“There Are No Electrons” Reading

I absolutely loved this reading. When I joined this course I was extremely confused by the overall concept of electricity. We discussed so many terms such as voltage, current and power but I still didn’t have a holistic understanding of the terms beyond its textbook definitions. Electricity in general always confused me as well, it appeared like such an intangible subject that I didn’t know what to do with just having a textbook definition of it. Not only did the author make the subject extremely relatable and understandable, he went further to question the concept of the electron theory, or what really holds protons together in a nucleus. I appreciated his questioning and sort of rebellion towards the current scientific understanding of electricity. Also, as strange as his “dreams”, or creative stories were, it offered a brilliant, relatable point of view. I found his writing questionable initially and undermined the value of what he had to say, but after reading the “The Creative Use of Jargon” I could understand why he was writing in an un-scholarly way. I was also deviated by the length of the text, and perceived it as almost a burden. However, it’s one of the only science readings that I understood holistically and enjoyed. He did a fantastic job of making the material so tangible and approachable.

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