Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Assignments for Week Five - Symmetry and Sacred Geometry

Blog assignments for this week:

  • My (a)symmetrical world
  • Just what does this "CP violation" really mean?
  • Are there connections between Sacred Geometry and Physics?
  • Remember to respond to each other’s blogs

Check out the following links on Vibrations:

http://www.gmi.edu/~drussell/Demos.html
Acoustics and Vibration Animations

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/sound/U11L4b.html
Resonance and Standing Waves

http://www.plus2physics.com/vibrations/study_material.asp?chapter=2
Damped vibrations

http://exhibits.pacsci.org/music/MusicPhysics.html
Music Physics

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Assignments for Week Four - Energy, Matter and the Four Forces

Blog assignments for this week:

  • How has e=mc2 affected you?
  • How would you compare the four “forces”?
  • What is the function of gravity?
  • Keep up the blog dialogue!


Check out the following links on Symmetry and Sacred Geometry:

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/indepth/2429
The New Physics: The Ubiquitous Asymmetry
There are limits in our universe that did not exist in Newton's ideal universe.
(Excellent although extremely lengthy exposition)

http://physicsweb.org/articles/world/13/9/4/1
Magnetism points to molecular asymmetry

http://lhcb-public-old.web.cern.ch/lhcb-public-old/html/cpviolationtoc.htm
Everything you ever wanted to know about CP violation and never dared to ask

http://www.scaruffi.com/nature/

"The Nature of Consciousness
The Structure of Life and the Meaning of Matter" (2006)
by Piero Scaruffi


http://www.geometrycode.com/sg/index.shtml
Sacred Geometry Home Page by Bruce Rawles
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Assignments for Week Three - Synchronicity

Blog assignments for this week:

  • What evidence can you find for synchronicity
  • Based on what you know, how would you explain connectivity?
  • Post a response to a classmate's blog entry

Check out the following links on Energy, Matter and the Four Forces:

www.c2i2.com/~seven/paradox/Docs/Paradox.PPT
Your Basic Crackpot Theory Of Everything

http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/E/e=mc2/
E=mc2

http://www.geocities.com/angolano/Astronomy/FundamentalForces.html
FOUR FUNDAMENTAL FORCES OF NATURE

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/forces/funfor.html
Fundamental Forces

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Assignments for Week Two - Quantum Mechanics

Blog assignments for this week:

  • Your reflections on Uncertainty
  • Your comments on Causality
  • Is the Universe weird?
  • Respond to a classmate’s blog entry

Check out the following links on Synchronicity:

http://www.crystalinks.com/synchronicity.html
Synchronicities are meaningful coincidences
Examples, definitions and some background to Jung

http://www.flowpower.com/What%20is%20Synchronicity.htm
What is Synchronicity?
More examples and discussion

http://www.science-et-magie.com/archives01/moisset/jma02syn.htm
Synchronicity and Multiple Universes

http://www.deepspirit.com/sys-tmpl/challengeofsynchronicity/
Causality and Synchronicity


Use your blog to develop an understanding of synchronicity

Friday, May 2, 2008

Assignments for Week One - The Meaning of Time

Assignments for Week One

Start your blog – try www.blogger.com
- and send the url to
laurence_spears@yahoo.com

Blog Assignments required this week:

  • Post your answers to this week’s quiz
  • Post your reflections on this week's class - "The Meaning of Time"
  • Post a response to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links on Quantum Mechanics:

http://phys.educ.ksu.edu/info/summaryOfVqm.html
The simulations under “Programs” are excellent

http://www.krysstal.com/quantum.html
A beginners' (non-mathematical) guide to the strange world of the atom


http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/The_Quantum_age_begins.html
A decent history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics
Definitions

Use your blog to record your impressions

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Welcome!

Welcome to Physics East and West at AIMC Berkeley

My name is Larry Spears, and I'll be guiding you through your Physics Course here.

As you now know, your assignments will be carried out on your own blog
So, please email me as soon as you have set up your blog account
- my email address is laurence_spears@yahoo.com

The assignments for each week will be posted here on the Physics Class blog, as will a list of blog addresses for the class.

Namaste

Larry