Franklin and Evaporative Cooling
In “Benjamin Franklin – Founding Father & Air Conditioning Pioneer!,” Lane Associates writes: Legend has it that Franklin’s interest in the subject started on a …
Physics
Barefoot Resources
A. Articles 1. “Barefoot Walking Benefits Can Include Improved Balance And Posture” (Huffington Post, 23 Nov 2015) Walking barefoot helps to improve balance, posture and …
Original Petit-Dulong Paper (in Translation)
In “Research on some important points of the Theory of Heat” (Annales de Chimie et de Physique 10, 395-413 (1819); contemporary translation from Annals of …
Inquiring-mind Science: How Far Is the Sun? How Far Are the Planets?
In this class we will learn how to reason out and calculate how far the sun is from the earth and how far planets are …
Inquiring-mind Science: How Far Is the Moon?
Enroll on Outschool, or contact me to set up a course for you, a small group, or your school. We will do the calculations to …
Inquiring-mind Science: How Big Is the Earth?
We will learn how science works by seeing how to figure out the size of the earth. Enroll on Outschool, or contact me to set …
Inquiring-mind Science: How Franklin Discovered Lightning Was Electricity
Many of us know the story of Franklin flying a kite in a storm, but few know the lessons for scientific thinking behind it. (Enroll …
The Fascinating Complexity of Biology: Gears in Planthoppers
In the fascinating article “This Insect Has The Only Mechanical Gears Ever Found in Nature” (Smithsonian Magazine, September 12, 2013, reprinted on Pocket) by Joseph …