizona, where he has been a Professor of Optical Sciences and Research Professor in the Surface Science Division of the university's Arizona Research Laboratories since 1982. Falco's principal research interests are the growth (by Molecular Beam Epitaxy-MBE and sputtering), structure (using a wide range of probes, including x-ray and electron diffraction, in situ and ex situ surface probes, electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopies, etc.), and studies of the physical properties of metallic superlattices and ultra-thin films, including research on magnetism, superconductivity, x-ray optics, elastic properties, and nucleation and epitaxy of thin films. He has authored or co-authored over 225 papers, six book chapters, six U.S. patents, and co-edited two books, as well as given over 100 invited talks at conferences in 17 countries and over 100 seminars at universities and research institutions in ten countries. |
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In addition to his scientific research, Charles Falco served as Curatorial Advisor for an award-winning design exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. |
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| "The
Art and Science of the Motorcycle"
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| Recently, he has been
collaborating with the artist David Hockney to discover scientific
evidence proving lenses were used by certain artists as optical aids as
early as the Renaissance.
HOMEWORK: Listen to Professor Falco's presentation, and read through the following articles. Write a "persuasive paragraph" on whether or not you think early artists used optical devices (mirrors and/or lenses). NOTE:
When you come across the term "mirror-lens" this is, in fact,
just a newly-coined term (by Falco) to mean a curved mirror.
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"Did master painters trace projected images?" "Art, Science and Techniques of Drafting in the Renaissance" |
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