Alan TownsendinState FactorsPuggerI flew to Oklahoma to get him. The flat where he was born was above a Tulsa veterinary clinic, and it housed a chaotic perpetual motion…May 4May 4
Alan TownsendinState FactorsThank You Ernie and DanAs a scientist, I’m prone to seeing the phenomena of our world through a mechanistic lens. A breeze was blowing on my morning bike ride…Jun 3, 2023Jun 3, 2023
Alan TownsendinState FactorsBedrockIn the summer of 1978, just a year into my lifelong obsession with fly fishing, I badgered my father to take three trout-addled middle…May 10, 2020May 10, 2020
Alan TownsendBedrockIn the summer of 1978, just a year into my lifelong obsession with fly fishing, I badgered my father to take three trout-addled middle…May 10, 2020May 10, 2020
Alan TownsendinState FactorsFarewell to an Unmet FriendI took up the guitar as I approached fifty and my wife faced her impending death. Angel from Montgomery was the first song I could truly…Apr 8, 2020Apr 8, 2020
Alan TownsendinState FactorsAngles of ReposeThe maximum slope, measured in degrees from the horizontal, at which loose solid material will remain in place without sliding.Oct 27, 2019Oct 27, 2019
Alan TownsendinState FactorsLies We Tell OurselvesAn iron wrought deception marks the entrance to Auschwitz 1. Arbeit Macht Frei. It did no such thing for unfathomable numbers of pyjamaed…Dec 10, 2018Dec 10, 2018
Alan TownsendinState FactorsThe Bad News We NeedA joint piece in Scientific American in response to the latest IPCC report, from all of us involved in Let Science Speak. Please follow…Oct 19, 2018Oct 19, 2018
Alan TownsendinState FactorsLet Science SpeakThis project challenged me to dig deep and open up for the importance of science as never before. To learn more, please visit the Let…Sep 22, 2018Sep 22, 2018
Alan TownsendinState FactorsThe Community We All ChooseWhy I left a great job in a top R1 institution to help lead a small liberal arts college. Published in Inside Higher Education.Jul 19, 2018Jul 19, 2018