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Hyderabad: Cool Science Locales

The ongoing series of posts on cool places related to STEM: Today.. Hyderabad! I was called to Hyderabad, India a few years back in my alternate guise as an electrical engineer.  I'd just spent a week making presentations in Nice, France, (more on that later), and my boss called to ask if I could make it to Hyderabad in two days.  I hustled up to Paris and spent the day outside the Indian consulate trying to get a visa.  After a few meetings, I was able to get ahold of one and off I went. Hyderabad is the fourth biggest city in India and plays host to Advanced Micro Devices, ATI, and Xilinx among other semiconductor companies.  It's a huge and vibrant city with a bit of a traffic problem. but not to worry, everyone here ride shares. In case you missed anything, there are four people on the motorcycle.  I haven't been allowed to try this with Jr. yet, despite my assurances that it's perfectly safe. I was able to sneak away via auto-rickshaw one af...

How I Became Interested in Physics

We're planning an outreach event with Google at the G+  STEM on Google+ Community  where scientists, engineers, and mathematicians will answer questions via video like "Why do the STEM fields matter to you?"  Keep an eye on the community as this ought to be pretty fun and interesting, and it should kick off next Monday.  For the fun of it  here's my answer. References: 1.  STEM on Google+ Community https://plus.google.com/communities/110555615319066448343