Wednesday, May 05, 2021

Above Ann Arbor

Up in the air with Len's new drone: a view of our local Burns Park School and the surrounding park.

The J.W.Gibbs, Len’s drone.




A note on the eponymous J. Willard Gibbs (1839-1903), a favorite of Len’s because of his many important discoveries. Gibbs, who obtained the first American PhD in physics, spent his career at Yale. He was “a mathematical physicist who made enormous contributions to science: he founded modern statistical mechanics, he founded chemical thermodynamics, and he invented vector analysis.” (source)
Blog post and photos © 2021 mae and len sander.

UPDATE: a photo taken in the park by the river:




8 comments:

Story Time said...

Wow! He got it. Have fun.

DVArtist said...

Wow this is awesome!!!

Tandy | Lavender and Lime (http://tandysinclair.com) said...

The photos from the drone are amazing.

Anne in the kitchen said...

Very pretty!

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

This is wonderful. I love the drone shots. Makes me want one.

Why have I not heard of this math physicist. My undergraduate degrees were in mechanical engineering and statistics. He is amazing. I'm off to learn more about Gibbs. Thank you for introducing me to him.

Jeanie said...

It looks like you two (especially Len!) are having a lot of fun! Great photos!

Iris Flavia said...

Quite a drone! Nice toy.
Oh. Never heard of Gibbs.

My name is Erika. said...

It's interesting to see Ann Arbor. I have a couple of friends who either went to school there or worked at the university in earlier times, and I have never seen a photo of it, except for your posts. It looks pretty.