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Tim (TJ) LaFave Jr

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Tim (TJ) LaFave Jr

Two Bits of Memory: How I Made a Scientific Discovery

Tracing my thoughts that led to a scientific discovery.

Sep 24

We often broaden our horizons by making fresh connections. On a beach, a person holds a translucent sphere in their hand and sees the world in a different way. Photo by Nadine Shaabana on Unsplash

Sep 24

Tim (TJ) LaFave Jr

Losing Your Identity

Cherish the fact that you age because in a world without time, you wouldn’t even know you exist.

Sep 20

Are you real? Or can I be you? Look in a mirror and let me tell you a story. Photo by DANNY G on Unsplash

Sep 20

Tim (TJ) LaFave Jr

Make a Psychological Leap Into Debt Recovery

The path to recovering from debt begins by hurdling over a psychological mountain.

Sep 6

It’s time to take that first leap out of debt. Photo by Kid Circus on Unsplash

Sep 6

Tim (TJ) LaFave Jr

Professionalism When Under Pressure

A personal story to help you keep your cool under pressure

Aug 28

Professionalism When Under Pressure

Aug 28

Tim (TJ) LaFave Jr

My College Career Began with OMNI Magazine

From a Wisconsin Cornfield to a Physics Program in Chicago.

Aug 20

A series of photos taken with my first cell phone (Motorola Razr) I stitched together in Photoshop shows the farmhouse I lived in and cornfields on our property. Left to right is west to north with the family dog, Midnight, chasing a flock of wild turkeys. Source: Tim (TJ) LaFave Jr., 2007.

Aug 20

Tim (TJ) LaFave Jr

Would-Be Physicist Learns About Gravity the Hard Way

A story for my ongoing autobiography.

Aug 19

My view over the handlebars of my 10-speed bike before the accident. (Source: Tim (TJ) LaFave)

Aug 19

Tim (TJ) LaFave Jr

“You’re Too Smart to Be American!”

How are US citizens viewed intellectually across the world?

Aug 14

A photo showing a table surrounded by many people of different origin with the word “Welcome” written in different languages. Photo by DJ Paine on Unsplash

Aug 14

Tim (TJ) LaFave Jr
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The Quantastic Journal

Get Started in Science with a Big Bang by Getting More Out of Less Writing

With scientific notation, it’s all about that base.

Aug 1

We don’t want to write more than we have to, right? (Photo by eleni koureas on Unsplash)

Aug 1

Tim (TJ) LaFave Jr
in
The Quantastic Journal

Measuring Things

From Perspectives in Physics and Physics Education

Jul 11

Measuring Things From Perspectives in Physics and Physics Education

Jul 11

Tim (TJ) LaFave Jr

Looked In

poetry from Something About Coffee

Jul 10

Looked In

Jul 10

Tim (TJ) LaFave Jr

Tim (TJ) LaFave Jr

he/him

Science educator, physicist, electrical engineer, inventor, technical writer, photographer, and fiction writer. Buffalo, NY

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