You may remember back from my Mother's Day post that Jimmy jetted off to Germany for a conference. The event was called the "Mathematical Physics of Complex Networks: From Graph Theory to Biological Physics" conference at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden. A bit of a mouthful, but I've learned that physicists love them some loooong titles. For example, Jimmy's paper that was published in February was, "Robust Detection of Hierarchical Communities from Escherichia coli Gene Expression Data." They also like to use made-up words like "betweenness," but that's a post for another day.
Fortunately, Jimmy was able to FaceTime with us from the iPad while he was gone so Nathan and I didn't miss him toooo much. The conference was also structured to allow enough time to do some sight seeing around Dresden, and Jimmy saw some really beautiful buildings and statues. Of course he had no idea what he was seeing (until he googled it from his room) so you are going to have to do the same thing. Oh, and the adorable bear is the button-in-ear Steiff he brought back for Nathan. I received a beautiful little Meissen porcelain vase. Enjoy this scenic tour of Dresden!
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| Inside the Max Planck Institute |
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| Jimmy's cell |
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| Fountain at Albertplatz |
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| View from outside the Institute |
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| Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche)
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| Equestrian Statue of King John of Saxonyin |
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| Oh look! He was there!! |
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| And he enjoyed a refreshing German beverage. |
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| The Goldener Reiter (Golden Rider) - Augustus the Strong |
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