Photo credit: http://libraries.mit.edu/esl/barker/about-barker.htmlOne more day of the experiment, and the trends I see are tiny. I plotted the data from my fluorometer measurements, and all of the compounds started out at around the same number of fluorescent units, which was a good sign. By the third day, they've all increased at close to the same rate, but the algae in ibuprofen seem to be doing the best. Caffeine appears to be the most harmful to the algae so far, but the differences are limited.
Today I went to the Barker Engineering Library for the first time. When I stepped off the elevator on the 5th floor, I was surprised and almost dismayed by the cramped space and low ceilings. But when I turned a corner cautiously, I found myself inside the great dome of MIT. I stopped and gazed up at the intricate patterns of the dome and the giant, silent hall before me. The room was completely silent, although there were quite a few students inside. The desks were set up as little triangular booths that offered much privacy. Each booth had a personal desk light, a comfortable chair, and a semicircular desk surface that I soon found was an ingenious design for studying. Although the desk occupied very little space, the desk surface felt long and spacious because it almost wrapped around the studier. The environment of Barker really does inspire and promote studious behaviour! I wish I had discovered it earlier.
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