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Natural Selection Workshop -- Evolution in Action
Hands-on with specimens. Variation within species, selection pressure, adaptation. The fittest does not mean strongest -- it means best adapted. We examine bird beaks, shell shapes, and seed dispersal.
Healthcare Leadership -- Fighting Bureaucracy
Small group (max 5). How to reform a system from within. Build alliances, collect irrefutable data, present visually, lobby relentlessly, and never take no from someone who lacks the authority to say yes.
Ink Making Workshop -- Oil-Based, From Scratch
Make your own oil-based printing ink from linseed oil, soot, and pigments. Water-based ink was fine for stamps but terrible for type -- it beaded up on metal. I had to invent a new ink. You'll leave with a jar of ink good enough to print with. Wear old clothes.
Violin (German Make, 1920s, Concert Quality)
My violin. Well, a replica of my favorite one. I named the original Lina. Mozart and Bach -- that's what I play when I'm stuck on a physics problem. The music reorganizes my thinking. If you can play, borrow it. If you can't, I'll give you a beginner lesson. Badly. I'm a better physicist than violinist.
Compass (Pocket, Brass -- Like the One That Started It All)
Brass pocket compass. When I was five years old, my father showed me a compass. The needle moved without being touched. Something invisible was acting on it. That moment -- the mystery of the invisible force -- started everything. Give this to a curious child and watch what happens.
Creative Thinking Workshop -- The Patent Clerk Method
Small group (max 5). I'll teach you how to do thought experiments: isolate a problem, strip it to essentials, follow the logic to impossible conclusions, then ask why they're impossible. This is how I found special relativity. This is how you solve any problem where the conventional answer feels wrong. Bring a notebook. Bring a problem. Leave with a new way to think.
Science for Young People -- The Christmas Lecture
A demonstration-rich science talk designed for children and teenagers. I started the Christmas Lectures at the Royal Institution in 1825. Fire, ice, magnets, sparks, bubbles -- real science made visceral. No equations. Just wonder. The Chemical History of a Candle -- six lectures explaining all of chemistry through a single burning candle.
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Faraday Cage (Demonstration Model, Mesh)
Tabletop Faraday cage -- a wire mesh enclosure that blocks electromagnetic fields. Put a radio inside, close the cage, the signal disappears. Open it, the signal returns. This is why your microwave oven has a mesh screen in the door.
Radio & Wireless Communication Workshop
Hands-on session covering radio fundamentals: frequency, amplitude, modulation, and why your WiFi works. I will explain frequency hopping with a player piano analogy -- the same concept George Antheil and I patented in 1942. You will build a simple AM radio receiver by the end.
AM/FM Radio Kit (Build Your Own, Soldering Required)
Complete kit to build a working AM/FM radio from components. Circuit board, capacitors, resistors, coils, speaker. Soldering iron included. Takes about 3 hours. You will understand tuning, amplification, and demodulation by building them with your hands.
Specimen Collection Walk -- Observe Like Darwin
Guided nature walk focused on observation. Collect, label, and preserve specimens. My method: observe first, classify second, theorize third. Most people skip to theory. That is why most theories are wrong.
Electricity Demonstration -- Kite, Key & Leyden Jar
Safe indoor demonstration of static electricity, Leyden jars, and electrical conduction. We will NOT be flying kites in thunderstorms. I did that once and it was phenomenally reckless. Instead, we'll use friction machines and Leyden jars to generate sparks, charge objects, and understand positive vs negative charge. I named those, by the way.
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