Misc

Things that don't fit anywhere else. Mostly thoughts on various topics.

• A short article about gradient descent methods, how they were developed, and how they're used to make a lot of money for AI companies.

• A tool for quickly conjugating verbs in the Igbo language.

• Some thoughts about how we teach students to think about molecules, based on an experience teaching the Jahn-Teller Theorem to undergraduate chemists.

• A reflection on a trip to Nigeria in 2024, hoping to provide some counterpoint to other travel advice.

• This article is about the widespread use of wavelength units for things in spectroscopy is basically stupid.

• A timeline of the history of chemistry made by my friend Damla Ülker and I, currently displayed in the George Porter Building at the University of Leicester. The individual elements are here.