Physics and Your “Ride”
In “Un-pimp Your Ride,” Katy Bowman applies force vectors to the body to show how to get out of a car. Interesting stuff — showing “when …
Physics
Induction is Valid
Scientists and philosophers do not understand induction, yet, in their ignorance, write it off as invalid, as some mysterious, illogical leap of faith. But induction …
On Francis Bacon
From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by John William Draper: “[Lord] Bacon was not only ignorant of mathematics, but depreciated its application …
More Against “Man-made Global Warming”
In “CERN: ‘Climate models will need to be substantially revised’, ” Andrew Orlowski (Science, 25th August 2011 10:42 GMT) writes: CERN’s 8,000 scientists may not …
Time Dilation
On YouTube is a old video of the famous mu-meson time dilation experiment performed by David Smith and James Frisch on Mt Washington. See also …
Differentials and Error Analysis
Differentials, an aspect of calculus, are important for working with errors of measurement and the propagation of error. Dr. Donald Simanek discusses their use in …
Atmospheric CO2 Level Constant Over the Past 160 Years?
As with astronomy, where Ptolemy was not right because his math “worked” (mostly) and was fancy, but where Copernicus, Galileo and Newton were right because …
Finding Libraries At Which To Study: It’s Easy
Thank goodness for the Internet — and the mathematics, physics, and reasoning that made it possible, and that continue to refine and improve it. How …
Measuring Waves
Mathematics allows us to grasp and understand things outside of the realm of perception — things like radio waves and microwaves: Radio broadcasts use the …