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News Intense Seeing - The Cognitive Art of Feynman Diagrams
If you’re into infographics, then you probably know about Edward Tufte. He’s arguably the world’s foremost expert in the visual presentation of data, and leader of the campaign against “chartjunk,” the gimmicks and gadgets that frequently adorn and confuse the graphs, tables and charts we see online, in print and at work. When he’s not working on a new book or teaching his one-day course on presenting data and information, Tufte spends his time making sculptures.
A collection of his sculptures is devoted to what Tufte himself calls “maybe the greatest data visualization ever done,” a way of graphically depicting sub-atomic particle behavior developed by physicist and Nobel laureate, Richard Feynman. Appropriately enough, an exhibit of that collection is on display at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) until June 26th.
CHIRP’s Dan Epstein went to Fermilab recently to talk with Tufte, and with physicist John Campbell, about Feynman diagrams, and the “intense seeing” that art and science have in common.
Special thanks to Don Lincoln of Fermilab for providing additional background and a Feynman diagram calculation.
produced by Dan Epstein
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Artist Interviews The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Kip Berman, frontman of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, sat down with Dylan Peterson down in the basement of the Empty Bottle before the band's sold-out show. They talked about how 90s irreverence was kind of annoying, gifs vs "jifs," feeling self-conscious in sunglasses, Kip said "cumshot" out loud, and Hot Doug's*. The band's new album, Days of Abandon, is out this week via Yebo.
*interview recorded prior to announcement of Hot Doug's closing
produced by Dylan Peterson
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Person of Interest Person of Interest: Michael Powell
Where: Skokie
"It's not just a ride home."
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Artist Interviews Perfect Pussy
Before their show at Township, some of the guys from Perfect Pussy stepped outside to hang out with CHIRP's Cher Vincent. They talked about naming songs after numbers, how to make a recording sound like you're playing in a tunnel, and almost getting Mom to be in the interview. Perfect Pussy play the Pitchfork Music Festival 2014. Happy Mother's Day!
produced by Kwame Shorter
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Story Week Story Week Festival: Barry Gifford
From Sunday, March 16 through Friday, March 21, the Columbia College Chicago Department of Creative Writing presented its 18th Annual Story Week Festival of Writers. Story Week 2014 offered six days jam-packed with readings, conversations with authors, panels, performances, and book signings at venues throughout Chicago—all free and open to the public.
This podcast features novelist, poet, and playwright Barry Gifford.
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