H-F professor Brian McCarthy made learning physics theories simple
For a long time, Brian McCarthy showed abstract notions at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. He retires this month.
Many alumni remember McCarthy as their physics professor. He went into the field to some degree since his folks accepted, “I would do a good job explaining what was going on,” he recalls.
“Part of it is just the language we use in physics is math and it’s like teaching a foreign language. You’re learning what’s going on in the world, but mathematically,” the retiring teacher said. “Some of it also is when we can tie in what we do in class to real-world applications.”
H-F was searching for a physics professor in 1987, and McCarthy was the main senior at Illinois State University graduating with a degree in physics. He applied and was extended to the employment opportu...