Robert Kern Curtis's Physics Stuff
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Scientists Stop Light - New York Times article 1/18/01
Directory of interactive physics applets for educators and students
Scientific American The Magazine
History of the Electron from AIP
X-ray from 1896 of hand with buckshot made at Columbia University
Photograph of Roentgen
X-ray and electron diffraction patterns
Pendulum: Period as a function of Amplitude from The Physics Teacher January 1981
The Mpemba Effect Why hot water freezes faster than cold!
Space Elevator - a great concept!
Monumental Moments in Space and Exploration
Professor Kingsfield's Speech and thoughts about taking physics by Funky Winkerbeam
Logarithms: An Introduction to Their Use by Robert Kern Curtis (1970)
Thales of Miletus: Father of Physics
The FOUR Laws of Thermodynamics
P. W. Bridgman ON SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Warren Weaver: FOUR PIECES OF ADVICE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
AP Courses See the College Board's official comments!
CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS EDUCATION PROJECT
Physics Resource for students and teachers
AP Physics - College Board Online.
The Barometer Story of a student and his answer to the question "How can you measure the height of a building using a barometer?"
The Momemtum Problem (2D) in two dimensions done out with complete solution.
Babe Ruth Problem Giancoli 4ed., page 73, number 63.
Advanced Placement Physics Assignments
The Mechanical Universe etc., course assignments.
The Mechanical Universe
Thomas Apostol
David Goodstein
Richard Olenick
College Preparatory Physics Assignments Physics 4th Edition by Giancoli, course assignments.
(Archived 1995-96 AP PHYSICS assignments are HERE)
(Archived 1996-97 AP PHYSICS assignments are HERE)
(Archived 1995-96 CP PHYSICS assignments are HERE for Modern Physics (1990 ed) course.)
(Archived 1996-97 CP PHYSICS assignments are HERE for Physics 4th Edition by Giancoli (1995 ed) course.)
Fractured Physics by Dorothy-Ann Parent and Tom Grigsby
MIT Physics Course 8.01 This course is like our AP Physics course in its stress on mechanics and the depth of the problems.
Physics Web New Site for Physics Materials
The Calculus Net of calculus resources available, including texts, solved problems, etc.
Physics Lab at Hopewell Valley Central High School
Michael E. Flatté University of Iowa - Optics Course - (Husband of Jennifer Kirsch '83)
Constants, Units, and Uncertainty from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
PERIODIC TABLE of the Elements
Astroweb Astronomy resources on the WWW
National Institute of Standards Page
Royal Greenwich Observatory Information Leaflets
Mathematical Resources (Caltech)
Glenbrook Physics Class Bulletin Board
Glenbrook Physics Multimedia
LASER SAFETY A collection of resources
SETI Stuff Search for ET
Donald Simanek's Home Page A resource about both physics and education, and much else. Includes link to How to Study Physics by Seville Chapman.PIRA Physics Instructional Resource Association
Richard Feynman page with links
The movie INFINITY with Matthew Broderick as Richard Feynman
Particle Physics and Other Physics Resources
Domain of Philips Electron Microscopy
Superconductivity
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab Home Page
Brookhaven National Laboratory
National Science Teachers Association Home Page
New Jersey Science Teachers Association Home Page
American Physical Society Home Page
American Association of Physics Teachers
Home Page
American Institute of Physics Home Page
Physics News from the American Institute of Physics
published when there is news, about once every week or two.
Archives
are also available.
What's New (in physics) from the American Physical Society is
a rather opinionated summary of political and scientific aspects
of physics in the United States.
Back Issues and HTML format
Physics Educators' News from the American Institute of Physics is
an experiment in keeping physics teachers informed and telling them
(us) about freebies, grants, publications, etc.
Archives
are also available.
Newsletters from the American
Institute of Physics
ARRL Newsletter (Ham Radio)
Science Links
for students at Dwight-Englewood School. Excellent window on the Internet.
LISTSERV mail discussion groups
Einstein by Karsh the stuff of postage stamps....
Blackboard used by Albert
Einstein May 16, 1931, at Rhodes House, Oxford, in the second of
three lectures on "The Theory of Relativity"
Einstein at
April Fools' Day, sticking his tongue out at us.
Cartoon ...when physics
dealt mostly with falling bodies
Physics Newsletters
Note that there is a great deal of physics in Ham Radio, for more check
out our Radio Club
page
More Physics Links
Graphics
Pictures of Albert EinsteinMiscellaneous
"The drinking bird" -
a page for the famous drinking bird toy/demonstration. It is left to the
viewer to figure out how it works!
Disk and ring
John Spadafino and Kristin Zisa experiment
Conway Interview Yes, he's a mathematician!
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