OK, I admit it's hard to make a word that short sound dramatic, but it's time for another Physics is Phun show at U-MD. Our topic this time: The Atom. We're doing things with atomic* spectra, fluoresence and phosphoresence, and the photoelectic effect, among other things. Basically, we're bouncing photons off electrons and watching what happens.

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Have a Merry Joule!

(OK, a good Yule would also be nice, but everybody forgets about Joule....)

"Why is the sky blue ( Read more... )

OK, picking up from chickenfeet2003 (and Guy Crouchback), here's another round of everyone's favorite game.
Yes, I'm lazy, and I'm going to copy this from the last time I wrote the explanation:
A game of Botticelli. The complete rules are here, but the basic idea: I'm thinking of someone whose begins with a particular letter, and who is somehow associated with ( Read more... )

So, picking up from kinetikatrue, A game of Botticelli. The complete rules are here, but the basic idea: I'm thinking of someone whose begins with a particular letter, and who is somehow associated with literature or the written word (whether as a creator thereof, or a character, or any number of other possibilities). Someone will take a guess as to my ( Read more... )

(Yes, I know, but this is the last one of the season.)
So, the U of MD is having yet another Physics is Phun show this coming Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, May 3-5. Details are, as always, hereThis time, the topic is "Seeing the Light." We'll be looking at lenses, mirrors, lasers, holograms, and the human(oid) eye ( Read more... )

(Yes, I know this seems to be all I ever post about any more.)

So, it's once again time for U-MD's Physics is Phun show, this coming Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, March 15-17. We're doing a show entitled "The Sound of Science," which is not my fault. We'll be talking about how sounds are made, electronic synthesis of sounds, the ( Read more... )

It's Physics is Phun time again at U-MD. Shows this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The topic: Making Waves.
Deatils here.

Well, folks, it's time to start another year of Physics is Phun shows. One week from now, the evenings of November 2, 3, and 4, my uni will be hosting our public shows of phfun physics toys and lectures. The show we'll be doing this time is entitled "Good Vibrations." This is not my fault ( Read more... )

Yep, it's another Physics is Phun show, May 4-6 at 7pm at U-MD. This time, the show is entitled "When You're Hot, You're Hot: Thermodynamics and its Applications," or, my personal subtitle: "Fire! Fire! Fire"
Fun with fire, explosions, liquid nitrogen, and other such fun stuff.