Who is behind Sirius Enigmas?
Kenneth Brecher is Professor of Astronomy and Physics, Emeritus at Boston University. He has held research fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and from the National Research Council of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences. He was awarded an Osher Fellowship by the San Francisco Exploratorium where he developed several science exhibits which can be seen today. He is the founding Director of the Boston University Science and Mathematics Education Center which ran for 24 years and which developed educational curricula, trained teachers and encouraged K - 12 students to pursue careers in science and mathematics. He has developed an extensive array of hands-on and eyes-on educational software and materials about light, optics, color and visual perception. He is passionate about many kinds of physics "toys" including spinning tops and kaleidoscopes. He has shared his love of learning science through the use of hands on experiences at conferences around the world.
Further Reading and Viewing
Dichopter Description 2024 (PDF)
Bridges 2023 Rolloids Paper (PDF)
Bridges 2023 Art Submission: C.O.O.O.C. sculpture
Bridges 2023 Art Submission: Holey Roller sculpture
2022 Brecher M.I.T. Feigenbaum Symposium Lecture (PDF) (video)
Top-ology: A Torque About Tops (PDF)
G4G14 Brecher Sirius Enigmas Tops Paper 2022 (PDF)
G4G14 Brecher Sirius Enigmas Tops Talk 2022 (PDF)
G4G14 Physics World 2022 (Crease article) (PDF)
The PhiTOP: A Golden Ellipsoid (PDF)
Physics of the PhiTOP (Brecher and Cross) (PDF)
Bridges 2015 PhiTOP Talk (PDF)
The Wondrous Physics of Spinning Tops (Inside Science, 2021)
Tesla’s “Egg of Columbus” Demonstration Using the PhiTOP (PDF)
Brecher PhiTOP Patent USPTO (PDF)
Bridges 2022 Brecher PhoTOP Paper (PDF)
The Sirius Enigmas Mathematical Tops (PDF)
Meet the Topaholic (Crease) (PDF)
Bridges 2014 Top-ology Talk (PDF)
G4G13 Brecher PiTOP Talk (PDF)
Mathematics, Art and Science of the Pseudosphere (PDF)
The Pseudosphere Uphill Roller (PDF)
Bridges 2017 Art of Infinity Talk (PDF)
Bridges 2017 Art of Infinity Paper (PDF)
Why Didn’t Leonardo Invent the Gyroscope? Or Did He? (PDF)
On the Late Invention of the Gyroscope (PDF)
Bridges 2021 Brecher Art Gallery DeltaCELT (PDF)
Bridges 2021 Brecher Art of the CELT paper (PDF)
Brecher DeltaCelt USPTO Design Patent (PDF)
One-Way Spinning Top (Physics, 2021)
Meet the Kaleidoholic Physics World 2015 (Crease article) (PDF)
