ESP Biography

Have you ever wondered about the origin of the brilliant red of a ruby or the kaleidoscope colors of a church’s stain glass windows? Join us and learn how atomic bonding and structural arrangement affect the colors we see in many materials, from everyday objects to exotic gemstones. This course will also cover atomic structure in minerals and glasses as a background to the subject. Students will participate in an interactive experiment demonstrating what it takes for a material to become either a crystal or a glass.