Throughout his career, the physicist has advocated the importance of he called ’traumatic experiments’.
Throughout his career, the physicist has advocated the importance of he called 'traumatic experiments'. Alain Herzog 2022 EPFL EPFL physics professor Jean-Philippe Ansermet has won the 2022 Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching - a crowning achievement that comes just before he retires. For thirty years he taught with passion and an unshakeable enthusiasm. At 9:15am on 3 June 2022, Jean-Philippe Ansermet started teaching his final thermodynamics class at EPFL. That class included thermodynamics experiments (along with a reminder of why they're so useful for learning) as well as applause, speeches, tribute photos and emotional good-byes. The physics professor left the CE4 lecture hall like a rock star. "I didn't expect to see so many people," he says.
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