Physics Experiments: No Spill?
Simon trying to build a device that allows to carry a cup without spilling the liquid, i.e. with a minimum lateral acceleration to the cup. Extra footage of us having … Continue reading Physics Experiments: No Spill?
Author: Geeks out of the Box
This is a blog about Simon, a young mathematician and programmer, and his little sister Neva. We write this blog together, share their projects and thoughts on their journey towards self-dicovery. They’re growing up in a supportive non-coercive learning environment. We deeply believe in interest-based, self-paced education and have had to move countries to make this possible as a family.
Visit Simon’s website at https://simontiger.com/
We are a family from Amsterdam who moved to Antwerp because homeschooling is illegal in The Netherlands.
This blog started as https://antwerpenhomeschooling.wordpress.com in March 2016. Over the years, most of our entries have gravitated towards exploring together with Simon as he has developed an insatiable passion for programming, math and science. His sister Neva is treading on his heals. We changed or name to Geeks of the Box in May 2021.
Geomag Gravity Engine
Simon is very interested in gravity engines, especially since he learned that such engines are being used in real life as safe alternatives in remote areas with no power supply … Continue reading Geomag Gravity Engine
A booming start of the year
We used electrolysis (with sodium hydroxide NaOH solution as the basic medium) to produce oxyhydrogen and extinguished the candle by means of the reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. When electrolyzed, water decomposes … Continue reading A booming start of the year
Salle Pi
Simon talking about his favourite infinite sum at the circular room known as the “pi room” at the Palais de la Découverte (“Discovery Palace”) in Paris. Inscribed on the walls … Continue reading Salle Pi
Simon took part in a Coding Train livestream in Paris!
The video below is part of Daniel Shiffman’s livestream hosted by GROW Le Tank in Paris on 6 January 2019 about KNN, machine learning, transfer learning and image recognition. Daniel … Continue reading Simon took part in a Coding Train livestream in Paris!
What are exams good for?
“I can see that your son has native speaker skills, but we still cannot give him a passing grade”, the English examinator told me in an apologetic tone of voice. … Continue reading What are exams good for?
About Maxwell
Simon: You can derive the speed of light from Maxwell’s equations. Me: Because they used to think it was infinite, right? Simon: Maxwell’s equations aren’t invariant to the Galilean transformation, … Continue reading About Maxwell
Chinese tongue twister
Simon saying a Chinese tongue twister that means: 4 = 4, 10 = 10, 14 = 14, 40 = 40.
More quantum physics: quarks hit by photons and what does a z boson do?
Simon told me about strong force and what happens to a quark inside a nucleon if a high energy photon hits it and pushes it outside the nucleon: a new … Continue reading More quantum physics: quarks hit by photons and what does a z boson do?
Simon studying Feynman diagrams
Learned via the Fermilab channel.
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